Does a gummy fetus count?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 00:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
do people buy non-used? seems like a waste of money.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 00:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
yep, enabling musicians to make a living and pay back the costs of recording is a waste of money. fuck those guys.
― fistula-la-la (sic), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 00:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
I just buy new because people get their germs inside the case, so gross
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 01:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
hah i forgot about buying music straight from bands at shows. those def aren't used.. my mistake
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 01:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
I buy a lotta new stuff that is limited, I'm not likely to ever see it used for less.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 01:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
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
― flopson, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 01:22 (7 months ago) Permalink
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
― flopson, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 01:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
Bought around 25 CDs this week, a total of around 30 for the year. I usually only buy records when i'm overseas.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 03:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 05:28 (7 months ago) Permalink
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
― it's the Suede/Denim secret police/they have come for your 90s niece (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 09:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:10 (7 months ago) Permalink
lol mencap
― flopson, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 15:54 (7 months ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 00:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
58 journalists who get freebies or 58 people who only download for free?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 00:03 (7 months ago) Permalink
I got my quarterly money yesterday and went mental buying 14 records, I think I need to knock myself up a notch.
― Perfect Chicken Forever (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 00:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
xp: I think it's people who only listen to performer-approved live recordings on archive.org live music archive.
― borscht and bikinis (how's life), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 01:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
rip cases ingles :(
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 01:16 (7 months ago) Permalink
I voted zero. I do pay for digital releases though. I just don't like physical objects. They take up too much space.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 01:21 (7 months ago) Permalink
on a positive note looks like 2/3's of the people who voted bought stuff
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:03 (7 months ago) Permalink
voted 0 /= didn't buy music
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
i mean bought physical tangible stuff
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:13 (7 months ago) Permalink
That's just over 200 votes, which is pretty impressive.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 05:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― Internet Alan, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:18 (7 months ago) Permalink
Hands up if anyone actually bought a pre-recorded Minidisc. Can you even do that nowadays? Who would even do such a thing?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
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)?
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
they were great in fairness. another victim of so-called "progress".
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:56 (7 months ago) Permalink
dj derek still uses 2 minidisc players for his sets ...
― mark e, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― koogs, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
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
― koogs, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:51 (7 months ago) Permalink
re: gescom, does it actually work? I mean, does it work as a continuous random mix or what?
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:51 (7 months ago) Permalink
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
― koogs, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:57 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― koogs, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
Encouraging results, humanity is evolving
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 11:11 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 11:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
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
― 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.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 12:40 (7 months ago) 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 12:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
Neither is Alan Mcgee.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 12:55 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 12:57 (7 months ago) Permalink
Argh! forgot to vote. Mm, would have been the 40-60 bracket, I suppose.
― t**t, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 13:17 (7 months ago) 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.― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 13:40 (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI 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
― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 13:40 (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 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.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 13:21 (7 months ago) Permalink
new album is awesome
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 13:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― Fine Toothcomb (sonofstan), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 16:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
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.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 17:24 (7 months ago) Permalink