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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on January 10, 2013, 03:32:40 pm
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Dear Customers,
What would you say if you bought music CDs from a company 15 years ago...and then 15 years later that company licensed the rights from the record companies to give you the MP3 versions of those CDs...and then to top it off, did that for you automatically and for free? Well...we call it Amazon AutoRip and it?s available starting today.
Over the last 15 years, tens of millions of customers have purchased hundreds of millions of CDs from Amazon. Check your Amazon Cloud Player library to see what?s available...at no cost to you...right now.
Amazon AutoRip applies to new CD purchases too. Just look for the AutoRip logo when shopping at Amazon:
There are over 50,000 AutoRip CDs available today on Amazon, including a wide range of best sellers, recent releases and classics such as 21 by Adele, ĦUno!, ĦDos!, and ĦTre! by Green Day, Overexposed by Maroon 5, The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, and Thriller by Michael Jackson. Keep checking back, because we?re adding more AutoRip titles every day.
We love these opportunities to do something extra for our customers.
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Guess I haven't bought that many CDs via Amazon US, as only a couple have shown up in my player. And a couple of those were purchased as gifts. hello Jason Falkner Beatles Lullaby album... Wonder if there is a equivalent UK program....
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I've discovered that I've bought some crappy gifts for people that are now in my player.
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I don't understand how to get your previous purchases into the cloud.
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Given it some time, it took a couple minutes after going into the cloud player for them to show up. I had the same reaction you did, but they eventually they were there.
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It appears that I have only purchased Vinyl from amazon and I haven't actually bought much from amazon.
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I can tell I buy almost all of my music at Soundgarden and/or Traxx on wax.
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I can tell I buy almost all of my music at Soundgarden and/or Traxx on wax.
I have never heard of Traxx on wax before. It appears to be in the record and tape location from back in the 80's. Is it worth going out to Catonsville to visit?
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I think it's a great little store. It's organized purely alphabetically so you can always find good stuff there. And I have bought some country albums that I otherwise would probably not have found.
My husband found the weird cartoon cover version of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World once when we were there.
Also think his prices are reasonable.
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My husband found the weird cartoon cover version of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World once when we were there
Nice! I believe that is the first American pressing. Its on Mercury records right? Its pretty tough to nail that one down second hand these days.
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My husband found the weird cartoon cover version of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World once when we were there
Nice! I believe that is the first American pressing. Its on Mercury records right? Its pretty tough to nail that one down second hand these days.
correct
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My husband found the weird cartoon cover version of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World once when we were there
Nice! I believe that is the first American pressing. Its on Mercury records right? Its pretty tough to nail that one down second hand these days.
I don't know what it's on! My husband would know. My friend got him changes 1 and 2 on vinyl for christmas and they had 2 picture disc 45's in them! So, good David Bowie vinyl year for us!
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I once saw "Change 3 Bowie" on vinyl back in the day. Was that a bootleg or a real release?
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apparently I haven't bought a CD on Amazon in 9 years:
Songs from these 11 CDs you purchased from Amazon in the past are now available for you in Cloud Player for FREE
Decemberists, "Billy Liar"
Animal Collective, "Sung Tongs"
My Bloody Valentine, "Isn't Anything"
Ride, "Nowhere"
The Killers, "Hot Fuss"
Neutral Milk Hotel, "In the Aeroplane over the Sea"
Slowdive, "Souvlaki"
My Bloody Valentine, "Loveless"
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apparently I haven't bought a CD on Amazon in 9 years:
Songs from these 11 CDs you purchased from Amazon in the past are now available for you in Cloud Player for FREE
Decemberists, "Billy Liar"
Animal Collective, "Sung Tongs"
My Bloody Valentine, "Isn't Anything"
Ride, "Nowhere"
The Killers, "Hot Fuss"
Neutral Milk Hotel, "In the Aeroplane over the Sea"
Slowdive, "Souvlaki"
My Bloody Valentine, "Loveless"
pretty good list...well except the animal collective.
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apparently I haven't bought a CD on Amazon in 9 years:
This.
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apparently I haven't bought a CD on Amazon in 9 years:
This.
Yeah, it's probably similar for me - I think I purged my CDs in 2005 or 2006
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Last CD I bought was The Rapture - Echoes. So nearly 10 years since my last physical media purchase.
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when you don't buy a cd you still get a file with all info about where it was recorded, etc?
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when you don't buy a cd you still get a file with all info about where it was recorded, etc?
Sometimes they include a digital book with all that info, but mostly that information is now made available on artists/record label web sites.
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when you don't buy a cd you still get a file with all info about where it was recorded, etc?
Sometimes they include a digital book with all that info, but mostly that information is now made available on artists/record label web sites.
call me old fashioned..I guess I am.. i need that booklet..without it you don't know anything about the context....
