How much physical music (CDs, vinyl, minidiscs, cases ingles, whatever) have you bought so far this year?

oops i think i bought around 25 records this week

40-60 seems about right for this year so far. almost all of it was bought used. 3 or 4 of those are CD's, the rest are LPs and tapes.

Does a gummy fetus count?

do people buy non-used? seems like a waste of money.

yep, enabling musicians to make a living and pay back the costs of recording is a waste of money. fuck those guys.

I just buy new because people get their germs inside the case, so gross

hah i forgot about buying music straight from bands at shows. those def aren't used.. my mistake

I buy a lotta new stuff that is limited, I'm not likely to ever see it used for less.

i've bought 7 - 10 new albums this year. i've listened to a lot more, and like a few a lot that i've still yet to buy, and might not. i try to always buy new records that i love but sometimes they are inexplicably really expensive here (new ariel pink is like over 30 bucks, hesitant to pay that even though i think it's really dope) and sometimes they are not available. i buy used records all the time, no idea how many, about 1 - 2 per week, so like 50? accidentally voted 7-10 but that's not including used so my real answer is more like 40 - 60, which seems like a lot. i'm pretty poor most of the time so i guess i buy a lot of cheap used records. since starting a regular dj night i've had to buy music way more often cause i keep running out of things to play, or getting bored of my collection, it's a lot of fun. i like the experience of looking at different records, making a stack, picking which one you're going to buy, random picks. the record store i usually goto has a listening station so you can just listen to like 15 disco singles and buy the good ones

i had to laugh though, i was expecting a traverse thru this byzantine undie netherworld and then everything's freely online, takes 20 minutes a piece to listen to, diligently blogged, physical easily obtained if you're quick enough... absolute piece of piss. try having to dig for some proper music sometime you lazy posers :)

― r|t|c, Thursday, 4 October 2012 07:24 (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(one of the bits i purchased was the crazy spirit lp so much obliged hat tip to you and flops btw)

― r|t|c, Thursday, 4 October 2012 07:25 (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol glad you liked it

Bought around 25 CDs this week, a total of around 30 for the year. I usually only buy records when i'm overseas.

i went with 20-40, the bulk direct from bands at shows or from experimedia.

hoping to catch up on stuff i've loved this year soon, though, so that number should grow.

http://piratespressrecords.com/rancid/

myself and everyone itt who said that owning music in physical form was a worthwhile exercise just want to apologise, we were wrong and are also directly responsible for this

http://piratespressrecords.com/rancid/images/box_slideshow.gif

Jesus that sounds awful, and I'm even a guy who enjoys a handful of Rancid's albums. It sounds terrible to listen to an entire band's discography by flipping over a 7" every fucking song.

lol mencap

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

58 journalists who get freebies or 58 people who only download for free?

I got my quarterly money yesterday and went mental buying 14 records, I think I need to knock myself up a notch.

xp: I think it's people who only listen to performer-approved live recordings on archive.org live music archive.

rip cases ingles :(

58 journalists who get freebies or 58 people who only download for free?

I voted zero. I do pay for digital releases though. I just don't like physical objects. They take up too much space.

on a positive note looks like 2/3's of the people who voted bought stuff

voted 0 /= didn't buy music

i mean bought physical tangible stuff

That's just over 200 votes, which is pretty impressive.

That result is predictably saddening for me. I know that out of all my serious music loving friends there's only 2 of us who routinely buy music anymore.

Hands up if anyone actually bought a pre-recorded Minidisc. Can you even do that nowadays? Who would even do such a thing?

Gescom released an MD-only release, but that was over ten years ago now. I used to love MD when I had one - really good for making mixtapes and really easy to use. Are tapes ever released on a commercial level (as opposed to tiny homemade labels)?

Hands up if anyone actually bought a pre-recorded Minidisc. Can you even do that nowadays? Who would even do such a thing?

they were great in fairness. another victim of so-called "progress".

dj derek still uses 2 minidisc players for his sets ...

I loved minidisc as a recording format but never bought a pre-recorded one. Remember seeing a tiny rack of pre-recorded ones in Northampton HMV or Virgin circa 1999.

i have the Gescom MD (which is no longer MD-only - http://boomkat.com/cds/24705-gescom-minidisc / http://boomkat.com/downloads/42999-gescom-mini-disc ). it's the only pre-recorded one i have.

1928 minidiscs listed on amazon, some bargains, some collectors prices.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_hi_2?rh=n%3A229816%2Cp_n_binding_browse-bin%3A382531011&bbn=229816&ie=UTF8&qid=1349862530

re: gescom, does it actually work? I mean, does it work as a continuous random mix or what?

yeah, minidisc was designed to be gapless and survive jostles by buffering the audio slightly beforehand. you could hear it seeking to read the next track a good 5 seconds or so before the current one ended

as for working artistically, i'm not so sure. some things were seconds long, a couple were a minute or two (88 tracks, 74 minutes) and a range of styles and it's hard to get such disparate things to sounds like a whole.

Encouraging results, humanity is evolving

I was given the new David Byrne and St. Vincent on LP for my birthday this weekend, and also picked up John Maus's last one, which I'd heard before but somehow sounds really good on vinyl.

Hands up if anyone actually bought a pre-recorded Minidisc. Can you even do that nowadays? Who would even do such a thing?

they were great in fairness. another victim of so-called "progress".

― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:56 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yup. Amongst other albums on Minidisc I bought at the time, I do owns a copy of Kevin Rowland's "My Beauty".

You can now, but only on ebay.

I think there are literally only about three people in the country who own that particular album on that format. And Kevin Rowland isn't one of them.

Neither is Alan Mcgee.

AmG sold most of his 'collection' at auction recently.

A load of Creation albums were on MD (I have a couple of Boo Radley ones too), I believe it to be because of the Sony link.

Argh! forgot to vote. Mm, would have been the 40-60 bracket, I suppose.

Yup. Amongst other albums on Minidisc I bought at the time, I do owns a copy of Kevin Rowland's "My Beauty".

You can now, but only on ebay.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 13:40 (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think there are literally only about three people in the country who own that particular album on that format. And Kevin Rowland isn't one of them.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 13:44 (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah WTF, that might actually be worth something now that Dexy's have reformed. Sell it quick before everyone realises the new album is dull as a bruise to the arm.

new album is awesome

Didn't see this to vote.

I guess about 300 used LPs, maybe 20 new ones, and the same amount of singles. A few freebie CDs. No non-physical purchases and a few downloads for work purposes.

Gescom released an MD-only release, but that was over ten years ago now. I used to love MD when I had one - really good for making mixtapes and really easy to use.

Yup, I really loved having my MD recorder to make mixes, especially for parties. Just pop in a new MD when needed. The only commerical album I bought on MD was Rage Against the Machine's Evil Empire, I bought it when I bought my MD player/recorder and it was the only one the store had in its limited selection that was even close to be interesting to me.

Let's quickly resurrect this thread again and ask the same question for this year.

I've bought about 40ish new release CDs, and about 30ish back catalogue CDs. I'll count exactly how many when i get home from work.

lmao i'd forgotten about the argument itt, feel like i'm banging my head against the wall just reading it

again my answer is zero

I wonder if there is a connection between preferring music in physical formats and privilege? I really have no room to store CDs. Unless you're a home owner with plenty of space, it's more a format for people that only intend to have about 20 albums. I do like sleeve art and I kinda miss collecting stuff, but in the end it's just that - stuff / clutter. Only for people with lots of room.