Where do you get your music?

Pacifico

For more obscure music are their any good web sites in Europe?

I use play or amazon normally but they dont have what i'm looking for this time

John

I know you asked for Europe but most of these are in the US (all apart from Staal Plaat) but the price of the CDs and shipping still make it cheaper than here. I've been known to spend a pretty penny at these sites.

Important Records: Mainly their own releases but they carry some other stock. But basically anything on this label is pure gold, some of it is pretty weird but all of it is excellent.

Aquarius Records: Pretty much anything you can think of here.

Staal Plaat: Based in Amsterdam and Berlin. Quite good.

CD Universe: Not as obscure as the other three but they get a lot of specialist stuff as well as mainstream releases.

Franky Boy

Generally don't buy music.....but if I want the cd and artwork I go to tower.

Pacifico

Thanks for the links John2, would i be hit for inport duty on 1 CD?

With this bloody postal strike now it'll take ages to get any CD's

John

Pacifico wrote:

Thanks for the links John2, would i be hit for inport duty on 1 CD?

Nah, I never make orders smaller than five CDs/vinyl and I've never been hit with import duty.

Steve_o

Rarely buy online, usually buy in Tower, or Road Records

making strange

couple of UK ones that I have used in the past and have no complaints about:

www.actionrecords.co.uk
www.normanrecords.com

tj-music.com

www.cd-baby.com comes to mind. Other than that it is advisable to check out musicians on the likes like www.musicians.ie. Very often they all have their own CDs up on their websites and a few mp3s to listen to. I bought some really cool stuff from unsigned bands.

If only the record labels wouldnt be so bloody ignorant and check them out as well :mad:

RE*AC*TOR

I generally download all my music from various P2P networks. Rarely buy anymore (used to buy a lot - have about 200 albums at home).

John

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

I generally download all my music from various P2P networks. Rarely buy anymore (used to buy a lot - have about 200 albums at home).

I honestly think that's a travesty. Yes I agree that CDs, especially in Ireland, are overpriced but boycotting CDs isn't going to hurt anyone apart from the bands involved. If their CDs aren't selling the label will just drop them and then no more music from those bands.

Jimmy_Jazz

I generally buy low/mid-priced CDs in high street stores, and full-priced ones online. Having sleeve-notes and artwork is a major reason for this. I also like knowing that I'm supporting the artist (especially if they're relatively new). The sound quality of mp3s is too inconsistent for my liking so I rarely, if ever download music.

Mr E

Vinyl Tap is a great site for second hand rarities, and they're based in the UK.

http://www.vinyltap.co.uk/

RE*AC*TOR

John2 wrote:

I honestly think that's a travesty. Yes I agree that CDs, especially in Ireland, are overpriced but boycotting CDs isn't going to hurt anyone apart from the bands involved. If their CDs aren't selling the label will just drop them and then no more music from those bands.

The cds i've already bought cover most labels I'm ever likely to download music from. That covers my conscience - having already given them an obscene amount of money. Its their problem that they've constructed a business model that requires huge amounts of promotion, music videos and affiliated bull.

John

I get your point. Considering I don't buy much major label stuff anymore I feel guilty downloading the artists I like.

Doctor J

I'm with you John2, why steal from somebody you like? It is very easy to buy music cheaply, I think that is just a cop out.

PiE

I buy the albums that give me at least 10 bux worth of enjoyment. I've no issues with not buying the others.

Oh and it's usually from the band's own websites.

nlgbbbblth

Road Records
Freebird Records
City Discs
Spin Dizzy
Tower Records
HMV

online

www.actionrecords.co.uk - great for indie stuff and good service.

DerekD Goldfish

www.gemm.com

Rhyme

HMV and Tower seem to fit my bills... although nowhere in Dublin ive seen stock Sufjan Stevens

John

Rhyme wrote:

HMV and Tower seem to fit my bills... although nowhere in Dublin ive seen stock Sufjan Stevens

Road Records on Fade St. have Sufjan Stevens stuff.

eclectichoney

tower have illinois, greetings from michigan and a sun came all for €12 or less at the moment (they may have put up the price of illinois i think actually but they rest are def on special)

Pacifico

making strange wrote:

couple of UK ones that I have used in the past and have no complaints about:

www.actionrecords.co.uk
www.normanrecords.com

Just ordered some stuff from Norman Records. Hopefully i'll have no problems!

daveymack

Check out insound.com , American website. Great free downloads as tasters, great recommendations and great prices. When they send cds they under quote the value of the cds so you don't have to pay duty. If you are a member of the excellent indie radio streaming site www.3wk.com you can get a 15% discount code for insound. The only problem is that it takes a while for shipments to arrive, but then again it does with European Amazon too!

Cheers,
Mack

SprostonGreen

CDWow, Play and Citrus sounding peer to peer.

Ag marbh

p2p and torrents.

Ag marbh

John2 wrote:

I honestly think that's a travesty. Yes I agree that CDs, especially in Ireland, are overpriced but boycotting CDs isn't going to hurt anyone apart from the bands involved. If their CDs aren't selling the label will just drop them and then no more music from those bands.

I'll buy a local bands CD no problem but anything else can f*ck off.

Giblet

Ag marbh wrote:

p2p and torrents.

Hurrrr!

Ag marbh

Giblet wrote:

Hurrrr!

Burrr

Pacifico

Ag marbh wrote:

I'll buy a local bands CD no problem but anything else can f*ck off.

Why? Whats the difference?

Ive found that in Dublin Tower have an excellent rage of CD's, HMV on the other hand is useless!
Thanks for the links everyone.

Ag marbh

Pacifico wrote:

Why? Whats the difference?

Ive found that in Dublin Tower have an excellent rage of CD's, HMV on the other hand is useless!
Thanks for the links everyone.

If you don't know the difference between supporting a local band or feeding a money hungry company I don't know what to tell you.

Pacifico

Ok so you support them, they get signed by a money hungry company and what? you drop 'em?