quick poll: how many albums have you BOUGHT first-hand this year?

over 40. the massive trojan clearout that fopp did a few months ago made the figure a lot higher than normal.

Jeez, I don't rightly know. A lot.

physical CDs? Or do albums off iTunes count as well?

11-20, I think. Though if I'd include second hand buys, it would be 31-40.

All the £3 CDs I've been getting from Zavvi's grave barely seem to count as new TBH, not least cos of the scratched cases half of them have. Went for 21-30 anyway

I didn't count iTunes.

Actually I think I underestimated, oops.

i would count itunes and similar, if you downloaded most if not all of the album

I just got a new, well paid job, so it's way up than normal. Oh yeah, and count the fact that I've started DJing again and of course "have" to have certain CDs for my DJ gigs, erm... easily 40+

add iTunes and BeatPort and stuff and it might be more like 50. Jeez.

I kind of forgot that I just bought the four new Siouxsie and the Banshees reissues, and if you include iTunes purchases I have to be pushing 40 albums this year.

Oh, and I bought my mom 4 CDs for her birthday, would those count?

like 11-20 probably, mostly vinyl with a few things on itunes

i only bought like 5 or 6 - all download. 0 interest in CDs, vinyl etc. personally. i will probably buy another dozen or so by the end of the year. as ever i'm more of a tracks buyer/listener.

0, though I'd like to notch into the 1-5 category by year's end. Second-hand is another story.

I think three: Dark Was the Night b/c I wanted to support the cause (and would've felt like a schmuck downloading it), Azita's How Will You? b/c there's little chance I would've found it online, and I want to say one of the four CDs I bought at Amoeba in March was full-price, though I could be wrong. Have been considering buying the Grizzly Bear album b/c I've heard that the sound quality of the leak is subpar.

b/c there's little chance I would've found it online

For free, that is.

11-20. so far a pretty slow year and sadly it's only getting slower

19 but I've bought way more than that used

At least half of those were in Fopp/Zavvi tho

looking at just non-local new releases I've bought this year, it breaks down to roughly:
8 albums bought as physical CDs
10 albums bought from iTunes/Amazon mp3/other mp3 stores
14 albums downloaded via my eMusic subscription

if i kept better track of older stuff i bought i'm pretty sure the number would go over 40 pretty easily, with or without eMusic though. are we counting subscription services like eMusic?

Way over 40.

1-5 ;_; i feel bad

40+, no doubt'bout.

I've bought over 40 albums on CD this year - and all bar 2 were bought over the counter, in a shop. I've also downloaded 5 more via Amazon.

Of the 40+ albums bought, 23 were new releases and the rest were discounted back catalogue. There were more of these than usual, due to the Selectadisc closing down sale.

(As for individual track downloads, maybe another 40 or so via iTunes or Amazon. And as for yer actual "single": one via iTunes, and none whatsoever on CD.)

Probably 6-10 so far. I am usually shocked by how few gigs ilx0rs go to in a year, so I suppose this is the trade-off.

xpost oh, damnit, yes, I probably bought about 6 on Selectadisc's last day alone, had forgotten about that splurge, so would actually be more like 11-20.

not many new cds, in fact, I can only think of three. this is mainly to do with employment/money problems and also just not having time to listen to music; I haven't downloaded much either.

def 40+

I mean, I'd have to look when I'm home, but I'm guessing 65-70. 90% of which were bought in person at a store, the other 10% from Aquarius.

Five new cds, five new albums on vinyl, over 30 secondhand cds and vinyl records.

Coupla emusic dls - a few CDs new as presents......and maybe 200 secondhand LPs.

8 CDs through amazon
4-5 through itunes
50-60 through emusic
around the same for amiestreet

ha! first hand? definitely 1-5. and closer to the 1 than the 5.

but i've probably done 31-40 if you include used.

2-3. ive been first to download songs off links a few times if that counts.

21-30 i think...archives by neil young boosted my total

and finally buying the anthology of american folk music

Over 40 (probably over 100) second/third/fourth-hand, probably 95% vinyl.

0 first-hand (though a couple of the second-hands were 2009 albums from a used record store).

