Subj : Does anyone buy CDs any more?
To   : Nelgin
From : Ogg
Date : Tue Oct 05 2021 23:28:00

Hello Nelgin!

** On Tuesday 05.10.21 - 19:51, Nelgin wrote to Ogg:

 N> Well with Discogs you can scan a barcode and add it to your
 N> collection but then you have to determine which release you
 N> have since different versions could have the same barcode.

Good point. It is not enough to just know the record Title and  
Artist.  This is the stash that was delivered to me today:

https://kolico.ca/tmp/cd2-IMG_20211005.jpg
https://kolico.ca/tmp/cd1-IMG_20211005.jpg

In one of the pics (if you zoom in) you can see two recordings  
of Shania Twain, same album, but different releases.


 N> It sometimes takes a little more than 2 minutes because you
 N> have to look at the tiny etchings on the disc close to the
 N> center. Sometimes it's a different book or different song
 N> listings.

That's part of the enjoyment of appreciating the distinction of  
hardcopy CDs vs a streaming copy.   :D


 >> [...] It was called BitLit and then Shelfie.  You could
 >> even take a photo of a stack of book spines and it would
 >> return a list.  Very slick.  Something like that would be
 >> helpful for your CD piles!  :D

 N> If I could take a picture of them, that'd be great but it'd
 N> have to be a high quality one.

I tried jpg to text on the above images. The results were  
terrible.


 N> To give you some idea, in the hall I have 9 stacks of CDs
 N> ranging in height from 52 to 58 inches. [...]

 N> [...] Then I have stacks in my walkin closet and stacks on
 N> my shelves in the bedroom. I have a self full in my office.
 N> I don't have more in here because that's where all my 7"
 N> singles are, something like 500+ of them.

That's amazing. I don't have nearly that many. Maybe 2500  
total. Mine are in freestanding stacks all over the floor and  
in some boxes. But I am not parting with mine any time soon.  
I'd like to peruse them at least one more time and rip most of  
them.

I started collecting mine in the mid 80's. I already had a  
small stash of CDs *before* I even had a player.  Then, I  
stopped buying them around year 2000 after a few years with  
Columbia House membership.

I know one fellow who ripped his modest CD collection onto an  
iPod (one of the earlier ones that had a HDD, 160GB?) ..and  
then simply tossed the CDs into landfill. He wasn't interested  
to wait and see who might like the original physical copies.   
He wasn't anything like a fussy audiophile, so 128 kbps  
versions were good enough for him.

The CDs in the above pics are all for sale.  I am prepared to  
prioritize mailing them within my domestic region, Canada.

I am currently enjoying the Bad Company recording "10 from 6".   
I recognize a couple of the radio hits from it, but the others  
are really quite refreshing and interesting too!  The tune  
"Ready for Love" has a nice pace and sound.

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