and hard drive failures
you can back up your hard drive easily + often but a scratched or ruined CD is permanent
― Mordy, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:04 (eight years ago) link
That's true, but a scratched CD is one CD; a hard drive failure -- or a virus, or multiple hard drive failures -- is potentially all of your music.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
A lot of catalog stuff is really cheap on Amazon & such. Brick & Mortar selections are getting worse, it's true.
I went to a little area record show a few weeks back, and it looked like the two guys doing the most boffo business were this one dude who basically buys out estates and then liquidates the sellable vinyl at reasonable prices w/low overhead (doesn't bag up stuff or anything), and another guy who was the one dealer with copious CDs, with most of his table space devoted to deep catalogue $5 titles, including UK imports. Seemed like his average sale was $30-40 a customer.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:07 (eight years ago) link
yeah and I've lost a drive and had to reconstruct my library twice - which is why you have backups just like you should with any other large set of data. My CDs just sit in crates, unlistened to and unloved.
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:07 (eight years ago) link
lol that article made me listen to simple minds last night. I agree about the first 7 albums, except for the first!
― chinavision!, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
but a scratched or ruined CD is permanent
If you take care of your CDs and avoid top scratches (on the label side, through the foil reflective layer, which takes effort to do) you can usually polish out the scratches if you have a local store with an Azuradisc machine, or you can send a batch to Azuradisc directly. We have a machine at work and I've resurrected many a scratched-to-shit Japanese hardcore CD purchased from crusty punx. Like my whole G.I.S.M. collection is stuff I got for a buck and polished to playability.
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link
yeah Tarfumes, i used to go to that shop when i was in school, i lived two blocks from there. it was once located opposite of where it is now, and they sold records out of the basement then as well, but it was a dusty room lit by a single lightbulb with a couple dozen crates of seriously underpriced jazz, blues, and classic rock. not like the full size shop it is now.
― nomar, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link
I found things there that I never thought a) I'd ever see, and/or b) I'd ever be able to afford (e.g., original US The Who Sell Out for $10).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:31 (eight years ago) link
uh xxpost but real to reel cacophony is simple minds' second album and it's very good, in the unlikely chance that anyone bothered to think I was knocking it
― chinavision!, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:41 (eight years ago) link
That's cool to know the CD buffing machines work, I always wondered about that.
― lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:48 (eight years ago) link
right, 2nd album it was a long day nerds!
sold a lot of records today...
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
and yeah their first album is kinda my least fave too since someone mentioned it. but still good. kinda in the same zone as that first japan album.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:50 (eight years ago) link
i don't think i've ever scratched a cd. i'm really careful with stuff though.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link
I somehow scratched the hell out of a brand new Christoph Heeman CD... ruined one whole track. I should have it buffed.
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Saturday, 20 February 2016 00:58 (eight years ago) link
he's a pal of mine i could probably ask him to send you a new one.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 February 2016 01:18 (eight years ago) link
he's nice like that.
I put a $3 DVD of the Roky Erickson doc You're Gonna Miss Me back on the thrift store shelf after deciding it was too scratched up to be trustworthy. Wonder if it works for DVDs.
― nickn, Saturday, 20 February 2016 01:30 (eight years ago) link
Anyway, where is everyone getting their dirt-cheap CDs that have been repeatedly mentioned?
In addition to the places mentioned, there are a lot of smaller chain-style places that still deal in used books, music and movies. In Tennessee there's one called McKays, and there's another place (Southeast? Northeast?) called Half Price Books. These places usually sell CDs for a dollar, and I've found some great stuff over the years.
And Amazon is a goldmine for this stuff right now, even if you don't buy stuff used (many, many used CDs start at a penny, with $3.99 shipping). Over the past year I've stocked up on Creedence, Sonic Youth, Steely Dan, AC/DC, BB King, shit like that, for between $4.99 and $6.99. If you have Prime, shipping is free. As a few have already pointed out, this is cheaper than MP3s, and lossless, and you get a real booklet, liner notes, etc.
― Wimmels, Saturday, 20 February 2016 02:31 (eight years ago) link
Amoeba is pretty great for bargain CDs, their dollar bin has a lot of gold. and generally speaking their regular used CD section is priced to move.
― nomar, Saturday, 20 February 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
is freakbeat in LA good? was tempted to check it out on a work trip to LA last weekend but it would have involved a cab where Amoeba was only a 90 minute walk.
