What would you pay for music albums?

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And before, "LOL! Just torrent it," I'd rather not. I'd really only like comments from people who buy their music, please. I'm seeing a BF sale on Amazon for albums. 7 bucks a pop. In your opinion, is that too much?

 
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I will only pay $10 or less for an album unless they're past cd quality or from a local artist.  Otherwise fuck off to the artist, especially if it's a Christmas album since you know no new songs are coming from that.

 
It depends on how much you like the artist. If it's one of my favorites like Big KRIT or Phoenix I'll pay full price. It's your own personal judgement call.
 
I have no problem buying albums for $10+, as long as it's a quality artist. I'm not a fan of lossy music formats, so I would rather have the highest quality source that I can obtain.

 
A CD has to have at least 3 good songs on it before I will buy it, I try to wait for the $8 range.  Otherwise I'll buy certain songs thru Amazon, or cross my fingers that the CD shows up at my library or at Goodwill.

 
I pretty much try to pay $1 or less per song (so 10 song album is $10). When I still bought physical CDs, I would always add a dollar or two more to compensate for physical items (case, CD, booklet, etc.).

 
I still enjoy getting CD's every once in awhile and generally $10 is my limit (unless it's something like the new Led Zeppelin remasters.) I usually buy my CD's on Amazon though because they've got the free MP3 version that comes with most of them and saves me the ripping time plus I get it immediately. 

 
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I prefer paying no more than $10 for an album. I used to buy a lot more albums in the past from someone I knew, and he charged a lot per album, so I've stopped buying physical albums and mostly buy digital. 

 
I also subscribe to the no more then a dollar a song when buying Amazon digital. If it is someone I really like the most I will usually drop is around 10 unless it is something special. I have paid more then 10 for some import stuff and of course multi CD collections.

I was able to snag the Sasha and Digweed album Northern Exposure for 16 dollars I have also paid more then 10 for a few vinyl. 

I also try to find at least 3 or so good songs on CDs i pick up. I even check discogs if I find something that looks cool, but I have never herd of so it is never a total blind buy.

 
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I usually pay 10 for a new album, and that's for a physical CD. If it's for the mp3 version, I'll wait until it's around 5-6, like those Amazon monthly sales.

More importantly, I've decided to wait with new albums. I hate when an album is re-released, usually with a couple of new songs, less than a year after the original. Mariah Carey, Michael Buble, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, etc....

 
It totally depends on the artist for me. If they are already super famous, or the albums old, no more than $10 (if it costs more than that I just buy the tracks I want most). If its an indie artist that I really like and don't want to see them disappear Ill just pay whatever they want, and usually buy some merch, too ;)

 
techgirlable said:
If its an indie artist that I really like and don't want to see them disappear Ill just pay whatever they want, and usually buy some merch, too ;)
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Bandcamp is great for this. I have found a lot of new music and enjoyed supporting lesser known artists directly. The name your price is nice too. You can grab an album for a free or a few dollars to try it out and then go back and pay a little more if you like it.

 
I would pay no more than $5 for digital albums unless I really, really like the artist.

Physical releases, on the other hand, I would go up to paying $15.
 
IceTeaCrisis said:
Bandcamp is great for this. I have found a lot of new music and enjoyed supporting lesser known artists directly. The name your price is nice too. You can grab an album for a free or a few dollars to try it out and then go back and pay a little more if you like it.
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Oh cool! That's awesome. I Thanks for sharing. Ill def have to check that out! :D

 
techgirlable said:
Oh cool! That's awesome. I Thanks for sharing. Ill def have to check that out! :D
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You are welcome.

http://bandcamp.com/tags

I use this page to help find brand new stuff by style tag.


mer71 said:
and $2 for vinyl.
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What kind of vinyl are you buying? I can go to the thrift store and find some stuff for 2 dollars or so, but it is never anything to good.

I've also seen record stores sell a bit for 2-3 a pop, but if I am looking for something that I am interested in it's mostly 5+ and sometimes 10+ after shipping from an online retailer.

 
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It's kinda funny how the music industry is kinda reverting back to how it used to be. Before artists just came out with a few songs that were specifically made to be singles and that's what the labels would sell. Then they realized they could make even more money by pushing the singles as well as entire albums on people so they've done that up until about now. The last few years though it appears many bands are going back to the old format with just releasing singles and cashing in on them since no one is buying home music media anymore.

I personally will only pay 10-12 bucks for a CD album though I rare even do that these days since I stopped collecting CDs due to clutter and their tendency to break easy due to the cheap plastic cases. It's sounds funny since I mentioned clutter for CDs but I actually intend to go full-time vinyl next year. Simply for collection's sake of course, as I will still buy the music separately (or it comes with the record lots of times these days) but get the record for the sweet artwork and case. Vinyl, for new music anyway, I like to stay at 20 bucks or lower and will only go higher if it's a special package or something out of print.

 
My personal preference is $10-15 on albums. I try to stay away from digital and go with CDs and Vinyl. I do buy digital but only if the deal is too good to pass up (the Amazon $7 AC/DC discography for example) but most of the digital stuff for me is place holders until I can get a physical copy. I like this because I like having the actual album art/case in my hands, and because I know the technology is constantly evolving I don't want to re-purchase music I already own just because it is in a new format. I can just re-rip my current library and stay up to date with the latest and greatest. 

 
tokerblue said:
I have no problem buying albums for $10+, as long as it's a quality artist. I'm not a fan of lossy music formats, so I would rather have the highest quality source that I can obtain.
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So why not demand the artists offer something higher than cd quality on hdtracks.com/ ? It's where we should be heading anyway. There's no reason cd's don't shift to dvd already.

