What have you bought in the last few weeks?

[Doc Vigilanti]

I haven't bought a CD in a Looooooooonnnnnggggg time, but also I don't illegally download music either.

To answer you question though the last CD's I bought were I don't even remember what the names of the albums were,

Thelonius Monk
John Coltrain
Herbie Hancock

and there was one other one I can't remember. And I bought those about 2 years ago. I don't agree with illegally downloading music, but I do agree with it's use as a tool to pre-view an album, but only if you are going to buy the actual album, but that doesn't happen that often. But as I said personally I don't download music illegally and if there is an artist that I like I try to go their shows and support them that way.

[Left Headphone]

[e-smile-z]

i ve copped the like a virgin vinyl from madonna....i ve grapped it cause i read that nile rodgers hat his hands on the record...and i dont regret it...

[wreckingstuff]

I still buy a lot of recorded media. Not particularly because I'm against illegal downloads, but because I find the sound quality of MP3 to be really poor.

Independent record shops are dropping like flies in the UK, except in larger cities where they seem to be hanging on... It's a shame.

I know you can get pretty much anything off the web, but it's not the same as digging, where you end up with cool stuff that you didn't necessarily go out to get.

So I buy CD for general listening, and vinyl for stuff I want to sample.

Recent buys on CD

Willie Isz - Georgiavania... Some good tracks, not as good as it should have been.
Portico Quartet - Knee deep in the north sea... Nu jazz, with a nod to the old boys, cool.
Nationwide Rip Ridaz... That shit's funny, I think they are all dead now.
London Elektricity - Syncopated City.... New school DnB, a bit "singy" but ey tidy dum pogramming.


On wax

Ornette Coleman - The empty fox hole... His then 13 year old son holds down the drums on this. Really nice if you take the time to tune into the whole free jazz thing. Lots of excellent wide open drum sounds.

Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson - Winter in America... Beautiful record... probably won't sample it as it's already been spanked, but amazing

[terrytee]

Originally Posted by wreckingstuff

Independent record shops are dropping like flies in the UK, except in larger cities where they seem to be hanging on... It's a shame.

Fat City over here in Manchester went a while ago now, ok there still online but honestly it's cheaper for me to but in bulk from the states.

Nice to see your still buy new stuff, i get the feeling there aren't to many of us left.

[wreckingstuff]

Originally Posted by terrytee

Fat City over here in Manchester went a while ago now, ok there still online but honestly it's cheaper for me to but in bulk from the states.

Nice to see your still buy new stuff, i get the feeling there aren't to many of us left.

So do you go over there to buy Terry? Or do you have someone US based to send you stuff? And when you say 'bulk', what sort of numbers are you talking about? - just interested.. I always have a long, long list of stuff I want, the list is longer than my money, put it that way.

People look at me like they think I'm 'special' when I talk about buying CD and records, and look at me bewildered when I talk about MP3 sound quality.


I'm gonna just big up Wax Well records in Amsterdam... Sick selection of classic funk,soul,jazz.... Bit expensive though, but that might just be the strength of the euro vs the pound.

And Probe records in Liverpool... Small selection but diverse and good prices.


I got more... I would be really interested to hear from other members where they shop for beats (worldwide, cuz you never know where you might be at one day)

When the small / specialist record shops are gone, our inspiration and resources will be diminished.

[terrytee]

Originally Posted by wreckingstuff

So do you go over there to buy Terry? Or do you have someone US based to send you stuff? And when you say 'bulk', what sort of numbers are you talking about? - just interested.. I always have a long, long list of stuff I want, the list is longer than my money, put it that way.

People look at me like they think I'm 'special' when I talk about buying CD and records, and look at me bewildered when I talk about MP3 sound quality.


I'm gonna just big up Wax Well records in Amsterdam... Sick selection of classic funk,soul,jazz.... Bit expensive though, but that might just be the strength of the euro vs the pound.

And Probe records in Liverpool... Small selection but diverse and good prices.


I got more... I would be really interested to hear from other members where they shop for beats (worldwide, cuz you never know where you might be at one day)

When the small / specialist record shops are gone, our inspiration and resources will be diminished.

ughh.com or fat beats plus discogs & ebay, but the first 2 for new stuff on wax.

king bee records in chorlton just outside manchester centre is worth checking out for 2nd hand soul funk etc... pay them i visit i can't imagine there online shit have much up there.

