That was me before kids came along in 2009.
The £50 guy. Had disposable income and spent it in record stores pre-streaming on a Saturdat afternoon. on stuff he wanted and the odd new stuff recommened in a written rock magazine!
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That was me before 2009 when my daughter arrived.
Any memories of what you bought in terms of what was new at the time?
This thread is inspired by the Field Music one below. I bought at least two of their CDs as this type of music lover. Dont recall them now or even know if I still have them in the loft.
Can you remember why you bought them, Unc? Doesn’t seem like your kinda thing, based on what I read here…
My “£50 guy” days arrived as streaming was taking hold and record stores disappearing, and/or HMVs racks became lighter and over-priced.
Half a ton on Amazon is now not an uncommon event …
There was certainly a time, 2000 – 2003, when shops were divesting themselves of stock, as they ceased selling cds. And entire chains then disappeared. All stock at 2-3 quid a pop, and I took full advantage, buying 10 or 20 at a time. Some were less, um, vital than others, but it was about completism then, feeling I should at least have examples of genres, whether I much liked ‘em or not. Now, as I trawl through my collection, re-ripping to disc, I am ridding the shelves of a few, surprised by which have held some value, against those that haven’t. I now have a drawer of those where the music magpies (etc) won’t even offer 1p.
The golden age of Fopp.
I remember those strong, see-through placcy bags that Fopp used. You could get maybe a dozen jewel-cased CDs in one of those, and I can recall returning to my desk after a browsing lunchtime with one of them rammed full of titles I’d have picked up for less than a fiver.
These days I’m significantly less flush, and any wallet-emptying events usually take the form of Bandcamp visits prompted by emails from artists I actively support or the after-effects of another @Colin-H curation announcement.
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Back in those days, the best website for all media to Ireland was Play.com, based in Jersey. You could buy CDs, books and DVDs for very little with free delivery. I became very well known to the local postal depot. I was drinking a lot more in those days so I was often surprised when stuff arrived.