“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.
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.
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.)
I believe it was a Wu-Tang CD back in 94 or so right before i found out about napster.
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.
Sarah Fimm - The Vanishing Sessions (B-Sides Part I)
The day it was released, a few months ago.
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…
1000 Homo DJs
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.
Thanks for pointing out the error, FILB.
Live Whites Stripes, Under Great White Northern Lights. Picked it up last week. Haven’t listened to it yet, though.
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.
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.
Bruce Springsteen’s “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions”, perhaps the best singalong CD I’ve ever had. Absolutely infectiously rip-roaring.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Whoa, where are you buying CD’s for six bucks?
Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, 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.