I started buying records at age 10 in 1965. I have a room full of vinyl, shellac & CDs. I scour 2nd hand shops for records & regularly play them. I have several ipods - great for portable music, but I have never purchased an mp3. I like having the physical object & the cover notes.
I was in the UK recently (I'm from Australia) & came back with over 100 CDs. The range in the shops is something I can just dream about here. People will say the variety available in the online world is staggering but I like browsing the shelves.
How long the variety in stores continues is anyone's guess. HMV is in trouble, as, I suspect, is Harold Moores (can anyone shed some light on that for me?) but places like Foyles, Heffers & Blackwells are wonderful.
The only positive in the CD downturn is the bargains - 10 pounds for a set of Martinu symphonies, around the same for the complete Paul Robeson EMI recordings (7CDs), $18 for a 5 CD set of 70s Jean-Luc Ponty fusion albums. Can you get better value online?
I started buying records at age 10 in 1965. I have a room full of vinyl, shellac & CDs. I scour 2nd hand shops for records & regularly play them. I have several ipods - great for portable music, but I have never purchased an mp3. I like having the physical object & the cover notes.
I was in the UK recently (I'm from Australia) & came back with over 100 CDs. The range in the shops is something I can just dream about here. People will say the variety available in the online world is staggering but I like browsing the shelves.
How long the variety in stores continues is anyone's guess. HMV is in trouble, as, I suspect, is Harold Moores (can anyone shed some light on that for me?) but places like Foyles, Heffers & Blackwells are wonderful.
The only positive in the CD downturn is the bargains - 10 pounds for a set of Martinu symphonies, around the same for the complete Paul Robeson EMI recordings (7CDs), $18 for a 5 CD set of 70s Jean-Luc Ponty fusion albums. Can you get better value online?
Bill