Official CD/LP purchases thread

[luckyface]

so it's 20 bucks for a number of downloads per month?

The current rates are:

eMusic Basic

* 30 Song Downloads per month
* $9.99 per month

eMusic Plus

* 50 Song Downloads per month
* $14.99 per month

eMusic Premium

* 75 Song Downloads per month
* $19.99 per month

If you want to give it a try, let me know. I can send you a referral that will give you 50 free downloads (and I will get 50 free as well!).

[luckyface]

How do you check what music they have on there?

Either use the search function or check the charts to get you going. You can search by labels, artists, etc.

[Sushov23]

ok, i'll let you know. I like what I see. They have a Black Keys album I need, a lot of MMJ. So it looks like it might be worth it.

[luckyface]

Cool. They really do have a lot of good stuff. Just shoot me a PM with your email if you decide you want to give it a try. I will send the email referral to you then!

[Sushov23]

I'm going to look at it tonight, and check it out. I will let you know soon.

[roberto73]

Sushov, if you need another testimonial, I'll back up Luckyface on emusic's quality. I think they've got an incredibly deep catalog. Just when I think I've found everything on there I'd ever want, I stumble across something else. I've been a member for a couple years, and have actually bumped up my subscription to 200 downloads a month. They're missing some key independent labels (Sub Pop, for one), but the site is tough to beat for quality and value. Do it.

[luckyface]

Sushov, if you need another testimonial, I'll back up Luckyface on emusic's quality. I think they've got an incredibly deep catalog. Just when I think I've found everything on there I'd ever want, I stumble across something else. I've been a member for a couple years, and have actually bumped up my subscription to 200 downloads a month. They're missing some key independent labels (Sub Pop, for one), but the site is tough to beat for quality and value. Do it.

Damn, how much do you pay for 200 a month?

[PineapplePete]

if you don't use all of your songs per month do they get carried over?

[wmgaretjax]

emusic is pretty awesome. however, eventually it or itunes is going to have to follow suit with Zune and offer unlimited downloads for a set rate (20-25 seems reasonable to me). Itunes has been trying to do this (and allow you to keep the songs afterwards, unlike Zune) and it's the way to go. I'll start paying for all of my MP3s again if that's the case. Right now I buy about 10% of my music on LP, maybe another 20% on emusic. and the rest for free (largely because it's stuff I only want to listen to on a rare occasion). A reasonable unlimited download service would change that.

[mountmccabe]

Yesterday I splurged. This'll have to be it for me until I get the new one from the Kills when they come to town in a couple weeks.


Nina Nastasia, "Dogs" (LP, Touch & Go reissue), at the show last night (review forthcoming)

and the real trick,

Portishead, Thirds, limited edition. Which also came with a shirt, which I have been kicking myself for not buying at Coachella.

[bleep]

i spent some moolah today because i've been a good kid lately

Black Lips - Let It Bloom [LP]


Black Lips - Black Lips! [LP]


Jonathan Fire*Eater - Wolf Songs for Lambs [USED CD] -> i FINALLY own a physical copy of this


The Drones - Live in Madrid [DVD]

[mountmccabe]

Jonathan Fire*Eater - Wolf Songs for Lambs [USED CD] -> i FINALLY own a physical copy of this

That's a pretty fantastic album.

[CuervoPH]

so thanks to b-day gift cards, I just got:

Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
The Dodos - Visiter
Big Dipper - Superclusters: The Big Dipper Anthology

gift cards rock!

[tessalasset]

oh damn i forgot about this thread. i've bought so much in the past few weeks it's retarded.

Lykki Li - Little Bit EP


Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid


Mum - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy


Mum - Finally We Are No One


The Beach Boys - Endless Harmony soundtrack


Flight of the Conchords


Hanson - Middle of Nowhere Acoustic dvd (10th Anniversary Recording)


The Swell Season Live from the Artists Den dvd


Sigur Ros - Heima


Underworld - Beacoup Fish


Pulp - Different Class

[Pixiessp]

i honestly do not buy a lot of music so my latest acquisition would be
Third-Portishead. I didn't buy it at Coachella because I had no where to put it and didn't want to come back to Virgin tent later. at any rate..........................I love it!!!!!! even more so because I got to see them perform a lot of it live.

[wmgaretjax]

LPs:
Ambitious Lovers - Envy
Tom Waits - Mule Variations
all of the Touch Records 7" singles (5 of 'em, Fennesz, BJ Nilsen etc.)
Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned

[bballarl]

I made a Rasputin trip today. I had no good reason to spend a bunch of money, but I did anyway. I got:

CDs:

Ryan Adams - Love is Hell, Pt. 1
Beck - Mutations
The Black Crowes - Three Snakes and One Charm
The Black Crowes - By Your Side
The Blue Aeroplanes - Swagger
The Blue Aeroplanes - Beatsongs
Billy Bragg - Back to Basics
Jarvis Cocker - The Jarvis Cocker Record
Tim Finn - Before and After
The Finn Brothers - Finn
Fiona Apple - Tidal
Golden Smog - Down By the Old Mainstream
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Khazad Doom - Encore!
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good
Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter

LPs:
Prince - Sign O' the Times

DVDs:
The Cure - Festival 2005
Sigur Ros - Heima

[sonofhal]

The Blue Aeroplanes - Good choice, sir.

[roberto73]

The Blue Aeroplanes - Good choice, sir.

Ditto. Swagger and Beatsongs are two of my favorite albums.

[ghettojournalist]

cd:


cd:

[luckyface]

Did up Amoeba today. Got me:

Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum (finally)
Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
Casino vs Japan - Freescha
Global Communication - Fabric26
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - The Hard Sell
Death Cab - Narrow Stairs

[ghettojournalist]

cd:

[ghettojournalist]

cd:

[Mr. Dylanja]

Anyone pick up the new Roots album???

I really need to hear it.

[ghettojournalist]

i haven't bought it, but i've heard it. very dense production. kind of a downer and tense, but it ends well. not their best work, but still a pretty good album.

[Sushov23]

this month of June is going to leave me BROKE with all the CD's i'm buying.

[Boourns]

I ordered this a couple weeks ago, but it's the most recent purchase:
http://www.auralexploits.com/product_4857.htm

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless on red vinyl, numbered 1-1000...so cool

Number 105/1000, baby!

Oh yeah, there's another one. I scored a jukebox record of Pulp - A Little Soul/COCAINE SOCIALISM on ebay, but I don't know if it's arrived since it shipped to an east coast address.

[ghettojournalist]

this month of June is going to leave me BROKE with all the CD's i'm buying.

i'm currently scheduled to stop buying albums for the time being(no job, trying to get a new one), but the new My Morning Jacket just might force me to throw out some cash.

[Somewhat Damaged]

Went to Target today to finally pick up Cat Power's Jukebox. Also found Sia's some people have REAL problems and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon for $10 apiece and couldn't resist the bargain. $10 for a CD is about the only amount I'm willing to pay for a CD nowadays. Anything more and it better be for an artist I'm absolutely in love with (such as Portishead's Third and... well, that's the only example from this year).

[Sushov23]

Target may have a small selection, but their Indie Artists CD's are usually 10 bucks. I used to work there, and that is how i've known about it for a long time.