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Points: 7374 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2007 at 17:36
Since brick and mortar record shops are bombing and the internet is booming and downloading is the new craze, do you guys think that CDs will still be widely available into the future, even if you can only order them from the internet? I guess I mean, even though the actual, physical record shops are closing down, do you think CDs will still be manufactured, but just sold off the net because they don't justify a record shop?
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I enjoy buying CDs, and have stopped downloading through filesharing networks.  I'm trying to replace some of my .mp3 files.  It's just much more enjoyable to get a hard copy of the music.  Downloading usually lacks the excitement that purchasing a CD does.  
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Though not a FOPP shopper, i rarely buy from high st. stores these days, they're just so expensive compared to Amazon and Ebay Ermm
 
HMV charge at least £10 for new releases, but old ones go for up to £17 in some cases.
 
 
 i downloaded one obscure cd once - the sound quality isn't the same at all.
 


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Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

^ online buying (Amazon,Play, CDwow, 101cd etc.) is the real cause of the demise of the high-street record store, not downloading. Not because they are cheeper, or more convienient (a 3 to 4 week wait for delivery is not convienient!), but because they offer a wider selection. I have given-up even attempting to buy anything other than "sale" items on the high-street, because the chances of finding what I buy online is slim to zero.



From a prog standpoint the wider selection is really cool ... but the online stores are also cheaper and more convenient. Best of all worlds! Big%20smile




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Living in rural Herefordshire, I just have no choice other than to buy online...we have a small Virgin store in Hereford (20 miles away...I go there about every 3 months), and something called Powerplay, but neither stock anything more obscure than Dream Theater, and always at top whack prices... why would I chose to traipse down there to spend £11.99 for Systematic Chaos, when I can find it online for £6.50??
 
It's a no-brainer, really...
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^ online buying (Amazon,Play, CDwow, 101cd etc.) is the real cause of the demise of the high-street record store, not downloading. Not because they are cheeper, or more convienient (a 3 to 4 week wait for delivery is not convienient!), but because they offer a wider selection. I have given-up even attempting to buy anything other than "sale" items on the high-street, because the chances of finding what I buy online is slim to zero.
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It continually amazes me that anyone would prefer an intangible digital copy of a song to a nice chunk of plastic with lovely cover art and liner notes to read. I just don't get it! I'm desperately afraid that all physical music media will go the way of vinyl and only be available in a few rare, understocked specialty stores. The fall of Tower Records was certainly a harbinger of doom.
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This is a shame, I've got a number of good deals at my local FOPP,  guess I'll go up their soon to see if theirs any kind of closing down sale.
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http://www.amazon.com/Going-Off-One-2DVD-CD/dp/B000QEIO4O/ref=sr_1_1/103-2717092-7579004?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1183146545&sr=8-1

After a few disappointments similar to the one you described I made a personal decision: I will not look for CDs in local stores anymore. It's not worth the time and effort!
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I much -prefer- the shopping-in-a-record-store experience, but my local record shop, which has a reputation for being so underground and having obscure artists, doesn't really cater to a prog audience at all. 

I preordered the new Tangent DVD there a few weeks back, put the full deposit down...  and they don't have.  They simply do not have it.  There's one copy in the main warehouse, but it's not even in transit towards the store.  There's some sort of communication problem, and I'll be damned if I'm going to waste my time (and money, the prices are too high) trying to support them in the future.  It's a limited edition of 3000 copies, and they're probably not even going to be able to get it for me.  Ouch
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

This is a tragedy. I love a hard copy, a package that comes with pics, lyrics, a cover, a CD that I can physically put into my stereo, a casew that I can add to my collection, something I can SEE. I don't like downloading at all...
 
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I do download (trying to stop), but i'm replacing the .mp3's slowly but surely.
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CDs beat downloading any day. I've never heard of FOPP though!
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Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

This is a tragedy. I love a hard copy, a package that comes with pics, lyrics, a cover, a CD that I can physically put into my stereo, a casew that I can add to my collection, something I can SEE. I don't like downloading at all...

 

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I feel the exact same way.




Me too


I hate Downloading,.
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

This is a tragedy. I love a hard copy, a package that comes with pics, lyrics, a cover, a CD that I can physically put into my stereo, a casew that I can add to my collection, something I can SEE. I don't like downloading at all...
 
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I feel the exact same way.
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Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

I'm happy to see that people boast about their taste are a dying breed. Or isn't that what you meant? ;P


I meant boast in a proud and positive sense..

I'm always boasting about mine. It's huge..
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Originally posted by Chicapah Chicapah wrote:

Sorry that so many of the younger generation won't get to experience the pleasure of leisurely perusing the racks at a record store, looking for that new discovery that thrills your soul and gives you something to spread the news about.  I love the availability of the internet but the interaction with others in a live situation can't be replaced.  Plus it was a great place to pick up chicks!  Big%20smile
 
Well, that's true. And even more in the pre-internet days, when you literally didn't know what the hell to buy... You just surfed the racks until you discovered something captivating... with the advent of internet, people like us who reseacrh about music already know what to look for in the stores, but the thrill was there... I don't know if I'm the only one (I'm sure I'm not) but when I buy cd's (specially unexpected cds) the moment I open them at home it's really exciting..Embarrassed... that's lost with the dumbed down download-generation...specially because, in my view, it will kill the ALBUM in favor of the SONG.
 
Now about that chik statement... I guess my lack of mating skills have a lot to do with me not agreeing...Tongue
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2007 at 14:14
Sad news indeed.  I don't have a FOPP near me, but I wish I did, because I find prog CDs hard to obtain from music stores.

Like everyone else here, I prefer CDs over Downloads.
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Tragically, UK based music retailer FOPP is to close all it's stores. It blames serious slumps in CD sales.

The London branch of FOPP sold shelves full of prog rock, for as little as £3.00, as well as latest releases. The company blames downloading for nose diving CD sales.

FOPP RIP

Sad news.

Does anyone here prefer buying CD's to downloading, or am I the last one?



I do a little bit of everything ... CDs, vinyls and downloads. But only legal downloads of course!
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Sorry that so many of the younger generation won't get to experience the pleasure of leisurely perusing the racks at a record store, looking for that new discovery that thrills your soul and gives you something to spread the news about.  I love the availability of the internet but the interaction with others in a live situation can't be replaced.  Plus it was a great place to pick up chicks!  Big%20smile
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I'm happy to see that people boast about their taste are a dying breed. Or isn't that what you meant? ;P
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