Where do you get your prog?

My favourites are definitely looking through second hand local stores, used section on Amazon, e-bay has been useful (managed to pick up 10 camel albums on there) and record fairs. If all this fails then it is worth searching the web for specialist sites.

Has Prog Archives thought about doing a mail order service??!

Vegetableman wrote: Although I've never bought anything from it, http://synphonic.8m.com/ appears to have a massive (very massive) library.

Yes synphonic.8m.com is very very good. Speedy service and very friendly.

Also, i have a record about 20 min. or so away. They have a great selection. Also, I can find alot of good stuff (GG, KC, and others) at regular on-line stores (ie Circuit City or Sam Goodey). And as the others suggested there are alot of random sites that are good as well.

Oh WOW people there are TONS of good internet sites that sell mostly prog, prog-metal and/or psych records. Maybe not as much of the 70's stuff but most the modern bands can be found at one of these places:

Laser's Edge - www.lasercd.com/default.asp

Kinesis - www.kinesiscd.com/storeframe1.htm

Wayside - www.waysidemusic.com/default.asp

ZNR - www.znrcds.com

M&M - www.mandmmusic.com

And another great site for those in Europe is probably the Freak Emporium - www.freakemporium.com

 

If you STILL can't find what you are looking for then GEMM or MusicStack is the final option!

synphonic.8m.com, YES and very good prices, most
import titles are $13-18 compared to most internet
retailers $23-36, and he is fast, friendly and will tell
you if he doesnt have something via email
communications.

I'm a poor guy, don't have much money, but I spend it well.

I've got a list of 200 cd's I want to purchase, but I don't want to spent more than 10 euro on each, so some moths I buy none and some moths I buy 10 or even more. on average I spent som e100 euro's a month on cd's, but some months it will be double, and other it will be nothing.

Once you know which cd's you want to buy, stick to that and search hard on all possible shops etc. to find what you want, sometimes you will have to pay more for an album than you innitially wanted too, but too compensate you can always deside not to buy something else.

When in real doubt download the album, and decide on buying it at a higher price if the download was good enough, or decide not to buy it if it's not worth the extra (over budget)money.

hehe im lucky in mn,theres a lake that all the hippiues go to, and one of the hippies that lives there set up an all 70's cd store. its pretty sweet!

I love the Used and New feature on many online sites, like Amazon.  CDs don't deteriorate over time like vinyl and tape so getting them used (as long as they are clean) is as good as new.

But yeah I wish there were a magical site to buy CDs for $10 a pop.  I scour the net high and low for certain CDs.  Sometimes you just get lucky.  A really really hard CD to find is Peter and the Wolf: A Prog Fairy Tale, but I just happen to come across it on Musicstack.com and got the only copy for a really nice price.

Other albums like Jon Anderson's 3 Ships are just going to cost you $100 if you want 'em!

But please, share any good online catalogues or sites!

My favorites are Amazon (of course) and Musicstack.  CDBaby also has some good stuff.

I go to my local record store and order them, easy!