Prog CD buying strategy

progreviews wrote: 15-20 per month for me probably. I have an Excel spreadsheet with all the CDs I'm interested in prioritized from 1 to 5. (Yes I am a nerd.)

Oh my goodness, not someone else who does this......only at present, I have a top 30 list...I daren't let it grow any longer, because that really would be quite depressing...

I've even taken to thinking about getting shot of some household stuff to fuel my addiction...

Bob Greece wrote: fandango wrote: I've even taken to thinking about getting shot of some household stuff to fuel my addiction...  But when you start selling the beds from the Youth Hostel, I think you should seek professional help.

I never bite the hand that feeds...If I did that, I'd cut off my income supply......but I've a spare DVD player which never gets used.....

Bob Greece wrote: fandango wrote: ...but I've a spare DVD player which never gets used..... How about selling the cooker as well? You could just live on bags of crisps.

Don't think it hasn't crossed my mind, but the cooker is the ONLY thing in my flat which is owned by the Youth Hostel!!

Anyone want an antique pine effect TV cabinet?

Lately I decided that I want to get to know of prog metal bands, so I started
going through all the prog metal bands listed here and downloaded all the
mp3's which were available to them, then I just made a playlist of them and
started listening. Everytime I hear a song which I like or sounds intriguing, I
look at the name, write it down to my notebook with the album names.
When I'm in the store or going through online shops I just go through my
notebook and try to find the albums. The problem is that I tend to find way
too many which I like :(.

Since spring this year I have started to shed money for CD's on a weekly basis more or less. I think it amounts to 5 or 7 CD's a month (I tend to buy two at a time if the prize is right).  In fact, I am about to head to the city centre in a moment, knowing that I really can't make my usual round in my fav record stores since I should look for clothes rather than music...and it depresses me.   Imagine that, a woman who dislikes going clothes shopping. Buying music is just so much more fun!

Apart from having a list of CD's written in my notebook, I also have a mental list of CD's I'm looking for residing in my head on a permanent basis, and when I get to the stores, I initially start searching for them in alphatetical order. One store here in Helsinki has all prog CD's -and there is a pretty wide selection of them- separated from the rest of the stuff which makes it nice and easy to just pick any I think I may fancy. The final decision between the ones I have selected for further inspection is made pretty much at random since I don't have the option to listen to downloads. Then again, getting classics from prog's heyday in the 70's has proven to be a safe venture for the most part, no matter what I choose to get in the end. It's all good  

I've promised myself to buy only one lower prized CD today... I'd better make it a special one! 

 

GFoyle wrote: Fritha wrote: Apart from having a list of CD's written in my notebook, I also have a mental list of CD's I'm looking for residing in my head on a permanent basis, and when I get to the stores, I initially start searching for them in alphatetical order. One store here in Helsinki has all prog CD's -and there is a pretty wide selection of them- separated from the rest of the stuff which makes it nice and easy to just pick any I think I may fancy. The final decision between the ones I have selected for further inspection is made pretty much at random since I don't have the option to listen to downloads. Then again, getting classics from prog's heyday in the 70's has proven to be a safe venture for the most part, no matter what I choose to get in the end. It's all good     Heh, I just came from that store with 4 new albums ;). Great store, I have decided to try to support them as much as I can instead of buying the albums from webstores. They even got a lot of the rarer stuff and are usually willing and interested to get them if you are interested.

Keltainen Jäänsärkijä?  I wonder if we happened to be in there at the same time?? In the future, remember: I am the girl with long blondish hair, who probably looks most out of place there appearance-wise, lol! But yeah, it's a gold mine for any newbie of prog and even for those more well-versed on the genre... Admittedly I have records on my wishlist that cannot be found there (or in Popparienkeli, another good shop, of course) but if what you say is true then perhaps I should ask them to help me to get them -they could do the ordering and I could concentrate on the waiting-game, lol.

Incidentally, I had more money on my bank account than I had realised so I could easily afford to not keep my promise and so left the shop three CD's richer, yay.  

Five to ten, my favourite record shop in Paris has not only a big Prog Section, but does Second hand sales which are filed alphabetically with the rest of the records. The other day I bought a 'Djam Karett' live record, a band I didn't knew at all  second hand. When I am going on a trip to a foreign country or know somone who does, I buy local records or ask friends to buy them for me. I bought quite a lot of Italian Prog in the summer. There is a ProgMail Order Shop in France MUSEA,where I order records I can't find  elsewhere and I buy sometimes on Amazon.  

Alucard wrote: The other day I bought a 'Djam Karett' live record, a band I didn't knew at all  second hand.

So what made you buy it if you didn't know the band at all?

Bob Greece wrote: Alucard wrote: The other day I bought a 'Djam Karett' live record, a band I didn't knew at all  second hand.  So what made you buy it if you didn't know the band at all?

Just because it was in the Prog section and very cheap, a good way to discover music.If I would have waited to look up the group in PA, the record would have been gone. it is a great record BTW.