Wax Well is that a shop or is it just on line, i am often in Dam, was there earlier this week but since fat beats shut down i didn't no of any more shops?

[wreckingstuff]

It's a shop

Gasthuismolensteeg 6 1016AN

It's a side street off the Singel, the next one along from Grey Area coffeeshop (I think)

I really wanted The Dramatics- Watcha see is watcha get, and they had it, mint, but 35 euros?

I'd have left there happy if I'd had about 4 grand

[wreckingstuff]

It's a shop

Gasthuismolensteeg 6 1016AN

It's a side street off the Singel, the next one along from Grey Area coffeeshop (I think)

I really wanted The Dramatics- Watcha see is watcha get, and they had it, mint, but 35 euros?

I'd have left there happy if I'd had about 4 grand

[terrytee]

Originally Posted by wreckingstuff

It's a shop

Gasthuismolensteeg 6 1016AN

It's a side street off the Singel, the next one along from Grey Area coffeeshop (I think)

I really wanted The Dramatics- Watcha see is watcha get, and they had it, mint, but 35 euros?

I'd have left there happy if I'd had about 4 grand

sounds dear but i will be sure to check it out next time am out there.

The choice of dank over there was great, it's so nice to able find some good hash again.

[mgthefuture]

Found a Sony dual cassette deck and a old digital out CD player with filter by sony outside by the trashcan today

both work...hooray

[smoke]

Originally Posted by Doc Vigilanti

I haven't bought a CD in a Looooooooonnnnnggggg time, but also I don't illegally download music either.

To answer you question though the last CD's I bought were I don't even remember what the names of the albums were,

Thelonius Monk
.

Probably the last thing I bought was Solo Monk.

These days I only listen to music for inspiration, I don't buy anything popular. I like to dig barrels for forgotten classics, I'll put the radio on some unknown station, or I'll even use the cable music network channels to find stuff, but I haven't bought any new CD in about 2 years. Heck, I've still got 100s of cassette tapes handed down with old stuff that I would rather go thru, not to mention the stuff we used to record from the radio in the 80s... I still have that stuff and it always brings back memories.

F'it, I'd rather live in the past

[Nahuel]

No music recently, an esi32 an s2800 and an rme raydat. The last Cd I bought for myself was Tego's El Abayarde Contra ataca...2007, lol... I buy CD's every 2 or 3 month for the store I work in (with their money)... mainstream hip hop/RnB, lastests: last Jay and an RnB compilation with birthday sex, boom boom pow, run this town... makes our clients happy...

[CRACKPIPE]

Organize Konfusion - (first LP)

I love that record. Haven't bought much. From itunes:

Sleepy d
The Bangz
Fresh Boyz
Cold Flamez
The Ranger$

From Amazon:

James Brown
D-Lo

Remember to buy your MP#'s kiddies.

[Alxi]

I was looking for cool bass lines to learn 2 weeks ago and i stumbled across Jamiroquai's 1996 "traveling without moving" album. Sounds realy good and the bassist is realy funky. ( Stuart Zender ) so i bought it

-Alxi-

[mat1]

Spotify premium on my iPhone has pretty much stopped me buying anything these days..

[KevWest]

I think the last album I bought was the Blueprint 3. I really don't remember. I bought Relapse but I am an itunes junkie.

[3rd Degree]

Outside of records for sampling I bought the flowing in the last month:

Slaughterhouse-Slaughterhouse
Raekwon- Only Built for Cuban Linx 2
Cormega-Born and Raised

I also bought some Mobb Deep and AZ mixtapes.

Surprisling, most were great albums.

[terrytee]

Originally Posted by talontsiawd

Cormega-Born and Raised

heard this 1 last week, i will be getting it for sure, shame it's not out on wax.

Any way hella dope shit, the track with Trag is fire, and that joint Girl...WOW "she burnt Richard Pryor when he piped her raw" crazy.

[Fred Pearson]

Boiler Room Collective - The Mixtape
Boiler Room Collective - Boiler Room Collective Album
Foreign Beggars - Asylum Speakers
Genesis Elijah - Deh Pon Road

UK Hip-Hop at it's finest

Peace