Do you still buy physical music?

GIMH · 20-04-2012, 12:18 PM

I remember a few years ago I started a poll asking for people's favourite music format. But as the years go by, CDs are becoming less popular, vinyl probably going at the same pace now that it was a decade ago.

I still buy albums on CD (and the special few I get on vinyl too) and for the Gallaghers and a select few others I will buy all the singles on whatever formats they release physically. But I'm much more likely to get an EP or single from iTunes compared to years back when I'd get everything on CD.

And yes I know some of you will get it all for free but let's not have the mods shutting us down eh

Prince EWS · 20-04-2012, 12:23 PM

I don't think I've ever actually bought a CD in my life. I've had a couple bought for me, and I think I used a gift voucher to get one once which almost counts I suppose.

EDIT: Oh, and I've bought CDs for other people as well. But yeah, firm no for me.

GIMH · 20-04-2012, 12:24 PM

Think this is the first time I've ever noticed you in a music thread

Howe_zat · 20-04-2012, 12:35 PM

Same as PEWS. Have exchanged CDs as gifts, and had my parents buy me a few when I was kid, but that's about it. I think I must have been about 12 when Napster got taken down, so I've been downloading music for at least as long as I've had any concept of taste.

weeman27bob · 20-04-2012, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GIMH

Think this is the first time I've ever noticed you in a music thread

It's quite hard to make a standardised average for music.

And in answer to the question. I think I've bought about four or five CDs ever, and none for as long as I can remember. In most circumstances I'd only listen to a couple of songs on a specific CD and so it's not worth the cost. Added to that, it's much quicker to download it all, rather than mess around with putting CDs in and out of laptops.

Cabinet96 · 20-04-2012, 12:39 PM

Don't think I've ever bought a CD. Quite sad really.

Marcuss · 20-04-2012, 12:39 PM

Used to have a **** ton of CDs.

GIMH · 20-04-2012, 12:44 PM

Yeah I feel like an old man now

Come on Brumby, where are you?

(not because you're old but because I know you won't give me this 4 or 5 CDs ****, seem to buy that a week)

sledger · 20-04-2012, 12:53 PM

Copyright is a dinosaur. Downloading ftw.

Last time I bought a CD in a shop must have been when I was in 6th form, which was in 2006.

GIMH · 20-04-2012, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sledger

Copyright is a dinosaur. Downloading ftw.

Last time I bought a CD in a shop must have been when I was in 6th form, which was in 2006.

The music you listen to only available to listen to when you flush the toilet with your left hand IIRC

sledger · 20-04-2012, 01:02 PM

Me and the porcelain bowl, we make beautiful music together.

Several cones have been poured down the hatch tonight btw, posts may have to be taken with a pinch of salt.

BoyBrumby · 20-04-2012, 01:05 PM

Guess I have somewhere between 900-1000 albums on CD now. I've never got past having something tangible to hold.

Can't beat browsing in a record shop either, IMHO. Seeing a bargain still gives me a buzz.

GIMH · 20-04-2012, 01:06 PM

I'm headed to a couple tomorrow to pick up some vinyl for record store day, might do some Brumby style bargain browsing as well

sledger · 20-04-2012, 01:06 PM

If you saw His 'n' Hers for £3 would you buy it? Assuming you don't own it already that is.

sledger · 20-04-2012, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GIMH

I'm headed to a couple tomorrow to pick up some vinyl for record store day, might do some Brumby style bargain browsing as well

Hope some of then are Captain Beefheart tbh. If not, you owe me a round.

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20-04-2012, 12:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
GIMH Eternal Optimist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Shake my tree where's the apple for me? Posts: 43,581	Do you still buy physical music? I remember a few years ago I started a poll asking for people's favourite music format. But as the years go by, CDs are becoming less popular, vinyl probably going at the same pace now that it was a decade ago. I still buy albums on CD (and the special few I get on vinyl too) and for the Gallaghers and a select few others I will buy all the singles on whatever formats they release physically. But I'm much more likely to get an EP or single from iTunes compared to years back when I'd get everything on CD. And yes I know some of you will get it all for free but let's not have the mods shutting us down eh __________________ Watch out, for as soon as it pleases them they’ll send you out to protect their gold in wars whose weapons, rapidly developed by servile scientists, will become more and more deadly until they can with a flick of the finger tear a million of you to pieces RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed. Last edited by GIMH; 20-04-2012 at 12:23 PM.

20-04-2012, 12:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Prince EWS Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New South Wales Posts: 37,686	I don't think I've ever actually bought a CD in my life. I've had a couple bought for me, and I think I used a gift voucher to get one once which almost counts I suppose. EDIT: Oh, and I've bought CDs for other people as well. But yeah, firm no for me. __________________ ~ Cribbage

20-04-2012, 01:05 PM	#12 (permalink)
BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,582	Guess I have somewhere between 900-1000 albums on CD now. I've never got past having something tangible to hold. Can't beat browsing in a record shop either, IMHO. Seeing a bargain still gives me a buzz. __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

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20-04-2012, 12:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
GIMH Eternal Optimist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Shake my tree where's the apple for me? Posts: 43,581	Think this is the first time I've ever noticed you in a music thread

20-04-2012, 12:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,796	Same as PEWS. Have exchanged CDs as gifts, and had my parents buy me a few when I was kid, but that's about it. I think I must have been about 12 when Napster got taken down, so I've been downloading music for at least as long as I've had any concept of taste.

20-04-2012, 12:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cabinet96 International Vice-Captain Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London, England Posts: 4,055	Don't think I've ever bought a CD. Quite sad really.

20-04-2012, 12:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
GIMH Eternal Optimist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Shake my tree where's the apple for me? Posts: 43,581	Yeah I feel like an old man now Come on Brumby, where are you? (not because you're old but because I know you won't give me this 4 or 5 CDs ****, seem to buy that a week)

20-04-2012, 12:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
sledger Spanish_Vicente Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: cricsim, lol Posts: 28,021	Copyright is a dinosaur. Downloading ftw. Last time I bought a CD in a shop must have been when I was in 6th form, which was in 2006.

20-04-2012, 01:02 PM	#11 (permalink)
sledger Spanish_Vicente Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: cricsim, lol Posts: 28,021	Me and the porcelain bowl, we make beautiful music together. Several cones have been poured down the hatch tonight btw, posts may have to be taken with a pinch of salt.

20-04-2012, 01:06 PM	#13 (permalink)
GIMH Eternal Optimist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Shake my tree where's the apple for me? Posts: 43,581	I'm headed to a couple tomorrow to pick up some vinyl for record store day, might do some Brumby style bargain browsing as well

20-04-2012, 01:06 PM	#14 (permalink)
sledger Spanish_Vicente Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: cricsim, lol Posts: 28,021	If you saw His 'n' Hers for £3 would you buy it? Assuming you don't own it already that is.

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