How Many Times Are We Willing to Buy the Same Album? | Talking About Records

[@hippydippy]

Although I did buy CD's for years... At 68, I "never" got rid of my record collection & damn glad I didn't!

[@EdRooney-m2e]

I have just opened a store in Adelaide, your videos have been a wealth of knowledge and inspiration. Had a customer come in last week and buy a reissue of Johnny The Fox by Thin Lizzy, he asked.. “how many times can one person buy there favourite album?” my response was, and always will be.. “as many times it takes to keep ya smiling” Nailed it again my man! cheers from Adelaide South Australia.

[@johnmates6076]

Where's your store? Always on the lookout for a new record store. Cheers from Barossa Valley.

[@EdRooney-m2e]

@@johnmates6076 hey mate! pop in, We are in Gays arcade above the cafe my friend, near Adelaide Comic Centre if you know it? Gordy Boy Records in google will get ya there!

[@nelsonarblaster]

I was too young for vinyl growing up. In 1991 I bought my first cassette, U2 Achtung Baby. But CD was already king and I saw the writing on the wall. That was my first and last cassette. I went all-in on CD and have so many great titles from that period 1992-2005. I still have them but now I am rebuying the best of them on vinyl. It’s SO much more expensive and I’m just talking “cheap” reissues!

[@TomTester-ey1rt]

Sometimes 3 or 4. Smiley Smile record got messed up- I saw a CD so I bought that. A few months later I found another record so of course I bought that. A few months after that I saw the Smiley Smile and Wild Honey 2fer CD with bonus tracks so I couldn't pass that up. So I have 4 different copies of Smiley Smile!

[@glennlittle124]

Love this topic! I have many titles that I own on multiple formats! Some started from records I have owned from the 80s and some I have finally purchased the record after having started with either cassette or CD! Love the Now Spinning Facebook group! Definitely one of my favorites!

[@shimtest]

I'm old enough to go through this whole cycle, but oddly rarely buy the same stuff. i just started vinyl again and it's all new music for me

[@sdfsdfsdfsdgg]

Boy do I have regrets abouy what I gave away when I went all digital. Buying much of it again on vinyl. No way I'll ever be able to afford replace everything again.Thanks for covering this topic

[@ericelliott227]

I think it is a personal thing as well. Of course, it makes the most sense to "rebuy" the records one may have gotten rid of whether it be for nostalgic reasons or more physical reasons. In the late 80s, I got rid of what vinyl I had (about 100 records), while I kept just a few, I do regret getting rid of some of the ones I did. (I give away records, it is cheaper than trying to sell them). So, of course, the first order of business beginning in the late 90s was to repurchase some of those. Also if you are one who just has to have different formats, not a lot wrong with that. If you like to have different pressings of the same record, then have that. Also sometimes, there just isn't anything else, so if one wants an LP badly, then one buys what is available. Personally, I recently bought Jethro Tull's Thick As A Brick on "Steve Wilson remastered" CD. I far prefer Jethro Tull on vinyl, original pressings, but that one album is really hard to find in good condition. I have been through about 6 copies trying to restore them and it just isn't going to go. I don't know if it is a batch thing and I have been unlucky or if that LP just wasn't ever pressed well or what. I have not listened to the CD yet. What I question though is the industry. My biggest example is The Beatles. I waited a long time, but when the latest Red and Blue Beatles records came out, I found myself screaming "Enough already"! How many versions of Beatles re-issues do we need?! What prompted me was the realization that the recent re-issue of the blue and red LPs was not only "the 50th anniversary" , but also the 50th re-issue!! The real problem I have with the re-issue stuff is the false marketing stuff. In my opinion, in today's reissues each subsequent reissue is worse sonically than the one before. Take the recent Blue and Red LPs. The "new" tracks by most reports sound really good, however many are disappointed in the sound of the original tracks. For me the question becomes "why pay $150+ for something worse then previous issues and worse than the original pressings"? I actually prefer the original pressings of Beatles records no matter how bad or good they may sound. Most did not sound that good in my opinion, but I still enjoy listening to them, partly because it rushes me back to my younger years. (Also, I like to hear recordings as they were done with the equipment and techniques available at the time. I feel it is closer to the artist's intention). If folks want to waste their own money, I'm more than ok with that, but the BS marketing is the problem. It is the same for CDs and any other artist. How many different versions of Tori Amos CDs do I need, for example? The ones I bought whenever is all I need. As with other artists, the so-called "different versions" are not different at all except in the packaging! Other than that, it is exactly the same! For vinyl records it is similar, but can be slightly different as it is a more vulnerable medium to start with. However, the question is once again, "How different"? The only time I bought second copies of an artist was in the case of Rush, one of my all time favorites. I went and bought the discography of the 1990s remasters CDs. All the subsequent re-issues get worse as you go along. The 90s remasters happen to be the best ones. Sure, some of the repackaging is cool and all, but do I need them? Answer: "No". I have a few Rush LPs on vinyl (all standard pressings) and I find in this case that I prefer the 90s remasters on CD. In other cases I prefer original pressings on vinyl, it depends on they type of music and how the original recordings were done, etc. I personally do not trust modern re-issues, so I don't bother with them, expensive or not. On the same side of the coin though I also resent modern reissues because the majority of music I listen to is from the 60s and 70s and some had really cool special packaging as well as sounding good (depending). I don't want a picture of the original packaging for $150+. I want the original packaging. I have everything from included extras like posters to big tarot cards to pop ups (Jethro Tull Stand Up LP) to velvet covered jacket to mimicking a newspaper to book form to you name it. It is part of the deal to me. None of it has ever been duplicated. What gets me the most is the industry money grabs. The super hype of new re-issues that always fall way short, the false sense of FOMO, etc. Even RSD has been destroyed and is nothing near what it started out as. It too is just a big grift and has caused major problems in the market. Instead of working to attract more folks to buying records, it works to prevent folks from buying records and being in the hobby to sustain it.