― SCROTUS (stevie), Saturday, 20 February 2016 13:12 (eight years ago) link
listening to the MFSL CD of Johnny Mathis's Heavenly. NOT GREAT. if you turn it up too loud all hell breaks loose. see, case by case.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 February 2016 16:15 (eight years ago) link
Just found out the other day that these existed:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elcaset
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 20 February 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
the DAT of its day.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 February 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
"The Elcaset system was abandoned in 1980, when all the remaining systems were sold off in Finland."
oh tuomaspaws...
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 February 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
https://theedit.replyyes.com/
so many of these dumb things
― akm, Saturday, 20 February 2016 17:43 (eight years ago) link
as far as get rich slow schemes go there are probably better ways to spend your time.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 February 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
"Thanks for feeding me good music on the regular, you take all the anxiety out of selecting what to buy next!"
— Steve
yeah it was pretty hard to know what to buy next before a site that labels Paul's Boutique with the album title of "Beastie Boys." but now i really feel like i ra friend in the record business.
― shandemonium padawan (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 February 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link
er.. like i have a friend
"[Texting] is just a crazy visceral experience. It's a perfect fit for vinyl."
— Sarah
― nomar, Saturday, 20 February 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link
i don't know, it's pretty good if you're in the area but i don't want to promise that it's worth the trip. i've found some good deals there, though.
― nomar, Saturday, 20 February 2016 18:12 (eight years ago) link
sarah's quote makes me insane. I saw that last week. texting is not a crazy visceral experience. it's not perfect for vinyl. every single word in that is wrong.
― akm, Saturday, 20 February 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
To be fair, texting is a crazy visceral experience and a perfect fit for Vinyl, the HBO show. As in, texting "CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW STUPID AND AWFUL THIS IS? :( :( :(" to friends.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 20 February 2016 20:38 (eight years ago) link
is freakbeat in LA good? was tempted to check it out on a work trip to LA last weekend but it would have involved a cab where Amoeba was only a 90 minute walk.― SCROTUS (stevie)
― SCROTUS (stevie)
I also like it but likely wouldn't take a cab there. They occasionally have sales on everything (20% maybe?).
― nickn, Saturday, 20 February 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
Is that a typo, or were you willing to walk an hour and a half to get to a record store (or anywhere, really)? Cause that's fucking crazy.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 20 February 2016 21:44 (eight years ago) link
Oh shit we're calling people out for walking now? In LA?
― lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, 20 February 2016 22:36 (eight years ago) link
Pretty sure you can stop at places along the way, you don't have to just walk for 90 minutes straight.
― lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, 20 February 2016 22:37 (eight years ago) link
http://bestmangear.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AirWheel-One-Wheel-Electric-Unicycle-one-foot-485x500.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 February 2016 22:40 (eight years ago) link
haha americans always find it weird that British people walk everywhere
― The Call Of Cthulow (Cosmic Slop), Saturday, 20 February 2016 22:41 (eight years ago) link
I don't have a driver's license, and I work in New York. I walk all the time. But saying "Yeah, let's go to the record store—it's only a 90-minute walk from here" is, I repeat, fucking crazy.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 20 February 2016 23:15 (eight years ago) link
tbf hes from london.
― The Call Of Cthulow (Cosmic Slop), Saturday, 20 February 2016 23:17 (eight years ago) link
I thought it was obvious they were from out of town
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 21 February 2016 00:28 (eight years ago) link
A 90 minute walk is a perfect cab distance.
― skip, Sunday, 21 February 2016 00:56 (eight years ago) link
I'm from the UK and think a 90-minute walk is *fucking insane*, sorry.
― emil.y, Sunday, 21 February 2016 01:12 (eight years ago) link
I mean, mayyyyyybe if you were having a leisurely stroll and there were loads of points where you would stop on the way. But then it would end up taking ~5 hours, and that reverts to being WTF.
― emil.y, Sunday, 21 February 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link
"a person enjoyed a long walk - LET'S GET HIM"
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 21 February 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link
Seriously, it's just wrong. Sorry stevie but you'll have to be exiled for your own good.
― emil.y, Sunday, 21 February 2016 01:43 (eight years ago) link
stevie where were you staying?
― nomar, Sunday, 21 February 2016 02:08 (eight years ago) link
it's the 3 hours round trip total that's pretty brutal
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 21 February 2016 02:14 (eight years ago) link
going to another country and walking around a city is insane, get a cab and look up some postcards online later
― glandular lansbury (sic), Sunday, 21 February 2016 04:02 (eight years ago) link
Tbf,a 90 minute walk is pretty visceral and a perfect fit for vinyl, and takes the anxiety out of knowing where to walk next.
― Mark G, Sunday, 21 February 2016 07:59 (eight years ago) link