The reason I do it is a combination of a few factors: I live in Colorado Springs, so my record-shopping opportunities are few and far between; I tend to order from out of state and get 15-20 records at a time; I buy a lot of vinyl & clean it with a Nitty Gritty machine before playing it, and I can afford to buy big piles of records a few times a month, where in college I could buy 1 or 2 a week. I'm a single dad & my daughter would rather go play in the park than spend a whole day listening to records, and so would I, most days. Also, I think Mr Vergara mentioned Masami Akita, Mr. Merzbow,as his #1 & for me, Merzbow is pretty specialized listening & so those CDs wait a lot longer than Otis Redding reissues. I usually get through all of my new stuff within 2 weeks of receiving it. 7" singles wait a bit longer because I get less return on my cleaning investment. And although I buy a lot of records, I still spend time returning to the ones I already have. -Selvig np: John Coltrane Quartet "Ole" LP (bought in 1995) At 02:31 PM 12/13/03, Zachary Steiner wrote:
Want to hear something pathetic? Don't ask how many of those titles are still *shrinkwrapped.*
This is something I have yet to understand: How and why people buy CDs and then leave them in the shrink wrap for long period of times? When I first pick up a CD, I get too excited to hear it to leave it in the wrap for long. I may not listen to it all for awhile, but I do at least crack it open. Is this just a product of being young or having more time on my hands? Or not having much money and "choosing" my albums carefully?
Zach
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