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sonic youth

« on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 16:43:46 »

people at work are bemused and confused by the fact that not only do i still buy music, i buy it on CD. however, i don't own a hifi and i now use my ipod in my car. i buy the CD, burn it to mp3 - v0 vbr, of course - and then the CD sits somewhere gathering dust. so all i listen to is the 75gb worth of mp3s that i have.

i can't quite explain why i love buying CDs so much. i've found a nice independent record store in town and i enjoy going in there, spending ages browsing for stuff that takes my fancy and then chatting with the staff and getting recommendations from them as well. despite it being more expensive, it's much more exciting than ordering stuff off amazon and waiting for them to arrive.

i'm not a collector, i don't buy vinyl and don't usually buy anything but albums / compilations. i'm in the process of getting all of tom waits' studio albums, live albums and soundtracks.

i still download music as well and use a great torrent site. however, i find more and more now that i download something then buy it.

i can't be the only one surely?
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« Reply #1 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 16:46:22 »

i buy the odd cd and download the odd bit too.the downloaded stuff often ends up on a cd anyway.
last cd was bought for me by my good lady and was the ting tings.i told her i'd have preferred alison krauss and robert plant and was told to fuck off you ungrateful bastard
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 16:48:03 »

My iPod died yesterday.

Its some how restored its self to factory settings and then every time i plug it into the PC is says its corrupt and needs re-formatting which I cant do if it wont connect to the PC!!

Sorry, that has nothing to do with CDs. I havent bought one for a few years...
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 16:49:02 »

I still buy the odd peice of vinyl, but haven't bought a cd for 3 or 4 years, most of that is due to the fact i already own about 5-600 and have all the albums i really like. There's very little released these days that i like enough to own so playing them on youtube normalyy does me now.
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 16:49:35 »

I only by CD's, I feel download music don't sound as good (it probably does, but it doesn't feel right).
I had two CD's arrive in the post this morning in fact.
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 16:50:12 »

i download lots of singles, but i still buy all my albums on cd.

Not sure why though, as i put them straight away onto my i-pod and generally listen to them on it.
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 16:51:06 »

I've not really bought anything for a while.

If I want an album though, I'll get it on cd. Sounds better than mp3.
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 16:51:41 »

Still buy 3 or 4 every month. Just have to have a case and sleeve notes to complete the music listening experience.
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 16:54:49 »

what cds have people bought recently then?

my last purchases were:

tom waits - bone machine
tom waits - real gone
tom waits - nighthawks at the diner
beginners guide to blues music (3cd compilation, was cheap!)
seasick steve - i started out with nothin and i still got most of it left
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 17:03:07 »

Ting Tings
The Imagined Village
The Who - Who's Next
Trojan Ska box set.
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sonic youth

« Reply #10 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 17:05:52 »

Trojan Ska box set.

the trojan boxsets are very good. get the calypso one.
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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 17:13:24 »

Bought probably two CD's in the last 3 years, being Dinosaur Jr - Without a Sound and The Martinis - Smitten. Will look to buy Weezer's latest at some point and possibly the new Breeders.
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« Reply #12 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 17:42:22 »

the trojan boxsets are very good. get the calypso one.

Cheers - I will give it a go.

There is a kind of logic to how I buy my cd's each month. I aim for one current album; one to replace/duplicate an old favourite on vinyl (or being of a certain age a long lost one on cassette!); and one old classic or recommended album that I missed first time round (or was too young to have known about).
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« Reply #13 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 18:30:56 »

The trojan calypso boxset is top notch, there's a couple of very good Lord Kitchener tracks as well as one of my all time favourite songs in Lord Creator's Big Bamboo. If you like jamaican music you really can't go wrong with the trojan boxsets especially as you can often pick them up for 7 or 8 quid, I've just had a quick count and was surprised that I've got as many as 59 of them but there's not a duff one in there.
I still buy loads of CD's as well as second hand vinyl, I prefer the sound over mp3 and still want to get the cover and sleeve notes. What goes in my favour is that the vast majority that I buy is music from the 60's and 70's and you can pick a lot of it up dirt cheap, I've just had a few CD's delivered that were £2.99 each and you struggle to get a pint of weak lager for that nowadays.
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« Reply #14 on: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 18:39:30 »

what cds have people bought recently then?

my last purchases were:

tom waits - bone machine
tom waits - real gone
tom waits - nighthawks at the diner
beginners guide to blues music (3cd compilation, was cheap!)
seasick steve - i started out with nothin and i still got most of it left



Glad to see you finally got Bone Machine Sonic whaddaya reckon?
As to the question-I still buy loads of cds.Its funny ,when I used to buy vinyl regularly(still buy it occasionally) I swore I'd never buy those new-fangled cds now I say the same about IPods etc so I'll probably get one in a year or so.Lately I've bought Trampin' (Patti Smith) Do You Like Rock Music(British Sea Power) What Another Man Spills(Lambchop) and Dog House Blues(Seasick).Want to get the HMHB too.
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