Do you guys still buy CDs?

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 25 Mar 2012, 09:23

I stumbled upon an old "To Buy" list and realized I haven't bought a CD in a few years.

At this point I think helping out the band would be the only reason to continue doing it since a) I only listen to CDs in the car but rarely drive and b) I've gotten tired of accumulating stuff.

Oh and here's the list I found:

Absu - The Son of Tiphareth

Autopsy - Severed Survival

Beethoven - Egmont

King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black

King Crimson - The Nightwatch

Immolation - Dawn of Possession

Camel - Mirage

Jaaportit - Uminessa

Voivod - Nothingface

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Honkey Chateau, Captain Fantastic..., Tumbleweed Connection,

Madman Across the Water

Empyrium - Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays

Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten

Suffocation - Breeding the Spawn

Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

Monstrosity - Millenium

Monstrosity - Imperial Doom

Rottrevore - Iniquitous

Gorguts - Considered Dead

Nuclear ASsault - Game Over

Trio Mediaeval - Folk Songs

Gordian Knot - Emergent

Asgard - To a Golden Age

Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon

Biosphere - Substrata

Cianide - A descent into Hell

Sinister - Hate, Cross the Styx

The Chasm - Farseeing...

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 25 Mar 2012, 09:34

I still buy them, always will. Love getting the artwork/booklet and reading the linear notes and lyrics. Nothing like it in my opinion.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 25 Mar 2012, 09:39

not as often as i used to but yeah. just re-bought neurosis - tsib, and also flaming lips - transmissions from the satellite heart last week

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 25 Mar 2012, 10:19

[quote name="Beer [Bot]":1e2vjlbz]Love getting the artwork/booklet and reading the linear notes and lyrics. Nothing like it in my opinion.[/quote]

I definitely agree with this. For a while I had one of those desks with a removable glass top, and I was able to evenly fit about 50 album covers under it. There were no gaps in between them, the glass held everything in place, and it looked incredible. Basically like a much larger version of this picture I put together in my early teens:

(if it isn't already obvious I've been going through old files on my computer)

It also just occurred to me that I used to piece together "To Buy" lists from the "Thanx" section of bands I liked.

A surprising number of good finds came from it.

Olden Polynice · Post by **Olden Polynice** » 25 Mar 2012, 12:24

Very rarely.I used to buy a shit load in my teens but now it's about once a year.It just dosn't feel the same as it used to.The cds get listened to once or twice then I put them away and forget about them.

zim · Post by **zim** » 25 Mar 2012, 12:29

i've never purchased a single cd and only own a few

FUKKET · Post by **FUKKET** » 25 Mar 2012, 13:23

[quote name="zim"]i've never purchased a single cd and only own a few[/quote]

FUKKET · Post by **FUKKET** » 25 Mar 2012, 13:25

this

[quote name="Beer [Bot]":jv5php4x]I still buy them, always will. Love getting the artwork/booklet and reading the linear notes and lyrics. Nothing like it in my opinion.[/quote]

and

[quote name="Derek Waters?"]not as often as i used to [/quote]

due to funds and also no room left to keep them

zim · Post by **zim** » 25 Mar 2012, 13:26

[quote name="FUKKET"]
[quote name="zim"]i've never purchased a single cd and only own a few[/quote]

[/quote]

I got my computer when I was 9 and already knew how to download music. I'm a bad fan.

It's not like most artists even get anywhere remotely close to a fair cut.

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 25 Mar 2012, 13:30

It was still hard not to cringe after reading that. I feel old and bad for those poor, poor musicians.

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 25 Mar 2012, 17:27

[quote name="Olden Polynice"]Very rarely.I used to buy a shit load in my teens but now it's about once a year.It just dosn't feel the same as it used to.The cds get listened to once or twice then I put them away and forget about them.[/quote]

It´s still nice to have something physical to keep.

