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EL BROMANCE posted:The only CDs I’ve acquired in the last 10 years are from buying concert tickets and them mailing me the newest album (admittedly kinda cool) Those count as album sales. 
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Yeah, I presumed that’s why they did it rather than sending a code in an email or whatever.
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Sep 7, 2021 03:31
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Yeah I think the last CDs I got were a handout from Princes last few tours.
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Sep 7, 2021 04:26
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Yeah in the days of steaming the billboard charts have been adjusted so steaming counts slightly towards a bands rank but CDs are still given much more weight. A friend of mine is in an indie band that built their own studio, records/masters their own albums, pays to have their cds pressed and does all of their merch themselves. Their end cost on a professionally stamped cd in a printed cardboard sleeve rather than a traditional Jewel case is ~$1. At one point they ran a campaign where they gave their cds away for free + $5 shipping and handling. They package and mail them out media mail themselves so they were still able profit $3 a free cd and it was successful enough that they ended up on a bunch of billboard charts which for an indie band is exposure that is hard to pull off.
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Sep 7, 2021 06:02
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The only CDs I buy these days are compilation box sets from Cherry Red. They release consistently good collections of 80s/90s indie and electronica.
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Sep 7, 2021 06:05
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Arcella posted:I think the last CDs I bought were a couple Charisma.com albums since buying Japanese music digitally is a pain. Very sad that they disbanded  Fun fact, this album somehow got a EU pressing on Vinyl. It's also dirt cheap for some reason. 
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They're fiddling around with the listing, but the reissue of Oingo Boingo's Good for Your Soul should be getting reposted on Rubellan Remasters if anyone wanted to track down a copy, there were only about 200 left of each variant when I looked this morning. EDIT: it's back up now! caligulamprey fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Sep 7, 2021 |
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Sep 7, 2021 16:37
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Toe Rag posted:Super Are just might be my favorite song ever pretty stunned to find out that Super Ae and VCN were never pressed on vinyl
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Sep 7, 2021 18:13
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caligulamprey posted:They're fiddling around with the listing, but the reissue of Oingo Boingo's Good for Your Soul should be getting reposted on Rubellan Remasters if anyone wanted to track down a copy, there were only about 200 left of each variant when I looked this morning. It's interesting that they did their third album before their second. Thanks for the heads up!
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Sep 7, 2021 18:35
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Buffis posted:Very sad that they disbanded Aw really? Bummer! I had looked at some of their LPs on Discogs very casually the other day.
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Sep 7, 2021 20:01
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Kid A and Amnesiac are getting a joint special edition: https://kida-mnesia.com/ debating if I want to drop $60 on a 3xLP though, fuckin eesh
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Sep 7, 2021 20:21
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abraham linksys posted:Kid A and Amnesiac are getting a joint special edition: https://kida-mnesia.com/ i dont know if i want to drop 60 on a 3xLP but i know i just did drop 120 on the cOllEcToRs EdItIoN
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Sep 7, 2021 20:30
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Oof, that's expensive. I waited until a few months after OKNOTOK came out and snagged it for $22 (same version on Discogs is going for around $40ish) so I think I might wait this one out too.
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caligulamprey posted:They're fiddling around with the listing, but the reissue of Oingo Boingo's Good for Your Soul should be getting reposted on Rubellan Remasters if anyone wanted to track down a copy, there were only about 200 left of each variant when I looked this morning. Thanks for the reminder; I managed to reserve one of the orange/yellow copies.
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Sep 7, 2021 20:46
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Another Discogs haul! - Let the Music Play by Shannon - Black and White by Pointer Sisters - Conversations with Queen by Queen Pen - Another Place by Hiroshima - Y'all Come Back Saloon by The Oak Ridge Boys - Horizon by Eddie Rabbitt Oh, hey! I just got one of the Hiroshima albums. It's actually signed, but I have no idea by who...
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abraham linksys posted:Kid A and Amnesiac are getting a joint special edition: https://kida-mnesia.com/ The 2 cassette version is $90 But I’m a dummy who bought the limited edition so I can’t say much
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Sep 7, 2021 21:04
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Missed this WFMU post from yesterday, but thought you guys would enjoy. 
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marjorie posted:Missed this WFMU post from yesterday, but thought you guys would enjoy. Lol I saw that as well and walked away very informed. Cool stuff. Also WFMU owns so much and I wish I was hipper to the station sooner.
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Read After Burning posted:Another Discogs haul! This is AAA double plus good haul. 
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I've had really good luck with Discogs until this week, when the last three records I got (from three different sellers) were all completely unlistenable due to extreme surface noise. All three were rated VG+ and look great until you check under bright light and see tons of almost unnoticeable scratches. I know the pressings are good because the reviews all mention how great they sound. I guess a lot of sellers just only visually inspect their records and don't actually listen. Bummer - repackaging and shipping stuff back is such a time sink.
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marjorie posted:Missed this WFMU post from yesterday, but thought you guys would enjoy. We should buy her an account. dantheman650 posted:I've had really good luck with Discogs until this week, when the last three records I got (from three different sellers) were all completely unlistenable due to extreme surface noise. All three were rated VG+ and look great until you check under bright light and see tons of almost unnoticeable scratches. I know the pressings are good because the reviews all mention how great they sound. I guess a lot of sellers just only visually inspect their records and don't actually listen. Bummer - repackaging and shipping stuff back is such a time sink. A lot of discogs sellers are also terrible at visual grading or probably just lie. It's what's put me off discogs.
