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    Posted: June 29 2007 at 12:56
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?

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That sucks. I hate it when this kind of stuff happens.

I'm right there with ya in preferring to buy CDs versus downloading. Album art and the overall "package" is very important in my opinion to the whole experience of enjoying music. Plus, when I spend my money on something, I want something to show for it. Legal access to a file on my computer doesn't cut it.

Besides, it's soooo much cooler to say "Yeah, I've got x number of albums in my collection" and have shelves full of them instead of "Yeah, I've got x number of gigs/songs on my iPod."
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Yeah....... CD's (or vinyl) is way better than a download.
 
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Nope!!! I'd MUCH rather go into a store and buy a disc rather than downloading. Just another sign of society getting lazy.

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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... I have an IPod only because without it I would find even more excuses not to work out in the gym (Embarrassed), but everything I put in there comes from my own cd's, and I only listen to the damn device in the gym or in special ocassions. A tragedy...
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Have to say I'm very much of the pro-CD camp, personally. You don't get the artwork or the thrill of going out and getting an album when it comes out with downloads.
 
As I just posted on Progressive Ears, I've been buying in Fopp stores across the UK since 2002, when I stumbled upon their Bristol store whilst on a day trip. I was only in there on Wednesday, I bought 'Sextant' by Herbie Hancock and 'My Spanish Heart' by Chick Corea for £5 each. Incidentally, where I am in Cardiff, they only just opened a university store a few weeks ago (actually where I bought those 2 cds!!)...Shall be sad to see them go- they were a tonic amongst the increasingly conservative big chain stores in the UK.Cry


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It seems to me that music is becoming ever more presented as something disposable, and temporary.

I think people like us who appreciate album art work, and the pleasure of having enormous CD collections to boast of, are a dying breed. It is a real shame.

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Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

Have to say I'm very much of the pro-CD camp, personally. You don't get the artwork or the thrill of going out and getting an album when it comes out with downloads.
 

As I just posted on Progressive Ears, I've been buying in Fopp stores across the UK since 2002, when I stumbled upon their Bristol store whilst on a day trip. I was only in there on Wednesday, I bought 'Sextant' by Herbie Hancock and 'My Spanish Heart' by Chick Corea for £5 each. Incidentally, where I am in Cardiff, they only just opened a university store a few weeks ago (actually where I bought those 2 cds!!)...Shall be sad to see them go- they were a tonic amongst the increasingly conservative big chain stores in the UK.Cry


I'd only been in there a couple of times. On my last visit I came out with 'Who's Next' 'Voyage of the Acolyte' 'Queen II' and 'Songs from the Wood' all for just under £20. Great shop.
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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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


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CDs beat downloading any day. I've never heard of FOPP though!
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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...
 
Same here. Clap
I do download (trying to stop), but i'm replacing the .mp3's slowly but surely.
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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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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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