# Are there any CD music magazines without the magazine?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cd-music-magazines-without-the-magazine/242304>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 27, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cd-music-magazines-without-the-magazine/242304 "2004-04-27T17:12:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cd-music-magazines-without-the-magazine/242304/1 "2004-04-27T17:12:29Z")

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I get CMJ New Music Monthly magazine (at least theoretically if not in actuality, it’s clearly run by musicians). It’s a magazine with a CD, and I listen to the CD’s obsessively and barely even look at the magazine. Seems like I could skip a step and just get a monthly CD sampler. Does this exist?

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cd-music-magazines-without-the-magazine/242304/2 "2004-04-30T14:34:22Z")

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So, I guess not. Bummer. I don’t want to pay full price (like at iTunes) just to sample stuff.