# I loved the album so much, I bought it over, and over, and over........ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375 "2009-06-20T04:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WPA-Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/1 "2009-06-20T04:49:45Z")
People love their music and have favorite albums they must always posses. What albums have you repurchased as new formats have been introduced? All my vinyl and tapes are gone, so I can only remember buying a few albums in three formats: Bob Welch’s “French Kiss” on vinyl, 8 track, and CD was one of them. The ultimate fan will have bought the album on vinyl, tape (reel-to-reel, 8 track, cassette), CD, SACD (or DVD-A), and/or Digital downloads (mp3). Bonus points for esoteric format like DCC or DAT or even Edison cylinder. So, I have bought the same album 3 times, how about you? ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/2 "2009-06-20T05:37:09Z")
Probably Iron Maiden’s _Life After Death_: LP, CD, enhanced 2CD, VHS, DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/3 "2009-06-20T06:39:05Z")
I’m too young for anything before cassette, but does it count if someone bought an album again after losing it? If so, I have bought the first A Perfect Circle album four times. No idea why that’s the only one that ever gets lost… On a side note, I now burn every CD I buy and store the original in a CD case, just to be safe. I also rip all the songs onto my computer too. I actually am that guy that everyone pretends to be when they say, “No RIAA, I **did** buy all these songs, these are backups!” ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/4 "2009-06-20T07:15:04Z")
Well tapes and vinyls were pretty much both around through my childhood, so I never had a need to buy a tape of something I had on album. CDs became popular when I was in High School. I purchased my first itunes songs in 2004. For the most part, my taste in music has changed enough that anything I had on tape I didn’t bother with on CD. And of course itunes imports CDs so there was no need to repurchase my CD songs on itunes. Some exceptions: Billy Joel - got his tapes right before CDs took off so I was still into him when I started getting CDs. Random nostalgia - mostly singles - songs from my youth that I remember fondly from the radio or 45s or cassette singles - I’ll occasionally pick these up on itunes Some rare soundtracks - I rebought the soundtracks to Electric Dreams and would have for Made in Heaven and Joe vs the Volcano had they been available, instead I got individual songs or procured them through other means… Reverse! - there were a few albums, one by Indigo Girls (Swamp Ophelia), and one by Disappear Fear (the eponymous one I think) that I bought on CD to listen to, but also bought the vinyl as a collectors item. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/5 "2009-06-20T07:55:37Z")
_Dark Side of the Moon_. Vinyl, then cassette, then CD, then saw Roger Waters perform it live. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/6 "2009-06-20T12:52:35Z")
Beethoven’s symphonies. My father used to play them on 78s (which I still have). Then mono LPs, stereo LPs, reel-to-reel, cassette (+ Walkman), ADD CDs, DDD CDs, and now on my iPod. Plus live performances. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/7 "2009-06-20T13:54:06Z")
I’m pretty sure I still have the complete studio recordings of Led Zeppelin, The Doors, AC/DC (up to _Back in Black_), and possibly Black Sabbath (up to _Heaven and Hell_) in vinyl, cassette tape, and CD form. I do have most of them in iTunes as well, but didn’t buy them again to get them there. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/8 "2009-06-20T14:42:44Z")
**Live at Leeds** : original vinyl twice (once as part of the “Phases” LP boxed set), the original CD, the re-issued CD, and the “Deluxe” 2CD version. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/9 "2009-06-20T15:19:07Z")
I have one album, _MTV Unplugged_ by Alice In Chains, on _pre-recorded Minidisc_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/10 "2009-06-20T15:30:39Z")
I’ve been thinking about starting a similar thread…but procrastination is my middle name…so thank you on my behalf. I have recently rediscovered the joy of listening to an entire album and so… The Beatles’ **Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club** … vinyl and now CD Don McLean’s **American Pie** … vinyl and now digital download. And I’m thinking about repurchasing Billy Joel’s **The Stranger** , Carole King’s **Tapestry** and CSN’s **Deja Vu** ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/11 "2009-06-20T15:46:19Z")