Back when I had a job, I went buck-nuts for some S-S Records shit… Plus the new World Is Lousy is an LP… And Nomo's new album… Plus a few iTunes albums (Slade, Runaways, Wolfbait, etc.)… Six to ten easy; over 20 if 7"s counted.

Now, compared to what I've downloaded and swiped from pals still on the promo gravy train?

Oh, and used? I should probably move so that Record Surplus is no longer in walking distance… It's too easy.

I've bought about a dozen new albums (on CD) released this year, a small handful of older stuff, and maybe 20 individual tracks off iTunes, so I voted 11-20.

11-20? Cyberstolen a hell of a lot more.

6-10 physical purchases this year, 3 of which were firsthand

+brighter than creation's dark - drive by truckers
+the singles - the clash
+a stranger here - ramblin jack elliot

1

Oops, thought this counted used. New, full albums, probably l to 5. I've bought mostly used for many years.

goose egg

0

Dear me. Just 6 or 7 this year... Had to get the Vaselines comp, Spiritual Singers, got some African comps from Amoeba and then splurged on some Radio Heartbeat stuff. Gotten a bunch of cheap used vinyl (scored an amazing Junie Morrison 12" for $1 the other day :)... But otherwise, I'm barely scraping by enough to rent an apartment this year. Next year, I should be back up to my normal ratio.

6-10. Also downloaded another 8 from amazon, which I didn't count as it was when they screwed up the pricing and were selling them for 29p an album. Second hand, probably 200-300, bulk of which I got from a local auction for about £25.

However only kept about 20-30 which I cherry picked for myself and have been reselling the rest.

Import 12"s cost almost as much as albums and I've bought a bunch of those this year. For actual albums, I'd say somewhere around 15 all on vinyl except the Byrne/Eno thing.

if emusic downloads count, definitely over 40. if they don't, more like 3 or 4.

Maybe 40 used, but only appx 5 new.

I'm cutting back this year;

Way more than 40. 'Tis a sickness, I know. Just to stay minimally current is a large finam=ncial commitment.

oh man so many more than 40

I'm over 40 if BMG Music counts, if not then i would say 11-20.

new cds & lps: 50
used cds & lps: 150 or so, apparently. i'm kind of shocked.

Fairly sure it's less than 10. Could only think of a couple until I remembered spending a Christmas gift HMV voucher in January and being unable to resist another 2x the value of the voucher on top.

Feels shockingly low because I used to buy a hell of a lot, mostly used but new too. I want to say it's because I don't really live near a real record shop any more, but I work in a town with an HMV, and while the selection is limited and expensive I used to buy most of my new stuff from there anyway. Still ordering online occasionally but whenever I do it's a struggle keeping the total below 100 quid so I can't do that very often; don't think I've done it this year, even.

If I lived near one of the few surviving Fopps, or the Zavvi near us had bothered with a sale, or had any independent music shops left to spend a lunchtime in you could bet it would be a lot higher.

21, but 15 of those have been <£5 Fopp purchases, and a fair amount of those I haven't even listened to yet. Sorry music industry but I got a Wii for my birthday in April and I've already spent more on that than I have on music.

i took the "1-5" option, but i should note that all of it was via iTunes. it's been a while since i bought something new in a store!

The Fopp factor is certainly a major consideration in my case. If there wasn't a Fopp within 5 mins walk of the office, then I'd have switched to online purchasing by now.

The Fopp factor is certainly a major consideration in my case.

agreed - its addictive, oh and the massive clearout that Head are currently doing.
hidden gems galore lots of interesting jazz (cannonball adderley and freddie hubbard this week) amongst the usual crap.

I'm over 40 if BMG Music counts, if not then i would say 11-20.

Whoa, didn't realize people still did the BMG thing!

I'd say 6-10 or so this year. Bought the new Secret Machines disc yesterday.

Best thing about Spotify: it makes it much easier to preview albums ahead of purchase. The number of lucky-punt impulse buys has decreased sharply this year.

God I can't wait for Spotify to make it over here (like it ever will), I am insanely jealous of the ability to do just that!

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So downloading really is killing music, if even people on music geek board buy so few records.

yes yes that's it

nice

some folks only buy second hand stuff

Wow, that's kind of depressing.

I voted 1-5 but noticed this morning that I forgot about the Fever Ray and Pains of Being Pure At Heart. So I should have voted 6-10.