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Do you collect records or cd's? I don't mean the run of the mill acquisition of said items, I mean the scouring through Record Collector or Ebay to get that obscure (radiohead/manics etc) disc which will complete (ha) your collection.

If you had the tracks, say as the bonus on a cd would you still want the original? If so why?
If said record cost £100 (or whatever), would you get the same amount of pleasure from it that you would get from buying 8 or 9 new discs?
What's the most you've paid for a record?

― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Not so much anymore, particularly if I can acquire the tracks in some other form. This has something to do with the fact that over the past five years or so, my buying has expanded greatly in scope and genre -- so when I think about buying whatever rarity from whatever much-beloved band, I remember the dozens of entire genres I've been meaning to check out as well. (This has gotten to the point where I've bought records by bands, absolutely loved them, and then never gotten around to buying other records by said bands, a habit I suppose I need to work on.)

That said, I do understand the collecting impulse, and indulge it from time to time. If you tossed an early MBV record in front of me anytime near payday, you could have me living on rice and tap water for the rest of the month.

― Nitsuh, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I've done some in my time but I find it fairly pointless now - I still prefer to hear a complete release from the artist themselves instead of the mostly lacklustre bits and pieces that you find elsewhere.

― philT, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Collecting in the sense you describe = EVIL! I can be a completist out for odd CD singles at most, but beyond that, no on inflated prices for promo crap and all that.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Were money not an object, I would buy rehearsal tapes and demos of bands I liked for any price. I buy reissues of CDs I already own for presence of same. Anything else I will not pay over the odds for.

― dave q, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

About a year previous to the Neu! reissues, I spent at least $35 a CD for the bootleg copies on eBay. I regret it now, of course. I think that's the most I've ever spent on a CD.

― Melissa W, Wednesday, 5 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i prefer records cos i reckon they sound better. plus CD's are too expensive anyway. i don't think I've ever paid more than NZ$20 for a record.

― di, Thursday, 6 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I mainly buy CDs . I do buy LPs but only when it's cheap or rare. I have bought the Rainy Day comp on vinyl for about 40 dollars on ebay. That's the highest amount I remember paying for a record.

― nathalie, Thursday, 6 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I collect when I can and try not to be obsessive because it usually leads to disapointment. Now I'm an Oxfam master. Greatest Oxfam purchases? 2001 Space OdessyLp and Johnny Cash Live at San Quentin both 50p

― tom, Thursday, 6 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hmm, topical question - just bought the new Costello reissues. What a waste of money, esp My Aim Is True; only four tracks different from the last reissue and the inferior American version of the album to boot. So I'll probably be hanging on to my old copy of it.

It frustrates me when there's music out there by bands I like that I don't have and I may go to some lengths to get it. However, if the music on different releases is no different I tend not to bother.

Plus, Audiogalaxy means I can usually put together a CD of B sides without having to trawl around trying to find any of the singles! Woohoo!

― John Davey, Thursday, 6 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That "Rainy Day" lp is going for $40?? I tossed that one out years ago! It's the one with the Bangles, 3 O'Clock, Dream Syndacate, etc, right?

― Sean, Thursday, 6 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh yeah, and records do sound better, I'll go for the record almost all the time, even if it means spending more.

― Sean, Thursday, 6 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, they sound just fine. Up until that first inevitable skip permanently etches itself into the vinyl and you spend the rest of your days crying. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sean, according to the Paisley Underground article in Magnet it fetches up to one hundred dollars on ebay.

― nathalie, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Mine cost £3.50 in Scorpion Records of High Wycombe about 5 years ago. Maybe I'll sell it - it's not THAT good.

― Dr. C, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

$35 for Neu bootlegs? $100 for the Rainy Day alb? Jesus, is everything on ebay this overpriced?

― Andrew L, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eight years pass...

Do we any threads discussing how people feel about the condition of their records/cds? I mean, discussing levels of tolerance and botheredness with regards to bashed corners and keeping things in pristine condition and the like?

― krakow, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 18:36 (fifteen years ago)

I feel sure such issues must have come up, but I'm not sure what to search for to find them...

My burning question that I'm currently struggling with is: Can you cope with bashed corners? And more importantly, can I?

― krakow, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 18:37 (fifteen years ago)

A couple months ago I got a pristine 7" mailed to me from the UK, and promptly dropped it as soon as I removed it from the package, annihilating one corner.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:00 (fifteen years ago)

I think it will be good for me to try and learn to just deal with it, though I'd be lying if I didn't admit it hurts.

As long as the music is fine, it shouldn't be the end of the world. But that ink and paper is part of the package so it pains me inside. Is this sad?

― krakow, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:02 (fifteen years ago)

sticker residue and torn paper due to sticker removal drive me crazy. i remove all stickers before i leave the shop and give the clerks a vicious stink-eye if the price tag removes some paper from the sleeve when I carefully remove it.

― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago)

when it comes to buying, i'm ok with banged up sleeves as long as they are in one piece and don't have stains/gunk on them

― skeletor, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago)

I don't mind covers getting a little roughed up. All part of normal wear and tear. As long as the LP is kept in good condition.

But dropping a pristine single on the floor is a different matter -- bound to hurt a little.

Do you guys use those plastic sleeves over your LPs? I personally dislike them.

― Duke, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 20:01 (fifteen years ago)

lots of this kind of discussion on the new-ish vinyl board
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=290040365

― mizzell, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 20:08 (fifteen years ago)

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