# What was the last CD you bought? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514 "2010-05-15T04:41:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/21 "2010-05-15T14:09:14Z")
“Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings from Its Heyday” But it’s on backorder and I’m waiting for it to arrive. I’ve already paid for it, so I guess that counts. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/22 "2010-05-15T14:23:04Z")
I recently bought a collection of over 300 used CDs of various rock and popular music for $150 on Craigslist. At first I was going to just buy a few CD for $2 apiece, but the guy was offering it all for $150. I bought it all because I figured I can take what I want, sell the rest and make a profit. Even if I keep half and sell the rest at the bargain price of $1, then I’ll break even and basically get 150 free CDs. I’ve only begun to go through it all, though, to figure out what I want to keep. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/23 "2010-05-15T15:29:20Z")
Fairly recently bought Black Sabbath’s “Master of Reality” and Cream’s “Disraeli Gears” recently. Sabbath’s early albums aren’t on iTunes, and I had absolutely no need or desire for the mega-giant-super-deluxe-triple-expanded version of Disraeli Gears that’s on iTunes. (Though looking now, there’s the normal remaster as well–I don’t remember it being there when I went before.) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/24 "2010-05-15T15:32:47Z")
I believe it was a Wu-Tang CD back in 94 or so right before i found out about napster. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/25 "2010-05-15T15:44:32Z")
Alan Sherman “My Son, the Greatest” I used to listen to a vinyl album (“My Son, The Nut”) of his when I was a kid and I was feeling nostalgic. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/26 "2010-05-15T15:48:16Z")
[Sarah Fimm - The Vanishing Sessions (B-Sides Part I)](http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fimm6) The day it was released, a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/27 "2010-05-15T16:11:26Z")
I really can’t remember, but I think it was a live Byrds album from 1969 – and that was about three years ago. Since then, it’s been download, download, download all the way… ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/28 "2010-05-15T16:19:34Z")
1000 Homo DJs ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/29 "2010-05-15T16:36:35Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Should that link to a \*\*Beyoncé \*\*video? From your post, I wasn’t expecting a Beyoncé video. LOL It was late, the sun was in my eyes, and I wasn’t even there. It was other kids. You can’t prove anything! No, it should send you to [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpfpjE7HbsY). Thanks for pointing out the error, **FILB**. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/30 "2010-05-15T17:03:34Z")
Live **Whites Stripes** , [Under Great White Northern Lights](http://www.amazon.com/Under-Great-White-Northern-Lights/dp/B0034JGBM0). Picked it up last week. Haven’t listened to it yet, though. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/31 "2010-05-15T17:32:28Z")
I buy discs pretty frequently, though I usually look for used or cutout copies before new. (I don’t listen to mp3s, but I have purchased some live sets as flac downloads.) Last disc to come in the door: Grandmaster Flash, _Essential Mix_. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/32 "2010-05-15T18:10:10Z")
A few months ago I picked up a CD of one of the bands playing at the Central Florida Highland Games, though I don’t recall their name off the top of my head. Whenever I see bands play live, if they’re selling CDs and I like their music I’ll pick one up as a token of appreciation. But as far as major label releases, I don’t think I’ve bought one of those in like 4-5 years. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/33 "2010-05-15T18:26:07Z")
Bruce Springsteen’s “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions”, perhaps the best singalong CD I’ve ever had. Absolutely infectiously rip-roaring. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/34 "2010-05-15T18:36:14Z")
It was the long-awaited _Soldier of Love_ by Sade. She hadn’t put anything out in forever. I can’t say she should have even put this out, but I do like the title track. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/35 "2010-05-15T18:36:58Z")
I got Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” the other day. Saw it for $8.99 at a bookstore. The best thing about all this downloading stuff is how cheap real CDs have become. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/36 "2010-05-15T18:43:40Z")
> [@HowieReynolds](#): > > The best thing about all this downloading stuff is how cheap real CDs have become. This is the main reason I keep buying CDs. Most of the physical albums I buy are ~$6 at first release, under $10 catalog. CDs cost more than that 20 years ago! It’s cheaper to buy the album and rip it (at higher bitrate than iTunes, and even in FLAC if I wish), and I still get a physical copy for storage. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/37 "2010-05-15T18:55:43Z")
I pre-ordered Hanson’s ‘Shout it Out’ a few weeks ago but only because it meant I could download a new song each week before it’s officially released next month, and also I’m sort of (sort of?) a geek about having physical copies of Hanson CDs. I had to look in my iTunes to figure out the last CD I bought that wasn’t Hanson, and it was almost three years ago - the cast recording of an obscure musical that was playing in the Theater where I work. ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/38 "2010-05-15T18:58:43Z")
Used, I got a copy of Sonny Clark “Standards.” Last night I bought a newly remastered copy of “Exile on Main Street.” The bonus CD–as far as I can say from one listening–indicates that none of these songs were much to shout about, other than committed performances from the band. Sub-par stuff though, compared to the released album. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/39 "2010-05-15T19:08:02Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > This is the main reason I keep buying CDs. Most of the physical albums I buy are ~$6 at first release, under $10 catalog. Whoa, where are you buying CD’s for six bucks? ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514/40 "2010-05-15T19:20:42Z")
> [@HowieReynolds](#): > > Whoa, where are you buying CD’s for six bucks? Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, [amazon.com](http://amazon.com), etc. Helps if you like mass-market pop. (Concerts/basement shows if you like indie.) Caveat: these are probably loss-leaders; if not the store’s decision, then it’s probably desperate labels that want their latest pop sensation to top the charts on their debut weeks. But… typically the first Tuesday of a big album’s release, I can find it at around $6 at one of the mass-market retailers; it gets bumped up to $10 or so that weekend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-cd-you-bought/539514.md?page=3)