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Some of my recent finds:      
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bigman.50grand posted:This is AAA double plus good haul. Thank you! :3 I've already listened to the Shannon album several times. dantheman650 posted:I've had really good luck with Discogs until this week Oh, what a bummer. All three of my shipments (two from the same seller) so far have been fine, maybe the trick is to find a seller you like/trust and stick with them if possible? Discogs round 4 is arriving today, with: - Foxy Lady by Cher - Yesterday's Dreams by Four Tops - Tough Guys soundtrack by Issac Hayes (contains Run Fay Run from the Kill Bill soundtrack, as well as Hung Up on my Baby, which was famously sampled in Mind Playing Tricks on Me by Geto Boys) - A Visit to Washington with Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson The last one is some 1965 audio tour of the White House narrated by Lady Bird Johnson. I love creepy old poo poo, and it was only a few bucks so I threw it on the pile.
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I swear if Animal Collective cuts Fickle Cycle from the setlist to fit the festival slot, I will be livid. ...I had nowhere else to post this 
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Sep 8, 2021 04:49
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i too recently got a record which looked great but had multiple skips on side two should see if cleaning it helps, but I don't really have a setup for that
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caligulamprey posted:I swear if Animal Collective cuts Fickle Cycle from the setlist to fit the festival slot, I will be livid. PYF AnCo B-side bangers https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=62UEgu4ujT4
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hexwren posted:i too recently got a record which looked great but had multiple skips on side two It might or it might not. A simple surface clean probably won’t get rid of the issue, a water vacuum is your best bet. Something that can get in the grooves has the better chance of helping an issue. If it’s just a surface clean you’re just brushing off the top and leaving stuff in the grooves but maybe that’s as far as the issue goes.
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I saw this on my most recent trip to savers. I didn't get it but I did buy a single featuring My Ding-a-Ling by Chuck Berry.
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CPL593H posted:I saw this on my most recent trip to savers. I watched his feature film a month or so ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDIeuccWy80 It was offensively terrible. Assuming it was cheap, you made a grave error passing that up.
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CPL593H posted:I saw this on my most recent trip to savers. Foreshadowing his career in porn, now I see. I love Chuck Berry.
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pwn posted:I watched his feature film a month or so ago. Yeah, I've found it a few times and passed it up, because I remember how bad it actually was. I'm more of a Dr. Demento kinda guy myself. I can direct you to a store that has it though. In fact, if any of you want to come record shopping with me out here, let me know. It's no big secret but I know a couple junk stores that you guys might go wild for. You just have to wade through the owner and their buddies talking about how it's their right as a free American citizen to not wear a mask if they want and it's all a democratic plot to take over the United States. I probably shouldn't have included that if I actually wanted anybody to come along LOL.
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Since the OP is a good 10 years old, I'm looking for advice. My roommate inherited a modern Shimo branded turn table from Europe with basically all in one, memory cards and all, looks cheap IMHO. Since it's not dual voltage, I'm trying to figure out if I should look into buying a power converter for it, or if I should just look to source something here in the US. I do think that we were both hoping it would be a vintage table, when it was on the list of the shipment. On the other side we do now have a decent sized vinyl collection, unfortunately half of it doesn't appear to have been stored very well (that half was shipped in a clothes basket).
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memory cards? googling "shimo turntable" literally returns nothing related to vinyl i'm gonna go with "buy a good tt"
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Sep 8, 2021 16:29
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flip it as "Vintage" somewhere and buy yourself a Uturn Orbit or something in that range.
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 Definitely not vintage
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Looks to be German? https://m.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/shimo-plattenspieler-radio-usb-sd-mp3-all-in-one-geraet/1861890378-172-5850  E: And yeah, I'm team "buy something else." Like don't even waste the space using this as a digital media player. If you're looking for ease: Uturn orbit, AT-LP60 or 120, maybe one of the cheaper Fluance or Pro-jects (I don't keep up with these last two, so they may have issues I'm not remembering). If you're willing to hunt, check out local listings for vintage stuff and throw any candidates in here or the turntable/two-channel thread for opinions. There was also recent discussion in one of these threads about good starter setup speakers if you need those. marjorie fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Sep 8, 2021 |
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I love my baby Pro-Ject. I get a lot of joy out of it whenever I put on a record that's color coordinated because I'm a child. 
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No, that's sick as hell, I love it. E: I rely on lights to make mine look cool. 
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petit choux posted:Yeah, I've found it a few times and passed it up, because I remember how bad it actually was. I'm more of a Dr. Demento kinda guy myself. I can direct you to a store that has it though. In fact, if any of you want to come record shopping with me out here, let me know. It's no big secret but I know a couple junk stores that you guys might go wild for. You just have to wade through the owner and their buddies talking about how it's their right as a free American citizen to not wear a mask if they want and it's all a democratic plot to take over the United States. I probably shouldn't have included that if I actually wanted anybody to come along LOL. Go in there and ask if they have any Millions of Dead Cops records. Iron Crowned posted:Since the OP is a good 10 years old, I'm looking for advice. Just buy an AT-LP120.
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CPL593H posted:Go in there and ask if they have any Millions of Dead Cops records. I can just barely remember MDC from way back when, they weren't really on my radar. But I'll ask the extremely grumpy guy with the motorcycle cop glasses and the punisher shirt, I'm right on it. No, a few weeks ago they got a bunch of really classy 70s-80s stuff, ELO, Boston, Steely Dan, even had a Gentle Giant with some really fancy artwork, all priced at $5-11. I blew it all off.
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