[klaatumail] Re: Formats, availability, etc

  • From: "Helie,Robert [NCR]" <Robert.Helie@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:44:48 -0500

I have two copies of each vinyl album.  I am in the process of selling
my record collection but these are part of the few I will keep, or at
least one set.

The graphics are great at this size, and I can actually read the liner
notes and lyrics (the age thing...)

Robert 

-----Original Message-----
From: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bradley, David
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:31 AM
To: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [klaatumail] Formats, availability, etc

Hi everyone,

I have questions, questions, questions.....

With the release of SunSet and Solology, as well as the release of the
Bullseye Remasters of the 5 albums, most of our vinyl collections are
now redundant.  

The singles are available on CD on Bullseye (with one or two exceptions,
which are then available elsewhere on CD), the LPs are available on CD,
the previously unavailable tracks are available on CD.....

SO.... Are YOU still holding onto your vinyl?  Cassettes?  8-tracks?  

If so, why?

If not, why not?

I'm still holding onto mine because of the OCD collector in me.

Not to mention that vinyl records are beautiful to hold in ways that CDs
just can never be.

I'll listen to the CDs, but prefer to touch the records.

The cassettes and 8-tracks are also held onto because of the OCD
collector in me.

But that brings up another question. For those of us who were used to
the 8-tracks, do you miss the altered running order that to you was the
normal running order?  Do you miss the fade out and fade in during the
middle of some tracks that was caused by trying to make all 4 programs
on the cartridge equal length?

What about the formats is important to you if you're holding onto them?

What about the formats is meaningless to you if you're getting rid of
them?

Are you getting rid of them because you need the money?  Because you're
trying to cut down on clutter in your life?  Because you're moving to a
smaller place because of a need to save money?  Or simply because
they're redundant?

That leads me to another series of questions.....

For items that are NOT available on CD, what length will you go to to
get them?  

Would you purchase an outright counterfeit CD through an online seller
for something you knew wasn't available on CD yet, and may never be?

Let the fun begin....

Dave

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