Do people not care about who wrote the songs, where they were recorded, when, by whom, who engineered, who produced, who played what.. who the artist thanks?
I guess you're saying people would go online for that info? I'd much rather leaf through the booklet that comes with the CD or preferably the LP.
I'm also guessing a large amount of people who buy the MP3s would never bother to even look for that info..and they will be all the poorer for it..
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CD audio quality is far superior to MP3.
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CD audio quality is far superior to MP3.
so true.. but people dont' care... people don't even own stereos no more!!!!!!!!!!!
even CD quality has gone down the crapper for new releases which are mastered to sound "good" coming out of gadgets which have no business being used to play music....brickwalled is the term for it
anyways, this amazon thing will just continue the process in full flight of people dumping their CDs convinced they have no value whatsoever... just like they did with records a generation or two ago...
listening to a wonderful Louis Prima LP record from the late 1950s that just arrived from Ebay. ... Strictly Prima..sounds gorgeous .. original Capitol logo on left release... early West Coast D stampers... I'm sure there is a shitty MP3 version somewhere people prefer for god knows what reason.... (Just checked on amazon and yeah its there in mp3 form.... one for $9.49 for the album....I doubt they come with any info..doubt you could get the back liner notes at any company site but who knows?....I paid $7.99 including shipping for this beauty)
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CD audio quality is far superior to MP3.
And vinyl quality is better than cd. We are going backwards in quality. But at least quality of mp3 has been going up. One day I am sure digital files will be of much higher quality than cd's.
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CD audio quality is far superior to MP3.
so true.. but people dont' care... people don't even own stereos no more!!!!!!!!!!!
even CD quality has gone down the crapper for new releases which are mastered to sound "good" coming out of gadgets which have no business being used to play music....brickwalled is the term for it
anyways, this amazon thing will just continue the process in full flight of people dumping their CDs convinced they have no value whatsoever... just like they did with records a generation or two ago...
listening to a wonderful Louis Prima LP record from the late 1950s that just arrived from Ebay. ... Strictly Prima..sounds gorgeous .. original Capitol logo on left release... early West Coast D stampers... I'm sure there is a shitty MP3 version s
omewhere people prefer for god knows what reason.... (Just checked on amazon and yeah its there in mp3 form.... one for $9.49 for the album....I doubt they come with any info..doubt you could get the back liner notes at any company site but who knows?....I paid $7.99 including shipping for this beauty)
If you want better quality download flacs. I download the mp3 version at 320 rate for free. Then if I like the album I will buy the vinyl version. If not I don't. That way I have a nice album version with lyrics and artwork and the artist gets paid. I either buy at show and if not at a local store like soundgarden. I almost never buy from amazon as I would I want to keep jobs in my local community.
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And vinyl quality is better than cd.
agreed. that's why i run all my FLACs through a filter that adds crackles and pops.
threadjack in 3... 2...
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It is kind of cool to now have a copy of every cd I bought as a gift.
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And vinyl quality is better than cd.
agreed. that's why i run all my FLACs through a filter that adds crackles and pops.
threadjack in 3... 2...
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You should get the advanced filter that simulates an off-center record and increases the distortion as it gets closer to the center. It's like listening to 1981 all over again.
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2 - Add the filter that simulates the belt falling off during your favorite song, followed by the cursing involved to get it back on.
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2 - Add the filter that simulates the belt falling off during your favorite song, followed by the cursing involved to get it back on.
what are you kenny from south park?
kosmo vinyl's family is os poor that they have a turn-table with a belt.
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kosmo vinyl's family is os poor that they have a turn-table with a belt.
(http://sales.highendpalace.com/143500.jpg)
This one (http://www.highendpalace.com/ANALOG.htm) will set you back a cool $10K.
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this is what a real turntable looks like
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u3K_-p9uYs0/UAAhwz5kzXI/AAAAAAAAARQ/VIK7qxnGok0/s1600/Thorens_TD165%5B1%5D.JPG)
http://mindseyemusic.blogspot.com/2012/07/thorens-td-165-manual-turntable.html
The experience is exquisite to say the least, it qualifies as my #1 table in every category of measure, and plays records with precision and beauty.
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Is this another thread about hooking up?
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this is what a real turntable looks like
Amazon begs to differ.
Autorip Now Includes Vinyl (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/03/amazons-autorip/)
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I think it's a great little store. It's organized purely alphabetically so you can always find good stuff there. And I have bought some country albums that I otherwise would probably not have found.
My husband found the weird cartoon cover version of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World once when we were there.
Also think his prices are reasonable.
So I have been to this store twice since you posted. He definitely has a huge collection of stuff. I could find just about anything i wanted on vinyl. The one negative I see is that it is kind of pricey.
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prices for vinyl have changed..both used and new..
the new mbv is at cheapest 42.99 in area... the new bowie is 34.99...
used prices have also gone up...