Hallucinating dead · Post by **Hallucinating dead** » 25 Mar 2012, 17:30

If there were non-mainstream cds available here, i would have a great collection by now.

rhino · Post by **rhino** » 25 Mar 2012, 17:47

[quote name="Beer [Bot]":1jge9y8w]I still buy them, always will. Love getting the artwork/booklet and reading the linear notes and lyrics. Nothing like it in my opinion.[/quote]

this

Lavabug · Post by **Lavabug** » 25 Mar 2012, 18:26

Not for the time being as I end up paying twice the amount of the cd due to shipping costs where I live. I do buy mp3 records from bands I like as they come out, if they're on a distributor that actually gives them revenue (ie: not itunes), otherwise I put off buying records until I go visit the US. The last few Nile, HE and ND cds are on the to buy list.

Devy · Post by **Devy** » 25 Mar 2012, 19:50

[quote name="rhino"]
[quote name="Beer [Bot]":3i2i2pti]I still buy them, always will. Love getting the artwork/booklet and reading the linear notes and lyrics. Nothing like it in my opinion.[/quote]

this[/quote]

+1. However, if Amazon/Play sold MP3 albums with the booklets I doubt I'd buy a cd again.

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 25 Mar 2012, 19:58

i buy alot on itunes now but buy things on cd i really like, if they have a making of dvd bundled in i will always get it on cd.

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 25 Mar 2012, 20:23

i would if i had it the money. cds > mp3s

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 25 Mar 2012, 21:02

i also have serious space limits here as well, i won't really be able to buy more than i currently do until i get my own place again. i have like, negative space, here. i've still got stuff stored in my car from when i moved back up from south carolina 'cuz i got nowhere else to put it

Boss Primigenius · Post by **Boss Primigenius** » 25 Mar 2012, 22:03

I haven't bought a CD in years. Vinyl >>>>

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 25 Mar 2012, 22:32

vinyl is also acceptable

i think the basic point is tangible items > non

Shredlord · Post by **Shredlord** » 25 Mar 2012, 23:46

I buy 10-20 CDs per month--mostly classical SACDs, actually.

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 25 Mar 2012, 23:51

think about that godflesh metallica tour instead

fear factory could have opened

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 25 Mar 2012, 23:52

I would if I had the blings for it

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 26 Mar 2012, 00:01

there should have been a napalm death / godflesh / fear factory tour in 1992 and burton could have done all the vocals himself

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 26 Mar 2012, 00:03

[quote name="ham slice"]there should have been a napalm death / godflesh / fear factory tour in 1992 and burton could have done all the vocals himself[/quote]

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 26 Mar 2012, 00:04

FUKKET · Post by **FUKKET** » 26 Mar 2012, 07:02

[quote name="Skinoperable"]that would be a horrible idea

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FUKKET · Post by **FUKKET** » 26 Mar 2012, 07:06

http://askearache.blogspot.com.au/2006/ ... llica.html

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 26 Mar 2012, 07:54

wait wait wait wait wait wait. "that is about 100% true about metallica ripping godflesh's artwork off and kirk only saying he thinks godflesh are one of the heaviest bands of all time to try and placate them," is that website's response to the contention that metallica stole artwork from a godflesh video for the reload packaging? because a) the reload packaging is 100% full of live pictures from the load tour, and b) two paragraphs later that cunt says

It seems that the next Metallica album cover-1996's " Load" utilised the same artists work, no doubt influenced by Godflesh's video years earlier.I guess Justin felt he had given kirk the idea, which is no doubt true, i dont actually think any of Godflesh 's art itself was used by Metallica tho, that would be cheesy.It was the idea of using Serrano in the first place he was upset about.

so it sounds like justin thought he gave metallica the idea to use serrano artwork even though lars had been into him for years and blah blah blah none of this is important

again, i wouldn't use the word "awesome" to describe metallica nowadays and i am well beyond my metallica fanboi days but that "ask twatface" or whatever it's called looks to me like a horseshit attempt at making fun of the millionaire rock stars

