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Is anyone still concerned with buying legitimate music CD's? All I hear about from people is mp3's and file swapping and burned CD's. If I know that the music of a band is worth being in my collection, I'll go and buy the CD. Otherwise, it's just not in my collection. I need to have the actual CD, the artwork, the liner notes... if I happen to have burned music or mp3's I don't view it as owning the music and I'll throw it away after a while or go and buy the friggin' CD. I'm a collector. I can't help it. And I also feel guilty if I'm not paying the artists for their work, however wealthy some may be. And I like going into a record store knowing I'm going to spend a certain amount of money and running through the isles. Good stuff. And not much compares to the feeling of walking out of the store with that bag.
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I'm with you on this one. Also - my experiences with MP3s have generally been less then satisfying - they just dont meet my requirements in terms of quality - i can't take it really. I'm moving more towards higher end stuff - SACDs, DVD Audio, DTS - that sort of thing. And I collect as well and I think that the artists deserve to get paid (though I have my doubts about the record company's deserving their cut)Originally posted by Stark Evade -
Yes, mp3 compression sucks.Comment
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Yeah - every time I've tried to listen to them I can't - its like AM radio. I'd rather put a 33rpm on and listen to it - and why not? (well as long as I am at home - though I do still own a portable unit as well as my two home turntables)...of course I also own 2 Superbetas! (one with Beta 1 speed which is still pretty amazing quality) - no 8 tracks though (or reel to reel - anymore...) - but I still have my Nakamichi and a nice TEAC cassette deck...and speaking of record albums - I have thousands - I'll have to post a picture of all my albums sometime - I recently had a custom shelf set up (my design) made that lines up along the cieling in my loft area. I'm planning to start copying a number of my albums and cassettes (many live concert tapes etc) onto my computer - but no need to go MP3 - I'll take him at the highest bit rates I an manage - I have about 1.5 terrabytes of storage (primary [RAID array BTW])!Originally posted by Stark Evade
yup -- leading edge and basically all the old formats still worth having as well - life is good!
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That sounds excellent. I don't have any analog. For the moment, CD's are good enough for me. I only have about three hundred and fifty or so leaving so very many things I want. At this point, it just wouldn't be reasonable for me to worry about anything other than getting the CD's of the music I want to own and listen to. But I do have a Genesis album on vinyl that was purchased in the 70's. It's the first in what will be my future collection of progressive vinyl.Comment
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Genesis - a very good start. I'll have to get you a copy of the Lamb Lies Down - on video! Quality (Audio/video) not so good - but Peter's performance/costumes more then make up for it...yup have all the pre follow you follow me Genesis on Vinyl and CD - as well as PG & Steve Hacket solo stuff (I assume you are familiar yes?)Originally posted by Stark EvadeComment
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Yes. But I don't have much. From Genesis I only own "Lamb Lies Down...", "Trick of the Tail", and "Wind and Wuthering." I also have PG's "Security" and "Scratch" but that's it. I don't know which album it is that I have on vinyl because it's something that either my mother or father ended up with in one of their collections without knowing how. It's still in plastic!Originally posted by winomanComment
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You should know that there are German issues to PGs 2nd & 3rd (I think) albums (Melty faced one for sure...) - maybe more I don't know - where PG actually sings in German and where some of the musical arrangements are quite different (on at least some tunes - and if memory serves me quite a bit) - likely hard to come by now I would think - not sure (I only have these on CD)Originally posted by Stark Evade
I've seen the Gentle Giant remasters (Amazon) with good write ups....tempting. I have all on CD (Euro of one sort or another) - but the remastered quality would be nice...I may bite on Power and the Glory and A/B it with the one I have...always looking for better quality takes...just as with live/bootlegs!Comment
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If you like that remaster, move on to "In a Glass House."Comment
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for lazy butts like me, even the liner notes are onlineComment
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