Discussions pertaining to CDs and collections!
Based on this subreddit.
Keep posts relevant and don't be an arse :)
There used to be CD stores and every major outlet had some assortment of CDs. Then they all went online and you could order CDs from all sorts of quant and off colour websites. But that's all gone now, or have escaped me. How do people get there CDs today?
Record stores > thrift stores > online I spend couple hours searching on record stores and thrift stores, but if I want something specific that I couldn't find anywhere else I buy online.
Hell yes, boost the record stores, send them as much business as your personal recommendations to family, friends, acquaintances and strangers can can. If they fail, where else am I going to be able to find cassettes?
There's Discogs, of course.
In my city there are still record stores that sell second-hand CDs. The great thing about (at least) one of those stores is that they also sell records on Discogs. You can browse through their stuff on there, use the many filters that the Discogs marketplace has, and then simply send the store a e-mail with a list of records you want to pick up at their store. No shipping prices, no online payments.
The public library.
I get that digital collections may be beyond the scope of this place but i have been archiving a lot of discs since i became aware of content disappearing.
I collect CDs for the same reason - no one can revoke my right to stream my own music in full quality.
I look for CDs in thrift stores, at garage sales, and at local music stores.
In Portland, there are still CD stores, crap, there are VINYL stores.
But I follow the musicians I like and when there's something new, I try to buy it from them directly. Cut out the middle men.
Chris Smither:
Bloodshot Records:
https://bloodshotrecords.shop.musictoday.com/
My wife had one request for our upcoming wedding anniversary:
From local CD/LP stores, of course
And from cdandlp.com, because fuck Discogs
I get mine from B&N, local stores, Walmart, Discogs (for rarities), but probably most of all from bandcamp.
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