How many still collect it? Got anything rare/valuable?
I've come to the conclusion that physical media will grow in value as stuff goes out of print and the available copies dwindle. Massed produced stuff from popular artists won't see much value inflation down the road, but anything below that I could see increasing in substantial value.
I'm butthurt about out of print releases that aren't available anywhere and the sellers are already charging >$50... it will only get worse.
Anyone that is into music (and also movies) still buys physical media from time to time. Partially because of the aesthetic.
its just inconvenient to use but it is nice to have. i can understand buying albums you cant find online but thats kind of it
I buy tapes because if I'm going to spend money for physical shit I want it to be a low cost at least. A CD for 10 bucks just doesn't seem worth it to me desu
It definitely becomes inconvenient when a collection gets too big.
>I buy tapes
I get buying vinyl for a mastering that's exclusive to the platform and even the artwork on the gatefolds. I don't understand buying tapes even if they are cheaper though (unless it was never released on another platform). It's akin to buying VHS where there's no upside due to a combination of reduced quality and a much shorter lifespan compared to other platforms.
not that guy but ive always wanted to buy tapes as they look nicer and are easier to store than vinyl. Especially a tape rack full of my favourite albums. I just wouldnt be able to listen to them in a comparable quality to my digital music without spending hundreds if not thousands
The points about quality of the medium I just wont try to argue about but a tape is usually the best way for me to support the artists I like because I am down on the poverty line currently.
I do buy 7 and 10" records a lot more than buying 12" for the same reason.
I don't buy music in the hopes I can sell it in 20 years for a profit. I buy it because I am autistic.
I buy CDs and burn playlists for my car yeah
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I collect CDs because in the vast majority of cases they sound the best to me and are relatively low maintenance. Also, most of the stuff I listen to has no LP pressing or a decent one can be several hundred dollars.
As you indicated, a lot of CDs are already super valuable, especially in more niche genres. I go to every record store in my area once at least once a week and most times I come up with nothing but by being patient and doing this consistently over the years I've come up with a pretty serious collection for very little money. the vast majority of my jazz, hip hop, rock sections, and other miscellaneous have come from IRL finds, and about half of my metal section, which frees up cap space for me to buy ~500-2000 copy runs of electronic/trance/ambient releases that Im passionate about and simply do not exist in my country (the US).
They have kind of a neat retro aesthetic... even back in the 90s I thought the tape racks were kind of cool - better than CD racks imo
Makes sense. Where are you from user?
It's more about recouping costs down the road vs selling off CDs for pennies on the dollar now if you do want to unload them.
Nice collection user. I used to do this too. I'd go to my local music shop and pilfer the dollar bin. Got a number of sweet finds. Are you on any private trackers?
I've got more like a bunch of rock and funk and stuff but dont want to be obnoxious itt lol
Just don't buy cassette tapes. They sound bad, they get eaten by tape decks, and the more you play them the worse they sound.
I have a small record collection and a decently sized tape collection.
I need to get a rack for my tapes because they just pile into my bookcase. I listen to a lot of drone/ambient which a bunch is recorded to tape in the first place, so I'm not really missing too much quality. They're much easier to store than records.
I hope I can do this when Im older. I live in england and there arent any record shops where I live, only charity shops which have 1 million best hits albums and multiple of each. How do record shops work? I always thought they were just a bunch of vinyls
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Cassette buying user I'm living in Boston now
a lot of stores here, at least, are vinyl only nowadays, or are extremely selective on their CD buybacks. a lot of these stores get really competitive and careful with pricing their LPs and things can get really dramatic between their regular customers; people literally fighting over vinyl and racing each other to get to the store after getting a tip or seeing a post on a facebook page, it's hilarious. I know this because I used to be a "buyback guy" at a record store myself. This leaves CDs being a very easy target for a collector, and I like CDs the most anyway, so it all works out.
CDs are usually secondary to these shops now; they command value too, but mostly in niche online circles. Shop owners do not care about making money off of CDs in most cases and will not even bother looking their values. Because so few people care. Music generally gets put out as soon as people bring it in, i.e. people selling their collections. Thats why I'd go to multiple stores different days of the week, because you never know when stuff is going out, also I was bored and have nothing else to really care about, lol. But yeah because of decreased interest in CDs with IRL record stores I've walked away with hundred dollar items at ten bucks or less. For instance that E-40 Federal album in my hip hop collection is the original pressing with different artwork and extra tracks. With popularity in gangsta rap growing that's easily over a $50 piece now, if not $100 and I snagged it for $5, sames goes for a lot of other finds too.
I think Europe is extremely different though in terms of formats. CDs command way more interest over there for whatever reason. Not sure how stores work over there but couldnt imagine it being much different
I have a rare vinyl copy of Frank Ocean’s first mixtape, Nostalgia Ultra
Album isn’t available to stream at all because of copyright issues
do you think people are buying tapes oblivious to this knowledge?
I really don't know, but I doubt that anyone who used to listen to a lot of cassette tapes in the 80's and the 90's would want to listen to cassettes again instead of staying with digital media and CD's. I spent thousands of hours listening to cassette tapes, and I don't want to go back to that. They just don't sound as good, and if you listen to them long enough, they're going to get eaten. It's just inevitable.
Very cool mate. Are you on any private music trackers? I'd invite you if you're interested. Would just need one of the prior pics from a different angle with a throwaway discord account in a post.
that's all good information and pretty much inarguable that a tape will destroy itself eventually with repeated plays.. I try to only listen to each sparingly. I didn't grow up listening to cassettes if that's important (even if it outs me as a zoomer)
Why would I want to offload my CDs?
I've always wanted to get into collecting CDs and vinyl and didn't start until last year once I got a job. Say what you want but I never noticed until I started collecting the snobbery and smug attitude of most people who collect music on physical media. There's people who go full "muh sekret club" and try to gatekeep like what's the point. Why are these people like this?
Awesome. Also, congrats on getting the mcmasters for blue note and not the later rvg remasters. the mcmasters sound so much better. The ojcds also generally sound very good.
That's precisely why I try to upload torrents of any rare finds I come across. I don't believe in gatekeeping. Music should be enjoyed by everyone.
If you think cassettes are fun, by all means, go ahead and listen to them. You'll probably find people around my age (Gen X) who have lots of cassettes stored away, and you can probably convince some of these folks to part with theirs, because like I said, I don't think anyone my age would want to go back to listening to cassettes unless they had no other choice.