[@PieterKleij]

I basically kept what i had on vinyl. All the CD's I had too. Cassettes were never a big thing here, only to make your own compilation tapes. Spinning is the best group on FB !!!

[@MikeD0414]

I worked in a record store from 1986-1991. Cassette to CD on countless albums.

[@redskinStu]

I could never give away my music, I still have my first LP, my first CD, still listen to them.

[@raggeragnar]

For me , buying vinyl records dried up when CD’s started to take over for real. I never got rid of my collection though. But in 1991 I became dad for 2nd time and from then on I only bought the occational CD. In 2015 I got into vinyl again and started to replace those CD’s as they were reissued on vinyl. Does that count ? In that case ; yes , I have double formats on a bunch of albums.

[@psychedelicpunkster6840]

Cheers G. I . Great subject , I can definitely relate... I've been collecting Vinyl since 1976 . I found myself to be a completist I had every album from every group that I got into . I would say I had about 3000 records But sometime in the 90s I decided to Burn most of them in blank CDRs. The reason behind this was to sell off my records and buy back my childhood Toys . Thinking that having all my records on disc would be the way to go. After a while I started missing certain record albums that were near and dear to me ( I've managed to keep all my Punk Rock and certain key Groups I couldn't live with out. By the time the resurgence of vinyl made its way back, I decided to upgrade my turntable and system it and by so I found myself buying back my vinyl collection. It's a good thing I saved my punk collection cuz now all those albums are ridiculously expensive. I don't think I'll ever make that mistake again. Because trying to hunt down the ones I'm trying to replace are twice as much in price as they were in the early days.so now I seem to be back on track and have all the essentials 👍🏻😎

[@davepounds8924]

This is a great subject to raise!! You are one of the first to talk about this subject! I have always been curious about mostly audiophiles buying the same recordings over and over and over They line the walls with the same album cover Do you really need the MoFi, UHQR,first pressing, CD, of the same music???? Good video

[@NTXVinyl]

Yeah…..I’m guilty of it myself with albums I really love. But I typically purge along the way - luckily I have an easy outlet to sell off when I do

[@brettgoyne9761]

Hah. I was lucky. I bought my first higher end turntable in 1988, and kept my record collection and kept buying quality second hand ever since. Now new as well. And I have CDs and a really good player, so now I buy more CDs as they are so much cheaper than new vinyl. Both quality formats. I enjoy your channel. Thanks. Brett, Canberra ,Australia.

[@NTXVinyl]

Thanks Brett! Hope to visit Australia someday in my lifetime. But cool to chat with folks there in the meantime.

[@frankcoffey]

I did that thinking the record company would fix the old recordings as technology permited. They didn’t do that and any remasters were worse than the last release. So I decided to do my own restoration and remastering.

