Who still buys Cd's?
 

Must admit I hoarde cd's. I don't buy owt off iTunes unless I can't get the CD or it's like ultra rare and about £60

I love ripping off the plastic wrapping and slapping it in a CD player and having the physical booklet to flick through while it's on.

I do sometimes if i really like the artist. Otherwise i just download it. :hugesmile:

Sometimes I find on amazon the CD is actually cheaper than the download. Like wtf lol

I love how amazon have got that auto rip thing now so you can download it while waiting!

Thanks Amazon you sexy beast :elephant:

I get cds still, I love getting cds

No, although did I purchase a couple of vinyl records at a village fete recently, got myself a good Daniel O'Donnell record on the cheap

Download everything, only buy CDs that I really like. Usually about 10-15 of a year's releases. I have about 200 altogether atm.

If I like an album that i've downloaded enough I'll pay for it and that means getting a physical copy of it it not a legal download, but CD's are ridiculously expensive these days at most places

I have all the smiths albums including hatful of hallow nicely placed on my shelf next to the cure and talk talk :elephant:

I buy them.

Hubby downloads his musc, then pinches my CDs for the car.:hugesmile:




I can't complain as he a deAf..and needs special equipment.

The Smiths, I could listen to them forever. Good taste :wavey:

Yes, I like having hard copy's.

That's what it's all about for me. I love having the CD's.

Just bought the new version of Jeff Wayne's war of the Worlds and I bet it will have a nice chunky booklet for me to have a gander in.

I like having the hard copy as well, I download singles though

What Nathan said.

Tends to be older releases I buy though, with decent artwork. Vinyl mostly. Not because I'm a hipster or anything but because ... well ... I have a vinyl player and I prefer the sound. I can also kinda DJ so I amuse myself by mixing stuff that shouldn't be mixed - like seeing what happens when you bang An Unforgettable Fire up against some Marco V.

It doesn't help the illegal downloading industry that for years now artists have been putting out horrible CD packages with thin inlay booklets and daft "this is me with jewelery on me and paint in the background" style homogenized album covers.

Part of the draw of vinyl in the old days is that you weren't just paying for the music, you were paying for an item of aesthetic pleasure. You had your record, the awesome smell inside the cardboard, nice big liner notes, beautiful artwork.

Now it's just a big face with 'ARTISTS NAME' in sharp font.

All you need to know to burn your own CDs!

> http://www.wikihow.com/Burn-a-CD

Sleeves/Inserts you can download!

I still find with CDs from groups in the 80's they have decent album artwork and booklets. Talking heads and Level 42's booklets have interested me and I got a big one with the Joy division box set.

Factory Records used to put out incredibly lavish presentations even for their singles in the old days. Each Factory release was treated as a piece of high end commodity.

I remember [I wasn't born but you know ... I remember] PiL's Metal Box album that came ... in a metal box. I think they actually lost money on the limited run of those things.

what do they have now stu? katy perry putting seeds in and encouraging us to think about the environment

just bloody wrong

Those cardboard CD cases need to die though.

I hate those, they never sit right in the collection.

I can tolerate the cardboard ones with the plastic bit to house the CD like the crystal fighters one.

I don't mind the cardboard ones, bit thinner and consume less space.

they get tatty and worn very easily and as SM says they never sit right in CD collections, I've got about 4 of the bastards sitting awkwardly on top

anything david bowie does is OKAY NATHAN

I like to buy albums by artists and groups that I like but the ones that I cant find or cheaper on itunes I download I also buy NOWS and complimation ones as those I cant fit on my itunes and i can pick and choose those songs

I do and for the OP reasons, I like having actually the thing. I still have yet to download an album, just an occasional single.