Jay Maynes/Juan Oskar
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This is a long article but it is interesting. later.......JO
http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2007-01-04/news/feature_print.html
http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2007-01-04/news/feature_print.html
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"Albums are meant to be listened to on vinyl; vinyl is the most romantic form of music listening. The album cover, especially the foldout, is like the caviar experience of music. Nothing will ever beat the opening of an album, the pulling out of the inner sleeve where the lyrics are, the removal of the vinyl from the paper or plastic sleeve -- it is a priceless experience."
Mike Blakesley said:People say CDs are overpriced. BS, I say. An album cost $7.98 30 years ago - today a CD is available with more music for $10 or $11, or less. How is that a ripoff?
Some single CDs, though, sell for a list price of as high as $18.98. That, IMHO, is a rip-off. I have no problem paying $10 for a disc.
I think part of the rip-off, too, is that many new albums coming out barely have two or three good songs on them. And with some artists attempting to fill out more space on the CD, they're apt to put a lot more weak "filler" on a single disc than they would have in the LP era. I still say that the ideal album is something like 8-12 good songs, maybe 40-45 minutes, tops. I think many of us just have a problem with the value of what we are buying, not so much the price of it.
Mike Blakesley said:Sure, but anyone who pays full list price for a CD is not much of a shopper. An $18.98 list disk is usually available for under $15 or maybe even close to $10.
Mike Blakesley said:He mentions that in the article. A good recent example for me is Fleetwood Mac's SAY YOU WILL. It had half good songs and the rest was unlistenable crud. I made a 40-minute CD out of it that's darn good.
alpertfan said:It's a smaller medium, and I've read articles by various audiophiles that the digital sound is inferior to the "warm", natural sound of vinyl (I disagree, though there are many poorly-remastered discs of albums and compilations that lack the feel that the artist is in the recording studio).
album sales slipping, how is it that any of today's artists maintain high chart status? There are claims from time to time about a particular artist's material selling very well. How is this when nobody (or very few people) are buying CDs?
Rudy said:I don't really care for browsing through CDs any day, but I'll stay at the record shop for a couple of hours looking at all the great LP jackets, trying to decide which of a handful of discs I should walk out with.