[@chazg66]

You nailed it, G.I. Led freaking Zeppelin. At least 4 times. Even "In Through the Out Door." 😊 At this point I think I'm going to stick with CDs, it's just not worth the difference to replace most of them with a $ 30 LP. [I'm looking at you, Rolling Stones!]

[@watdanuqta-mf5ms]

I intend to purchase every issue, reissue of every format of Davis' 'Kind of Blue", then listen to everyone of them, finally give a definitive order of the best to the worst copy then get my PhD from a top university, publish all my work to that point. Then head to a funeral home or local Costco and order a casket; by then I'll more than likely expire. Freddie Freeloader will be playing as I'm lowered into the sarcophagus with all the 300 or so copies of said recording.

[@NTXVinyl]

ok

[@MetalTheet]

I am glad i never sold any record. I also switched too cd in the late 80's early 90's. Now i have more cd's then vinyl, but recently i but a new recordplayer. With my new Rega Planar 3 i was surprised about the sound and now i am playing my old records again. Its a pity records are very expensive nowadays but i like both formates and buy them both.

[@chopayrussell9660]

Fortunately I do not fall into this category. Some thirty years ago I jettisoned fifty or so albums, in retrospect I do miss some of them but I do not replace them either. But I will buy the occasional double or third album of what I currently have to get to as near original lable as possible or to purchase an album that did not have a bar code. Case in point; I have three copies of "Second Helping" each with a different lable, I finally found one with the Sounds of the South label and am currently on the look out for all Skynyrd original MCA labels and " Pronounced..." on SOS, as well as Steely Dan original lables. And a few years ago I found " Molly Hatchet" without the bar code to offset my first copy. As far as the alleged "autophile" boutique crap no thanks, vintage original lables or nothing.

[@norrieclark5217]

I think I've bough just about every Queen album 4 times. First the vinyl then replaced with CD 's .The original UK CD's of the Queen catalogue sounded terrible so I bought the remasted CD's which came out in 2011.Then in 2017 I got back into vinyl and although I said I'd not buy them again lo and behold there was a big shiny box set that I couldn't resist so yeah,the record companies got me again

[@vasileioscharitopoulos8672]

Its ok for me to buy an album in many formats. Maybe a couple of different pressings as well in case they have bonus tracks or maybe different artwork. What i hate is when the ''sharks'' buy 3-4 copies of the same pressing and keep ithem sealed to sell it later on a much higher price. That increases prices. Also someone who wants to buy the album and cant afford to buy it soon, then its gone. I go nuts when i see this happening.

[@danielgeiger7739]

I got into a bait&switch trap once. Winter Severity Index released their latest Disgelo first only on CD. As I like the band, I pre-ordered it, despite much preferring vinyl. The very day the CD was released, the vinyl version was offered. Grrrr. So also got the vinyl as I prefer it. Otherwise, only have a few variants, like Sonic Youth Daydream nation as regular DLP and as 4LP boxset. Or The Mob Let the tribe increase as OG LP (with poster), the gatefold version, and the re-issue. Never had to rebuild, and I don't think I ever re-bought an LP that I had gotten rid of previously.

[@celtic-audiophile]

Kept all my vinyl, just gave 1500 CD,s to charity in 2023

[@claytonburnwick9548]

I collect a lot of pop punk/emo/grunge and have since 2016. Had to sell off my whole collection (about 130 records) in 2021 to make ends meet when I went to audio engineering school to learn how the music I love was actually made. Now in 2024, I have built most of it back up and am hunting down some of my higher end grails! Mother Love Bone's Apple... one day.

[@NTXVinyl]

Eeewwwwww that’s a good one. It’s just too bad it hasn’t gotten repressed, hardly ever.

[@Stonecutter334]

Ha in my case plenty!!

[@DorianPaige00]

And your the drug dealer entertaining our addiction! Better watch out there might be a law against that! With Paxton and Abbott there might be cowboy! You need to hang low! I'm finding that the folks who rebuy don't go for the unique versions they need. They don't need colored or splatter vinyl. The need the 45, 12" single, and cd singles as those had unique mixes. The first Fleetwood Mac album with Buckingham and Nicks had several different 45 versions yet you never hear them talked about. Many 45's are slightly remixed.

[@NTXVinyl]

I buy just as many as you! 🤣