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Woolworths to stop selling CD singles due to digital downloads dominating sales. I'm sure a lot of other big retail stores will follow suit. My worry is, will the same thing eventually happen to CD albums? I mean, I know it will eventually, but I didn't expect CD singles to be phased out quite so soon.. it is both a blessing as it is a nice kick up the ass for greedy record labels and digital sales will give far more to the artists. On the other hand, if CD does eventually die as the format of choice for music, you can also say goodbye to album artwork and uncompressed audio. Opinions? |
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Apparently "CDs are alive and well for album sales" |
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midget. |
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flac ftw digital ftw, make a nice picture and scan it and combine it with the download, don't be confined to a small booklet |
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It leads to further questions. Will artists just stop making albums entirely and instead release singles "episodically" just like video games such as half life work? Afterall, they can get the music out there much faster now if there is no need for physical manufacturing. Of course, it runs the risk that if one single track isn't very good, it is harder to sell future tracks. Interesting times ahead... |
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The CD single died when the 3 song rule came in 2000/2001ish I used to love getting CD Singles and still own tons of them. |
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That'll probably be the case, I imagine, and I don't particularly see it as a bad thing: it'll mean bands will feel less obliged to create 'filler' content. And, at the same time, the "concept" of an album will never die - there are some collections of music that are too cohesive to be split up, and I think, if what you're suggesting happens, these will be the albums of the future. |
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i am agree, haven't bought one in years, and i used to get loads of the bastards |
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I thought this happened ages ago? Funnily enough though I go into music stores and I usually see/buy more 7"s than CD singles! |
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It was inevitable that this would happen to singles and it makes a lot of sense. Like PORICK says, some artists will always work with the idea of a Long Player in their mind, it allows great things to be done. I doubt that the ability to purchase music in some kind of physical format will ever di |
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The last great CD single was The Orb's 40 minute long "The Blue Room". I miss the days of a CD single with 10 remixes by no-mark names, as 010101 says, they died with the 3 track / under 40 minute rule. They were greatly abused when they'd release up to 4 CDs of the same single in order to get the hardcore fans to buy the same thing over and over for the odd crappy b-side in order to get the thing in the charts at all. I really have the urge to listen to the Blue Room now. Woolworth's, I had to take back once my copy of Run DMC / Aerosmith's "Walk this way" 7" as it had scratches on it and the store bloke moaned that there were fingerprints on it and I moaned that I had to bring it back in the first fucking place because it was scratched. |
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what the fuck? disappear, theres too large a percentage of the buying public who covet such things. |
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theres too large a percentage of the buying public who covet such things. can you back that up? i can't see people getting up in arms about it personally. |
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To me the ritual of putting on the vinyl or CD, going through the booklet and having the cover-art far outweighs the so-called benefits of the digital formats. All benefits except for the fact that the digital formats have a smaller environmental impact, that is. Somehow, I think the lack of a ritual has turned music more and more into background-music; you put it on when you're doing something else. It's playing while you're reading, making dinner, etc. Maybe the TV is on. You don't have to pay attention, and the only people who "connect" with the music they listen to are fragile teenagers. Actually listening to the music is relegated to rare romantic moments with a girl or other "special occasions." Of course it makes those moments more special (I was tempted to use the word poignant here for some reason, but I am unsure if it is the proper word), but still... Everyone seems to have musical ADHD: They're constantly switching songs, artists, styles, etc, all over the place (and even then, it doesn't become an "eclectic" experience since no-one's listening to it anyway). Sometimes, they can't even listen to a single song all the way through. |
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:D Picked up the 12" of that a while ago. About to put it on. Thanks! |
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yesh. esp that last bit. i stopped using my ipod for that reason. thing is most people don't really give a toss about music. oh well. |
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CDs are already becoming a thing of the last generation. I will miss them. |
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Are you serious? You can't see people getting up in arms if there was no physical way of purchasing music? If music became nothing more than a digital property? |
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If vinyl can survive in a physical format I'm sure CD singles can. A lot of people want physical products, full stop. |
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I love every aspect of owning a cd, since I'm a bit too young (and poor) to be really hip and collect vinyls come to think of it cd e.p.'s and 3'' have always been my favorite gimmicks I don't think the world is ready for a grand-scale format change yet |
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i dont think your average schmo who buys NOW albums and reads gossip/lifestyle mags and listens to radio 1 would, no. thats most people. |
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Love singles, especially those before the '3 song rule'. Don't really buy new singles but prefer hunting for early/mid 90's singles/EPs at bootsales and CD fairs and stuff. Only bought a few vinyls, but have stacks of CDs bought from bootsales and CD fairs and the like. I'm not all into downloading stuff, I'm one of those people who prefers actually having a CD single/album |
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I AM GOING TO MAKE A HUGE PREDICTION: In the next year or so record labels are going to start releasing entire back catalogues on DVD. In a vain attemp to get the last Audio sales. It will be cool to have the entire back catalouge of someone like The Beatles on one disk but it will herald the end of hard media. you read it here first! |
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Woolworths? Who the fuck ever bought a CD from Woolworths? Boyzone and Aqua fans. |
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Lot of representatives here speaking for most people and everyone. |
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I used to collect the depeche mode CD/LCD & XLCD CD singles, but since they started overcompress them in 98' I stopped buying them and nowadays I only buy the 12"s with any good mixes on them... I used to like the US/Japanese versions of CD-singles (Maxi CD singles) they typically contained all versions of a track on a single CD - in europe they spread them on 2 or 3 CDs... (you can't really collect DM CD-singles anyway if you want all versions as I did before - now most versions only end up on promos which aren't really for sale anyway... only on eBay for 90$) |
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You leave Aqua alone! |
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And that was a good listen :) |
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No problem! :D |
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Nah... Richard D James said something to that effect way back in...ca Drukqs... I tried to google my way to that interview but my boss is rising his eyebrows at me so I'd better not... This is an interesting release in the light of this discussion: A set of mp3s on two cd-rs... |
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after radioheads contract ended with emi, they (the record company, not radiohead) released radiohead's 6 albums and live ep in a box set. reason i bring this up was because there was also a limited edition usb with WAVs. |
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Street Sounds Electro is a very good compilation. |
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Not just very good, but probably the finest ever. They are to electro what Trax is to house. But still, that compilation annoys me, simply because its CDR and the files are all MP3. For £70 (which is how much I believe it was selling for on boomkat), we should have a proper cd pressing at least. Or even DVD's with all the files as WAV. Shit, for that price, we should have a 25 disc boxset :D |
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What bitrate is it? |
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Here is a nice one: |
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why no play on turntable, me not understand |
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dont forget to buy draft7.30 autechre cassette at warpmart it was limited when draft came out and suckas were paying >45usd cd singles rule, just not the $11.99 for 3 songs (european verisons) but the Ventolin single 10+ remixes for $6 was ace viva la vinyl |
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Bingo |
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http://www.floppyswop.co.uk/ |
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"The CD single died when the 3 song rule came in 2000/2001ish" yeah, I noticed that too. CD singles have seem to be skimping on the quantity of material over the years. I remember buying Violator-era Depeche Mode singles and getting 4 to 6 remixes plus a non-album track (or two). |
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Cool site! :D |
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vinyl>cd |
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MY post in this therad semems to resonate too much with the establishment. Well, fuck you, establishment, I'm taking my opinions back! There's nothing wrong with anything relating tot he matters atrt hand! You're just being paranoid! You'er basing your opinions on useless personal experiences and you aren't worth the space you work in! |
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