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 26 Mar 2012, 09:55

I can't believe two of my topics were hijacked by this Metallica tour debate

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 26 Mar 2012, 10:10

i blame fukket and that stupid website

also stupid metallica for never inviting godflesh to tour with them in the back in the day

and stupid godflesh for having been too cool to say yes

stupid

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:08

I was just browsing the Alternative Tentacles site for the first time in years and noticed that all of their vinyl options are "LP + DOWNLOAD"

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:12

what is so fucking great about vinyl?

cds are awesome and so are the booklets/cases and they all fit so nicely on shelves and theyre all the same size so theyre really neat and theyre a nice shape

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:12

[quote name="Zorg"]i've never purchased a single cd and only own a few[/quote]

dude

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:17

[quote name="Paste Human"]
[quote name="Beer [Bot]":3olvjxdl]Love getting the artwork/booklet and reading the linear notes and lyrics. Nothing like it in my opinion.[/quote]

I definitely agree with this. For a while I had one of those desks with a removable glass top, and I was able to evenly fit about 50 album covers under it. There were no gaps in between them, the glass held everything in place, and it looked incredible. Basically like a much larger version of this picture I put together in my early teens:

(if it isn't already obvious I've been going through old files on my computer)

It also just occurred to me that I used to piece together "To Buy" lists from the "Thanx" section of bands I liked.

A surprising number of good finds came from it.[/quote]

Show no mercy has the best cover ever

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:18

*...and justice for all

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:28

Hugo. · Post by **Hugo.** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:30

Yall are only sayin that because ride the lightning does.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:33

ride the lightning is certainly the bluest cover. thats where the similarities end

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:47

i bought a cd on sunday

there's a story that goes with it, but i already told it in another thread

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 20 Apr 2012, 02:48

tell it here

rhino · Post by **rhino** » 20 Apr 2012, 03:08

[quote name="Dudley"]i bought a cd on sunday

there's a story that goes with it, but i already told it in another thread[/quote]

vulgar reissue?

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Apr 2012, 03:21

no although they had some huge and really expensive version in the boxset section, it was like $100 or something. it's like the label has no idea who their target audience is; you could buy at least 400 cans of natural light with that kind of money. but, i guess it was sufficiently large that you could cave your common-law wife's head in with it, so there's also that.

rhino · Post by **rhino** » 20 Apr 2012, 03:24

[quote name="Dudley"]no although they had some huge and really expensive version in the boxset section, it was like $100 or something. it's like the label has no idea who their target audience is; you could buy at least 400 cans of natural light with that kind of money. but, i guess it was sufficiently large that you could cave your common-law wife's head in with it, so there's also that.[/quote]

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 20 Apr 2012, 03:30

SCUNT · Post by **SCUNT** » 20 Apr 2012, 06:59

I recently re-bought Despise the Sun and also got Chapters of Repugnance. I think the last cd purchase made before that was Suffo's live album

Hugo. · Post by **Hugo.** » 20 Apr 2012, 07:21

I bought A Perfect Absolution and shirt at the ein Gorod gig.

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 20 Apr 2012, 17:18

[quote name="Verbal"]what is so fucking great about vinyl?

cds are awesome and so are the booklets/cases and they all fit so nicely on shelves and theyre all the same size so theyre really neat and theyre a nice shape[/quote]

You can list many things but ultimately it boils down to larger artwork and better sound.

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 20 Apr 2012, 17:22

I had an "oh yeah, never thought of that" moment when I first got an earful about cover art and the size of the physical product. Try looking at Elton John's "Captain Fantastic..." layout on CD vs. vinyl for a not so obvious but still simple example.

Devy · Post by **Devy** » 21 Apr 2012, 00:26

[quote name="Zilly Toid"]I bought A Perfect Absolution and shirt at the ein Gorod gig.[/quote]

I recieved a Gorod shirt through the post yesterday