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A sign of the times! Music- or at least the habits and behaviours around the physical acquisition of it- is no longer so central to people's lives, clearly. I don't think it's a good or a bad thing. It's just a sign of cultural and societal change.
I have Spotify which I got for my kids, and I dip into that a hell of a lot. But I still like to have CDs. Old personal habits die hard!
Music Magpie is a great source of used CDs for not much ££s. Delivery is quick and I've never had a problem with anything I've bought from them.
You never know your luck
I've got a load of stuff, new releases & reissues on my birthday list at the moment, as well as a couple of the SDE BluRay reissue things pending (like this).
“Errr Dad, can we turn the jazz off? I want to listen to a song”.
Got a pair of ray-bans the other day though for a tenner.
My problem is that I sometimes buy stuff I don't really want and won't listen to, but ... it was 30p!
I have had one good haul in my life, 5 post-Fish Marillion albums and 4 Porcupine Tree, and they were doing 4 albums for a quid!
Good finds for me - I have all Whitney Houston albums (Love a bit of Whitney!), all bought dirt cheap, also last year I picked up 3 Gregory Porter albums, nice stuff.
I’ve discovered quite a lot of great new music by buying anything that looks interesting, as well as a large number of old favourites and things I needed for completeist reasons .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
I don't mind paying a bit extra, but I do think also that a) the gear is second hand and b) the need to price to sell- otherwise they end up with too much gear.
Anything between £1 and £3 seems fair to me- with obviously better quality or rarer stuff prcied individually.
Bargain. Probably his first great album.
Interestingly, the older lad who served me on the till was in his school uniform, probably doing some volunteering after school. I know that not all charity shops have the under-18 volunteers on the tills, for all sorts of reasons.
previously 'retsacotarts' on music radar forum
I haven't been on a charity shop trawl for a while, but when I did it more regularly it was Mel C's album that seemed to be a fixture of every single charity shop ever.
I've seen rather a lot of Lostprophets albums in charity shops over the last few years. I always feel like I should take them to the counter and explain why they're never going to shift them, but nobody needs to know about Ian Watkins who doesn't already.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
This week’s finds included Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds, which I never actually owned back in the day - just had a dodgy cassette copy from one of my mates. Good to hear it again, although to be honest it’s a bit patchy - some great bits and a fair amount of weaker stuff (side 3 especially).
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
£2, and very compelling stuff.
At one point this book was out of print and going for anything between £20- £40.
And the best bit is that it's got me listening to his music again, which makes it all the more amazing how such a dysfunctional bloke could play so incredibly well.