Joni Mitchell’s _Hejira_. I bought it on 8-track at K-Mart as a teen, then the vinyl album, then picked it up on CD. I bet there are more, but that’s the first one that comes to mind. There are probably lots of cassette tapes I bought for my Walkman (how cool was the Walkman for a teenager?) that I eventually bought on CD, too. I had a lot of 8-tracks as a young teen–at that time, they were available extremely cheaply at places like K-Mart as the format was almost dead by then. You could pick them up in a bin just like you can the $5 DVDs at Wal-Mart today. Which makes me wonder about all those DVDs my husband picks up from the Wal-Mart bin. Destined for obsolence, I bet. Apart from that, some music is really just good enough and meaningful enough to keep upgrading formats to match current technology. I do also have an E-Music subscription as well, so I’m embracing that format, but it doesn’t feel as real to me! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/12 "2009-06-20T16:11:53Z")
Tommy by the Who. vinyl, then cassette lost the cassette. bought another, CD then the soundtrack when the stage version came out, lost one disk and bought on iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/13 "2009-06-20T17:42:04Z")
“Rumours” by Fleetwood Mac comes to mind. My Mom bought me my first cassette at a garage sale, when I was about 17. I loved it from the start and listened to it almost constantly for about a month. After that one was worn out, I bought another. That one fell victim to a tape recorder, so I ordered a third. When CDs became popular, I replaced the cassette with a CD. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/14 "2009-06-20T18:00:57Z")
Most of my music-buying life has been spent during the cassette era and the CD era. There have been many, many tapes that I have replaced with CDs (often, though not always, when I found a good deal on a used copy) (if you really wanted me to, I could provide a list, but it would be a long one), but very few that I’ve had more than two versions of. One exception I can think of: _The Kinks are The Village Green Preservation Society_: Originally bought it cheap on vinyl (and copied it onto cassette so I could listen to it); it was one of the first CDs I bought when I got a CD player; and was happy to get the deluxe remastered expanded 3-disc version for Christmas last year. ---
**Author:** ![doverpro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@doverpro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doverpro)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/15 "2009-06-20T18:25:08Z")
I have several albums where I have a vinyl version and then another copy that’s a Mobil Fidelity half-speed master. Then I might have a Japanese pressing. Perhaps, as in the case of _Dark Side of the Moon_, I have a special anniversary edition on colored vinyl. I have at least 3 vinyl copies of _Who’s Next_. And this doesn’t count the ones I purchased again because something happened to the first copy. Since I began buying CDs, I will now have the original release, the re-mastered version and the re-mastered deluxe version. So, there are some albums that I may have 6 versions of. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/16 "2009-06-20T18:25:32Z")
As for purchasing, I went straight from LP to CD. Cassettes were something I recorded from the LPs, However, I have repurchased recordings in CD format Elvin Bishop - _ **Raisin’ Hell** _ comes to mind. I think my kids kept adopting my copy, and I would end up having to buy another for myself. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/17 "2009-06-20T20:44:12Z")
You know, I’ve never bought a vinyl album in my life? I wasn’t really into popular music until high school, which is when the CD started replacing the cassette as the medium of choice. I owned a few tapes - some Iron Maiden albums, The Pogues _Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash_, a Silly Wizard album that I think was technically my mom’s. All those eventually got replaced by CDs. Everything else I own, I bought in a digital format right off the bat. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/18 "2009-06-20T20:52:24Z")
I still have maybe 1000 LPs. The one I have bought the most has to be _Dark Side of the Moon_. I’ve gone through several copies on regular vinyl, and own Japanese and Original Master Recording pressings as well. From there, I went straight to CD. Tape never caught on with me, except to make mix cassettes for the car. For longevity, I still own my original LP of _The Doors_, which was the first LP I ever bought with my own money. Got it the week it was released. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/19 "2009-06-20T21:02:08Z")
I’ve owned three on vinyl, cassette and CD: [ol] [li] **Iron Maiden** - _Number of the Beast_[/li][li] **Judas Priest** - _Screaming for Vengeance_[/li][li] **Metallica** - _Kill 'em All_[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375/20 "2009-06-20T21:25:02Z")
Meat Loaf’s _Bat out of Hell_ Boston’s first George Winston’s _December_ (That one I’ve bought the most. I have given it away to people who liked it.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-the-album-so-much-i-bought-it-over-and-over-and-over/500375.md?page=2)