 
I'll pay $10 for a CD I really want. I'll pay more for limited ones where they toss in a shirt or something. That's only a coupe of albums a year (Seether was the last one I bought like that).

I'll pay $5 or below for a digital album.

If it's country week on Google Play, I'll buy every $1.99 album they offer. Honestly, if they offer any album for $1.99 and I have ANY interest in it at all, I'll pay that.

I don't mind paying $1.29 for iTunes singles. I am usually picking up really new stuff from people who usually do not have a label deal.

 
thatsbarejones said:
I got a few $5 CD's at Big Lots including Stevie Ray Vaughn's Texas Flood and Nas' Illmatic 10th Anniversary edition.
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Nas has to reissue "Illmatic" because it's best album. He popped his cherry early. /snicker.

Seriously, the only reason people have bought albums after "Illmatic" is because they've never heard "Illmatic".

 
The $10 mark is usually my limit as well. I prefer just downloading cause it saves space and i don't need any more clutter.

My irritation with the music industry was how when CDs replaced cassettes it was supposed to get cheaper. And they were still trying to gouge you for $16 for a new CD which to me is way over priced.

 
They actually did try Super CDs or whatever you want to call them a long time ago but no one bought them due to the price. Granted, I think they were just blank discs for media, no artists released shit on them that I've heard of but they failed and no company ever tried to bring them out again. With the way things are going for CD, definitely won't be seeing them any time soon.

 
$10 is my limit but I usually pay $5 or less.

I do spend a lot of money importing albums from Japan though. Some albums from the early 90's are still $20-30 U.S. Dollars where as some are $5. Add in shipping and it gets expensive really quick. 

 
definitely i would go for its content! (The Music is the eponymous debut album by British rock band The Music, first released in September 2002. It was certified gold in Japan for 100,000 copies shipped in March 2003.) and of course the singer of that album! Don't care how expensive they are! lols !
 
No more than 6 for MP3, ~12 for CD. Amazon usually has MP3 albums for 5 bux, and their Autorip thing means you can usually buy the CD cheaper than the MP3 album, and get them both anyway, with Prime shipping on the CD.

I'm not sure why people use iTunes.

 
I like to pirate my music and then buy it in vinyl. Lots of artists I like have limited edition vinyl and they end up being very collectible and worth some money. The ones that come with digital downloads are my favorite.

I really like lots of smaller metal bands, so I try to support them the best I can. If there's no vinyl I buy a shirt or patch. I only really listen to rap in my car where I listen to cd. I won't play for mp3s unless they have a name your price deal.
 
Larry Davis said:
I'm not sure why people use iTunes.
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I'm not sure either. There are a few times where iTunes has an edition with some bonus tracks, but most times they are the same content as Amazon and more expensive. Plus purchased iTunes store content can not be burned to an MP3 CD.

 
Navex said:
They actually did try Super CDs or whatever you want to call them a long time ago but no one bought them due to the price. Granted, I think they were just blank discs for media, no artists released shit on them that I've heard of but they failed and no company ever tried to bring them out again. With the way things are going for CD, definitely won't be seeing them any time soon.
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They were known as SACDs(Super Audio CDs) and a number of people bought them...in fact, Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side Of the Moon" is noted for sounding better than it's CD counterpart.

A number of CD's came out that were SACD hybrids...which you could run on both a CD and SACD player. The Japanese market produced a number of SACD's as well as more prominent American and UK artists who gave a shit about giving their fans the best sound quality.

Sadly, SACD's still didn't match studio quality which is what I want, 24/192, 24/92, etc. I mean why do they record at that level and not give you the option to purchase it. In the past I understood as there was a data restriction but now that's not an impediment.

 
Navex said:
They actually did try Super CDs or whatever you want to call them a long time ago but no one bought them due to the price. Granted, I think they were just blank discs for media, no artists released shit on them that I've heard of but they failed and no company ever tried to bring them out again. With the way things are going for CD, definitely won't be seeing them any time soon.
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I have a few "gold" MFSL 24k gold cd's - and I think I paid around $80-$125 a piece for them. I think they are considered Ultradisc albums, and if you don't have high quality equipment, there is no point to splurge for them. They are out of print and "rare" (as in you don't see them often, but you can buy all you want on eBay - so they are not "rare rare", just pricey for what they are).

But my normal price for an album would be around $8 shipped. ALWAYS check eBay and Amazon at the same time. A lot of stuff I have gotten was labeled as "used" from hastings or other liquidation companies, and the stuff is brand new, sealed - they just list it as used. If I can get a guaranteed "new" copy for the extra dollar or two, I usually would pay the up-charge.

 
I buy vinyl quite often even though I mostly use the download code.

There are usually not popular bands though that press 250-500 copies at most, but I want them to continue creating music and usually will purchase from the bands directly at shows or via mail order when possible. 

 
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I only buy physical media for music. Simply because I own it. While I technically own a MP3 album if I bought it from Amazon/iTunes what's to say they wont take it away for some reason or my account fuck 's up (I actually lost a few iTunes tracks I purchased years ago because of this). Yes I can burn them to a disc but it's more the principle of the matter.

As for prices it varies by genre or complexity of the album. For example if it's just a generic rock album, I would pay no more than $11 on CD or $15 on Vinyl, but if it's prog rock, jazz, or the more obscure bands $15-20 on CD and $20-25 on Vinyl. If it's colored Vinyl then $25-30.

 
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