Where do you get your music?

Pacifico · 04-11-2005 8:30pm #1

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 · 04-11-2005 9:08pm

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 · 05-11-2005 11:21am

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

Pacifico · 05-11-2005 1:09pm

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 · 06-11-2005 12:42am

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 · 10-11-2005 11:49am

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

making strange · 10-11-2005 1:42pm

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 · 10-11-2005 1:46pm

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 · 10-11-2005 1:49pm

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 · 10-11-2005 4:51pm

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 · 10-11-2005 5:04pm

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 · 10-11-2005 5:31pm

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 · 10-11-2005 6:39pm

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 · 10-11-2005 6:43pm

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

Doctor J · 10-11-2005 6:57pm

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 · 10-11-2005 11:37pm

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 · 10-11-2005 11:45pm

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 · 11-11-2005 2:13am

www.gemm.com

Rhyme · 11-11-2005 9:32am

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

John · 11-11-2005 4:46pm

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 · 11-11-2005 5:54pm

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 · 13-11-2005 6:58pm

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 · 15-11-2005 9:35am

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 · 15-11-2005 11:46am

CDWow, Play and Citrus sounding peer to peer.

Ag marbh · 15-11-2005 12:00pm

p2p and torrents.

Ag marbh · 15-11-2005 12:02pm

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 · 15-11-2005 12:29pm

Ag marbh wrote:

p2p and torrents.

Hurrrr!

Ag marbh · 15-11-2005 12:54pm

Giblet wrote:

Hurrrr!

Burrr

Pacifico · 15-11-2005 1:22pm

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 · 15-11-2005 1:44pm

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 · 15-11-2005 1:46pm

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

Ag marbh · 15-11-2005 1:52pm

Pacifico wrote:

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

No I don't hang out at Whelans and support posing idiots. I support bands with more meaning than that who wouldn't sign to a money hungry label.

Doctor J · 15-11-2005 1:57pm

Ehhhh for what it's worth, it's the likes of HMV and Tower and our beloved government who are to blame for CD's being expensive, not the money hungry capitalists down at the record label. Downloading music isn't going to hurt anyone but musicians and bands.

John · 15-11-2005 10:39pm

What about the hundreds of independent record labels putting out great music at a loss because people are downloading instead? What about bands being dropped by record labels because they're not shifting enough CDs? If the Arcade Fire or whatever band people seem to care about got dropped tomorrow because their album wasn't selling because people were downloading you'd probably be all up in arms.

Ag marbh wrote:

No I don't hang out at Whelans and support posing idiots. I support bands with more meaning than that who wouldn't sign to a money hungry label.

Would they sign to a nice non-money hungry label then? Oh wait, there's no such thing. Some are better than others but all are involved in the record business. All artists need to make something from their art, otherwise they are really just hobbyists.

lordgoat · 16-11-2005 11:27am

Doctor J wrote:

Ehhhh for what it's worth, it's the likes of HMV and Tower and our beloved government who are to blame for CD's being expensive, not the money hungry capitalists down at the record label. Downloading music isn't going to hurt anyone but musicians and bands.

i'm not sure about the second part doc j, you've got it with the pricing part though,but recently there's been alot of bands that have garnered huge support from putting music on the net, wilco have done it for years, i think if the quality is there you'll make it. I download alot of music,legalishly!! as do most of my friends but generally we'll get the album too, and i think this holds for alot of people. Also you've got to admit that music reaches a much larger audience and more people have found bands that in the past they would never have heard of, and that can only be a good thing...

this is in no ways a personal attack doc, most of the time im in agreement with yourself but you posted last and all that!

RE*AC*TOR · 16-11-2005 11:56am

Doctor J wrote:

Ehhhh for what it's worth, it's the likes of HMV and Tower and our beloved government who are to blame for CD's being expensive, not the money hungry capitalists down at the record label. Downloading music isn't going to hurt anyone but musicians and bands.

You can't make an omelete without breaking a few eggs.

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