What possessed me to buy MiniDiscs back in the day?

randallanddarcy
randallanddarcy Posts: 813
edited October 2011 in Lost Dogs
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I don't wanna get rid of them, I just thought it'd be mildly amusing to put the pix up here.
My Pearl Jam shows: 1 in 1995, 2 in 1998, 20 in 2003, 13 in 2006, 3 in 2007, 8 in 2008, 5 in 2009, 4 in 2010, 5 in 2012. EV: 8 in 2011, 1 in 2012. Brad: 1 in 1998, 1 in 2002.
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  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Those are badass...I want some... :ugeek:
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,023
    The real question is: why were these still being released in 2000? (Binaural)
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  • TheShafer
    TheShafer Posts: 81
    Mini disc were awesome!
    The road goes on forever and the party never ends....
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    The real question is: why were these still being released in 2000? (Binaural)

    :lol:
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    Say what now? "MiniDiscs"? What the heck are those? Do you also have Touring Band 2000 on Laser Disc by chance?

    :lol::lol::lol:

    Like what you did with the Facebook page, they look good!
  • TheShafer
    TheShafer Posts: 81
    Suziemay wrote:
    Do you also have Touring Band 2000 on Laser Disc by chance? !

    Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! Laserdiscs!!!!!! What a freaking stupid idea!!!!
    The road goes on forever and the party never ends....
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,339
    Because mini discs were ace
  • myra
    myra Posts: 1,257
    I'll add another question : how do I get back the music that's trapped on my minidiscs, now that my Minidisc player is (apparently) dead :-( ? Back then, Minidiscs were cool : you could cram so much on just one tiny disc ....
  • randallanddarcy
    randallanddarcy Posts: 813
    myra wrote:
    I'll add another question : how do I get back the music that's trapped on my minidiscs, now that my Minidisc player is (apparently) dead :-( ? Back then, Minidiscs were cool : you could cram so much on just one tiny disc ....
    You'll have to hit up as many musicians as you can and hope one of them gives you a one to transfers the tunes off of the discs. I've literally 100's of concerts and soundchecks still on MD that I have to get off them before my player totally dies. I'll get there one day!
    My Pearl Jam shows: 1 in 1995, 2 in 1998, 20 in 2003, 13 in 2006, 3 in 2007, 8 in 2008, 5 in 2009, 4 in 2010, 5 in 2012. EV: 8 in 2011, 1 in 2012. Brad: 1 in 1998, 1 in 2002.
  • ilockyer
    ilockyer Posts: 2,272
    myra wrote:
    I'll add another question : how do I get back the music that's trapped on my minidiscs, now that my Minidisc player is (apparently) dead :-( ? Back then, Minidiscs were cool : you could cram so much on just one tiny disc ....

    You can pick up MD players fairly cheap on eBay... I still have a portable MD recorder/player which I use and a MD component in my seperates system. Good for keeping preview copies of CDs I borrow from the library!
    The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i loved minidiscs!! i never bought prerecorded ones but i probably had 100 or so mix-tape discs...i'm pretty sure i still have them somewhere :think:


    oh and i still have my laserdiscs too :wave:
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,457
    I loved minidiscs as well and my player is still alive :D And I also never bought originals, I made my own mixes. Maybe I should hunt down some of those awesome looking PJ minidiscs :think:
    Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue! http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148993/please-pearl-jam-consider-a-vinyl-benaroya-hall-re-issue


  • myra
    myra Posts: 1,257
    randallanddarcy wrote:
    You'll have to hit up as many musicians as you can and hope one of them gives you a one to transfers the tunes off of the discs. I've literally 100's of concerts and soundchecks still on MD that I have to get off them before my player totally dies. I'll get there one day!
    ilockyer wrote:
    You can pick up MD players fairly cheap on eBay... I still have a portable MD recorder/player which I use and a MD component in my seperates system. Good for keeping preview copies of CDs I borrow from the library!

    Yeah, I thought of trying to 'resuscitate' it one more time to transfer what's trapped on my MD's (CD's I 'borrowed' from Virgin ten or so years ago when I was broke :oops: ) onto my computer or else I'd have to get one from Ebay (it's still very expensive to get a new one and that would seem pretty pointless).

    But I went to an awesome record store two days ago and finally found and bought all the MDs I really missed on second-hand CDs. Took me three hours to find them all, but I was sooo glad to play them again ! I knew I missed them, I hadn't realized I missed them that much :D. It's only fair I bought them eventually I guess and now they're safe in my Ipod. *relieved*

    Back on topic :the OP's MDs make for a nice 'vintage' collection ! :thumbup:
  • CorduroyGirl
    CorduroyGirl Posts: 283
    pdalowsky wrote:
    Because mini discs were ace

    This! :mrgreen:
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  • mirrorboxer
    mirrorboxer Posts: 115
    I still rock my MD, literally, every day as my portable music player. I even have a component at home and an in dash deck in my car. Perfect for vinyl transfers and concert recording!

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