Latest compact disc purchase.

  On 2/15/2018 at 10:09 PM, eugene said:

radiohead's kid a, on its release day. it was also the first cd i bought.

first and last, lol.

mostly for the book though... during the clearance sale

Bit ashamed of myself that I spent real $ on an EP with 1 and a half good trax on it

Picked up the new Watain album, and pre-ordered the new MBM album on disc.

  On 2/16/2018 at 8:57 PM, clarktrent said:

Bit ashamed of myself that I spent real $ on an EP with 1 and a half good trax on it

This is what you get for buying a NIN album post 2002.

Weakmassive - Bioelectric

  On 2/18/2018 at 11:33 PM, whosebrian said:

Weakmassive - Bioelectric

Is a good album. Still play it on the reg.

  On 2/18/2018 at 11:37 PM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 2/18/2018 at 11:33 PM, whosebrian said:

Weakmassive - Bioelectric

 

Is a good album. Still play it on the reg.

 

Nice. That's what I figured, haven't heard it yet.

What are some good sites about album art? http://www.hardformat.org was pretty good but it's been dead for years

Now it's this

Flights of Helios - Endings

Debut album from an Oxford based shoegaze/psychedelic rock band.

Ebola Disco - Discography

"Greatest hits" of Ukraine based Power Electronics / noise group

  On 2/16/2018 at 8:44 PM, Lada Laika said:

 

mostly for the book though... during the clearance sale

it's a good read, and I think I should probably listen to the cds again.

  On 2/23/2018 at 1:27 PM, hello spiral said:

Now it's this

Nggggg high freq like a jet machine. The packaging/CD itself/etc all look great. I have zero interest in hearing it though, you enjoy that :)

Have something on the way (hopefully, had to contact the Bandcamp artist and remind them to send my CD and that's still been a while...) so until that shows up...

Last CDs I bought were:

Nathan Fake - Providence

Claude Speeed - Ultra Infinity

Squarepusher - Damogen Furies

Lee Gamble - Mnestic Pressure

Got all 4 brand new with a couple deals/coupons for like $25.

The Upsetters - Kung Fu vs The Dragon

Probably best heard on vinyl (and the cover is badass) but I wanted it on my HD Walkman

Just a random thought: Why are they called "compact" discs? What are the compact in comparison to? There never was just a "digital audio disc" that was larger...

  On 2/23/2018 at 3:51 PM, Joyrex said:

Just a random thought: Why are they called "compact" discs? What are the compact in comparison to? There never was just a "digital audio disc" that was larger...

  On 2/23/2018 at 3:51 PM, Joyrex said:

Just a random thought: Why are they called "compact" discs? What are the compact in comparison to? There never was just a "digital audio disc" that was larger...

Laserdisc? Vinyl? I don't think the marketing team was too bothered by historical consistency. Wiki says "Philips coined the term compact disc in line with another audio product, the Compact Cassette"

  On 2/23/2018 at 3:51 PM, Joyrex said:

Just a random thought: Why are they called "compact" discs? What are the compact in comparison to? There never was just a "digital audio disc" that was larger...

Compared to laserdisc

A broken CD is what happens when you mail something half across the globe, over a month of transit time, and there's not a case for the CD or any extra support given. Tsk tsk. Tsk fucking tsk.

Shabby, no bonus tracks then.

  On 2/27/2018 at 4:22 AM, whosebrian said:

Shabby, no bonus tracks then.

Contacted the guys and asked them if they could get me the bonus tracks as a download at least instead of asking them to mail me another CD, hopefully they'll come through on that. Not holding my breath though.

Picked up a 5cd retrospective on Picadisk from Omit, a New Zealander known for his oddball minimalism. My first cd buy in a few years, very happy with this. 4 copies left on bandcamp. Big recommended.

http://picadisk.com/pica044.html

https://picadisk.bandcamp.com/album/enclosures-2011-2016

  On 2/24/2018 at 5:03 AM, Danny O Flannagin said:

 

  On 2/23/2018 at 3:51 PM, Joyrex said:

Just a random thought: Why are they called "compact" discs? What are the compact in comparison to? There never was just a "digital audio disc" that was larger...

 

Compared to laserdisc

 

 

But that's a video format, not audio...