andy Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 41 minutes ago, Weav said: The Royal Guardsmen, no? Kind'a. This particular album was a set of covers performed by the legendary Peter Pan Pop Band Singers (or, as fans know them, 3PBS). https://www.discogs.com/Peter-Pan-Pop-Band-Singers-Snoopy-Vs-The-Red-Baron/release/1046295 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weav Posted November 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Mine was Tone Loc, Loc’ed After Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burk Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 GNR - Use your illusion 1 or 2....probably both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 Ah nostalgia. Kids these days just don't understand the joy that was paying for music. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 55 minutes ago, Brick Bungalow said: Ah nostalgia. Kids these days just don't understand the joy that was paying for music. I'll take streaming digital every day. I get seriously overwhelmed if I have too many options to choose just one from. Going into a record store without having decided ahead of time could cause an aneurism. I do miss the physicality of an LP though. Liner notes and inserts. The stickers that came with Dark Side of the Moon were great, not to mention the giant dollar bill from Billion Dollar Babies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 I'd take digital streaming if they had not caved to the RIAA. Try using digital streaming if you travel internationally. It's not possible (not just not convenient, but not possible). You cannot connect internationally to an American streaming account (even on an international service) for more than 2 weeks (a year, a lifetime? I didn't bother trying to find out). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarbicus Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 11 hours ago, Brick Bungalow said: Ah nostalgia. Kids these days just don't understand the joy that was paying for music. Yeah. I love digital streaming but there was something very special about buying a record. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyork Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 Appetite for Destruction 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 10 hours ago, Yarbicus said: Yeah. I love digital streaming but there was something very special about buying a record. The issue of money is a throwaway for me. It's really about giving due attention to the art of creating an album. (I realize I'm not telling present company anything they don't know) Great albums are organized thematically and mastered aurally to be listened to on physical media in a particular order. Some of my favorite records even have instructions for how to adjust the hi fi dials for proper enjoyment. The Flaming Lips released a four disc concept album that required you to sync four discs to play together. Some of this is mere conceit but I do think there is a great deal of critical mass lost when songs are merely assembled by an algorithm on a mobile app. There is an experience informed, I think by the psychological and material commitment of going to a record store, acquiring a physical album and adding to a personal collection. Also, since I'm in grouchy old fogey mode can I just say how grateful I am to have attended live concert performances before the ubiquity of mobile phones? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 I miss actual human deejays. There is definitely something special about the careful way an artist, producer, and engineer construct an album... But there’s equally some magic to having a person who deeply loves music and knows his audience can select songs from multiple bands to play in a sequence. The machines that drive Clear Channel’s automated stations don’t do “deep cuts,” and streaming services have a bias (which we program into them ourselves!) to only reinforce what we already know we like. Thank the gods of rock’n’roll I spent my prime music years in Detroit. Probably the last bastion of real radio on Earth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 9 minutes ago, Ish said: I miss actual human deejays. There is definitely something special about the careful way an artist, producer, and engineer construct an album... But there’s equally some magic to having a person who deeply loves music and knows his audience can select songs from multiple bands to play in a sequence. The machines that drive Clear Channel’s automated stations don’t do “deep cuts,” and streaming services have a bias (which we program into them ourselves!) to only reinforce what we already know we like. Thank the gods of rock’n’roll I spent my prime music years in Detroit. Probably the last bastion of real radio on Earth. KEXP up here in the Seattle area is still good for this, too. Especially on some of the late night shows, they'll just let the DJs do whatever the ^#$% they want. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weav Posted November 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 On 11/16/2018 at 9:45 PM, Brick Bungalow said: Ah nostalgia. Kids these days just don't understand the joy that was paying for music. Going to Circuit City on payday was treat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarbicus Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Weav said: Going to Circuit City on payday was treat Tower Records or GTFO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 You misspelt “Harmony House.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weav Posted November 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 Circuit City was waaaaay cheaper than Tower and had a great selection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Yarbicus said: Tower Records or GTFO. As a former employee I must concur. Tower Records was staffed by people who actually appreciated music and could answers questions substantively. I really miss that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 The more I think about it, what I really miss about physical music formats is digging through the bargain bins at second-hand places. So many great albums that I picked up just because the art or the band name or even a song title seemed cool, and it was only 99 cents, so why not? Even if only one in ten ended up being good, I still got a new album for ten bucks, which ain't bad at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Brick Bungalow said: Tower Records was staffed by people who actually appreciated music and could answers questions substantively. I really miss that. It was all about servicing the customer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 6 hours ago, Weav said: Circuit City was waaaaay cheaper than Tower and had a great selection As a former employee that was just to get you in the door we had no clue about the music... goal was just stock it all and let the customer figure it out, only department that didn't get training each month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, VonVilkee said: As a former employee that was just to get you in the door we had no clue about the music... goal was just stock it all and let the customer figure it out, only department that didn't get training each month. Oh crap, that's nutz! I was IT for Circuit City in their last days... They hired me explicitly to fix machines that came back to us... I never knew y'all music folks got left hanging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Romans832 said: Oh crap, that's nutz! I was IT for Circuit City in their last days... They hired me explicitly to fix machines that came back to us... I never knew y'all music folks got left hanging Oh not left hanging, I parted ways long before they closed... the media department was just handled differently. The sales team got training hours every month to stay current with whatever department they were in, warehouse got training to for safety stuff... media (music and movies) just stocked (the stickers were coded with section then alphabetical) and watched for shop lifters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weav Posted November 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 1 hour ago, VonVilkee said: As a former employee that was just to get you in the door we had no clue about the music... goal was just stock it all and let the customer figure it out, only department that didn't get training each month. I knew what I was looking for 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyork Posted November 20, 2018 Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 Tower Records in Picadilly Circus was a genuine experience to be had. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 On 11/19/2018 at 5:19 PM, jollyork said: Tower Records in Picadilly Circus was a genuine experience to be had. The sole survivor now yes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyork Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 No, long gone. I think it’s a Gap now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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