Buying CD's

[Matt_B]

I was going to see The Hu earlier this year but, a week prior to their Australian tour, COVID hit pandemic level and the whole thing got canceled.

Downloads are pretty much dead these days. It's pretty much been supplanted by streaming for casual listening and the collectors will always want something to put on the shelf.

[English Invader]

Downloads are pretty much dead these days. It's pretty much been supplanted by streaming for casual listening and the collectors will always want something to put on the shelf.

I bought the Data Discs Streets of Rage 1,2 and 3 as digital files. It was a cheap and convenient way to get them in audiophile sound quality without adding another 3 records to my already space-stressed vinyl and CD collection. I wish Data Discs would release more of their catalogue in digital format as it would save me a lot of space and money.

Most of these video game scores are available to stream on YT but, if it's music I care about, I want my own set of digital files that I can archive. Some people may think "Well, if that goes, I'll just find something else to listen to" but that doesn't cut it for me and I won't use software to record YT content on principle.

[oldtimer]

Just ordered Sophie Ellis-Bextors latest CD Release Songs from the Kichen Disco
Fantastic singer ,just gets better and better.
(had to spell kichen like that as it comes out as cheap mdf rubbish!!! why????????????

[DPrinny]

AC/DC new album

Its in a fecking sh**e cardboard sleeve. Why is this a thing?

Bloody great shuff tho.....

[Antiriad2097]

Its in a fecking sh**e cardboard sleeve.

Like a record sleeve with nice artwork and a tracklist? Or a naff one like a freebie from the front of a newspaper.

[DPrinny]

Its in a fecking sh**e cardboard sleeve.

Like a record sleeve with nice artwork and a tracklist? Or a naff one like a freebie from the front of a newspaper.

More like a record sleeve that opens out



Every other one I have by them has a cardboard outa with a plastic disc holder
Even the previous album "Rock or bust" did it.

This is the "Cheaper" CD realise, the other one comes in a light up box, but I cant justify the price,

feels like im gonna scratch the disc every time I pull it out

[TheAlex]

Last week I bought the new albums by Collapse Under the Empire and pg.lost - both post-rock bands. I also received Live White Horses by Heather Findlay in the post.

I finally bought Civilized by Stellastarr*. They're a mid-2000s indie band, most famous for their song Jenny. Their third album never made it to the UK or streaming services, so I ordered it from the US. This month I also ordered Portrait by Yann Tiersen, a 2CD Best Of of new recordings, and Don't Believe, Watch Out by Pencey Sloe, a French shoegaze/dream pop band, but neither of those have arrived yet.

And that's the total number of CDs I've bought this year, all in the past month. I'd like to order Moon Shot by The Lees of Memory (I love the cover image), but shipping from the US is expensive.

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

- another name gone from the high street.

Its been more than a few years since I last bought a CD. Does anyone so under 25 buy them

I do, I'm 18, then again I'm just weird lol.

Online streaming usually offers unnecessary remasters which sound unnecessarily loud and "airy" compared to the original mixes (which is likely done to be tailored to a 'modern' audience better somehow), oh and I am building up a steady collection of stuff by Feeder, so...

It's great to see a fellow Feeder fan! They're the band that got me seriously into music. Apart from Two Colours, I have all the albums and singles on CD and all 7" singles. I'm not one to buy the recent RSD stuff, which I consider a rip-off.

Just ordered Sophie Ellis-Bextors latest CD Release Songs from the Kichen Disco
Fantastic singer ,just gets better and better.
(had to spell kichen like that as it comes out as cheap mdf rubbish!!! why????????????

She's great live too - really knows how to work a crowd!

AC/DC new album

Its in a fecking sh**e cardboard sleeve. Why is this a thing?

Bloody great shuff tho.....

Cost-cutting I guess. It's the reason I haven't bought the new Secret Machines CD. I suppose the advantage is sleeves take up less space, but how are you supposed to find the right album if loads of them are in cardboard sleeves?

[DPrinny]

Cost-cutting I guess. It's the reason I haven't bought the new Secret Machines CD. I suppose the advantage is sleeves take up less space, but how are you supposed to find the right album if loads of them are in cardboard sleeves?

It has a spine, but its rubbish, think they where hopping that people was going to get the deluxe box instead, or the vynal, or the cassette.

Id like to get more CDs, but all the good shops have closed for good

[Sputryk]

Therion - Lemuria -- Three Ships of Berik [both parts] is the standout track, absolutely superb
Therion - Sirius B

FLAUNT IT - Sigue Sigue Sputnik -- The rerelease as a 4-disc box set, and I got in so early I bagged the scarce badge to go with it! LOVE the group!

Got Zappa's motion picture soundtrack on the horizon. Definitely on 3-CD; but also hankering after the limited 5-LP box, all on smoky vinyl.

[MattySlug]

I got some Clearance CD Sets today from BigW, pretty wierd!!!

They were 2 copies of a 3CD Set of Delta Blues, $5 each.
Plus a 4CD set for $5 of Pop 90s Songs.

[JustintheRetroLover]

Hi. I still love buying CDs. The sound quality is just the best and the greatest acts out there are still selling all their albums through this medium. It is still huge and there is nothing like going into a record shop and happily browsing through these little pieces of technological masterpieces. Brilliant! .

[dste]

Bought two CD's at the end of last year. Deftones Ohms and Deftones Black Stallion/White Pony.

Both are in cardboard boxes which I don't like but the actual CD's are damn good. I'm thinking of going on a bit of a CD spree as been getting in to new bands recently.

[Megamixer]

I actually bought a CD a few days ago - Notes from the Underground by High Contrast. Love me some old-school drum 'n bass and this is new stuff that sounds modern while also sounding 90's. It's really good and I thought it warranted an actual CD purchase.

[TheAlex]

I bought Still Corners' new and previous album. Blissful dream pop.

Tired of Tomorrow by Nothing - one of my favourite albums of the past 10 years. Wonderful alt-rock shoegaze.

Penumbra by Barrens, an excellent ambient/post-rock/post-metal album.

Heart & Soul by The Churchhill Garden, which includes a beautiful lyric booklet and lots of dreamy shoegaze.

[MattySlug]

I got 10 or so ebay $$ so I am gonna now buy a embarrassing CD for just over $12
A few years back I came across a band's album download link and the style of music I would call it Deutshe Accordion Pop!!!
This isn't the same album but I will buy that too one day, the album I am about to order is called: Halleluja by Die Jungen Zillertaler.

Actually I might look for a Heavier CD actually instead for a few minutes lol.