digital download...or actual CD?

decides2dream
decides2dream Posts: 14,977
edited June 2009 in The Porch
i read a lot of talk here about getting a digital DL for the new album, as a precursor to getting an actual hard copy CD. call me old school, but i don't want this! i want the actual CD FIRST...or at least simultaneously, with a possible digital DL. now i know loads of people never listen to CDs anymore.....but i DO. granted, i probably listen to my ipod more, but nonetheless...i want a CD. first.

and HELL NO, i don't want to have to buy a digital DL just to get to hear it first....and then have to buy a hard copy CD. and i won't. at the very least, i think the DL only should be offered at one price, and then a DL with a CD at another, if it must be done like this at all. i realize the music world has, and continues to, rapidly change.....but man.....i never thought i'd even imagine getting a DL as a FIRST hear of a new album. granted, i grew up on actual vinyl records :P.....but i truly love CDs. *sighs*


so....any thoughts on DL vs. CD?
preferences for release?
have we all become so impatient as a society that we far prefer the instant gratification of a DL over waiting for the *complete package*.............?
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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    Both please- if you buy the CD you get a digital code with it
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • IGotShit76
    IGotShit76 Posts: 768
    decides2dream wrote:
    i read a lot of talk here about getting a digital DL for the new album, as a precursor to getting an actual hard copy CD. call me old school, but i don't want this! i want the actual CD FIRST...or at least simultaneously, with a possible digital DL. now i know loads of people never listen to CDs anymore.....but i DO. granted, i probably listen to my ipod more, but nonetheless...i want a CD. first.

    and HELL NO, i don't want to have to buy a digital DL just to get to hear it first....and then have to buy a hard copy CD. and i won't. at the very least, i think the DL only should be offered at one price, and then a DL with a CD at another, if it must be done like this at all. i realize the music world has, and continues to, rapidly change.....but man.....i never thought i'd even imagine getting a DL as a FIRST hear of a new album. granted, i grew up on actual vinyl records :P.....but i truly love CDs. *sighs*


    so....any thoughts on DL vs. CD?
    preferences for release?
    have we all become so impatient as a society that we far prefer the instant gratification of a DL over waiting for the *complete package*.............?

    You're not alone ... I still buy a lot of CDs.
    I'll got for both CD + code for DL.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,882
    CD...I'm old
    hippiemom = goodness
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,853
    i'm hoping for an 8-track tape to play in my trans am, baby!
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,397
    decides2dream wrote:
    have we all become so impatient as a society that we far prefer the instant gratification of a DL over waiting for the *complete package*.............?

    Yes.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,632
    I want the physical CD, and preferably the vinyl.

    Digital download would sorta ruin my ritual of listening to the album while looking at the artwork. (Printing it out is not as cool.)
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • dislocated
    dislocated Posts: 599
    CD, I'm old & on Dial up (at home). I can't download music at work.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Neither>>>>>>>>>>>VINYL
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,632
    DewieCox wrote:
    Neither>>>>>>>>>>>VINYL


    Are you saying CD/Download "is way greater than" vinyl, or you want neither, youd rather have vinyl?
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • PearlJamPatriot
    PearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    edited May 2009
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    Both please- if you buy the CD you get a digital code with it
    + 1 But I want the download to be available in both non-compressed (flac) & compressed (mp3) audio files.
    Post edited by PearlJamPatriot on
    Pearl Jam Shows: 1998 - 9/11 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 9/13 Hartford, CT || 2000 - 8/24 Wantagh, NY (Jones Beach 2); 8/27 Saratoga Springs; 8/29 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 8/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2) || 2003 - 4/29 Albany, NY; 5/3 State College, PA; 7/2 Mansfield (night 1); 7/6 Camden, NJ (night 2); 7/8 New York, NY (MSG night 1) || 2004 - 9/28 Boston, MA (night 1); 9/29 Boston, MA (night 2) || 2005 - 10/3 Philadelphia, PA || 2006 - 5/12 Albany, NY; 5/13 Hartford, CT; 5/24 Boston, MA (night 1); 5/25 Boston, MA (night 2); 5/27 Camden, NJ (night 1); 5/28 Camden, NJ (night 2)|| 2008 - 6/19 Camden, NJ (night 1); 6/24 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 6/25 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 6/27 Hartford, CT; 6/28 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 6/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2); 7/1 New York, NY (Beacon Theater)|| 2009 - 9/21 Seattle, WA (night 1); 9/22 Seattle, WA (night 2); 10/27 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 1); 10/28 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 2); 10/30 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 3); 10/31 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 4)|| 2010 - 5/15 Hartford, CT; 5/17 Boston, MA; 5/20 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 5/21 New York, NY (MSG night 2)|| 2011 - 9/3 East Troy, WI (PJ20); 9/4 East Troy, WI (PJ20) || 2012 - 9/2 Philadelphia, PA, 9/30 Missoula, MT || 2013 - 7/19 Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), 10/12 Buffalo, NY, 10/15 Worcester, MA (night 1), 10/16 Worcester, MA (night 2), 10/18 Brooklyn, NY (night 1), 10/19 Brooklyn, NY (night 2), 10/25 Hartford, CT || 2014 - 10/22 Denver, CO || 2015 -  9/26 New York, NY (Global Citizen Festival) || 2016 - 5/1 New York, NY (night 1), 5/2 New York, NY (night 2), 8/5 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1), 8/7 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 2) || 2018 - 9/2 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1) || 2020 - 3/30 New York, NY
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  • PJStatTracker
    PJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    i want all three...DL, CD, and vinyl...I don't care what order they come in...totally fine getting the DL first...
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    demetrios wrote:
    i'm hoping for an 8-track tape to play in my trans am, baby!




    :mrgreen:



    i was waiting for that. ;)


    glad to see i am not alone.
    i actually don't buy a lot of CDs, but if it's a band i truly love....YES...i ALWAYS buy the CD. even tho i grew up on vinyl, i am not a vinyl purist at all...i love, love, love CDs.



    and vedd hedd....YES! the ritual of a new album! the artwork, everything....along with listening to the new music............ :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

    i am not opposed to DLs overall, not in the least...i just don't want a new album as a DL first. simultaneous is fine. and sure, i think it's awesome that pj puts their albums out on vinyl for the fans who love vinyl.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • PJStatTracker
    PJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    Both please- if you buy the CD you get a digital code with it

    I love buying Vinyls that have the download codes...that's my favorite way to go...
    Download the unofficial <a href="http://bit.ly/PJStatTracker">Pearl Jam Stat Tracker</a> app for iPhone/iPad. It's <em>FREE.</em>

    PM me with any comments or suggestions for the app - or weigh in <a href="http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=167611
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Vedd Hedd wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    Neither>>>>>>>>>>>VINYL


    Are you saying CD/Download "is way greater than" vinyl, or you want neither, youd rather have vinyl?

    They're arrows, gimme that wax.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    decides2dream wrote:
    i read a lot of talk here about getting a digital DL for the new album, as a precursor to getting an actual hard copy CD. call me old school, but i don't want this! i want the actual CD FIRST...or at least simultaneously, with a possible digital DL. now i know loads of people never listen to CDs anymore.....but i DO. granted, i probably listen to my ipod more, but nonetheless...i want a CD. first.

    and HELL NO, i don't want to have to buy a digital DL just to get to hear it first....and then have to buy a hard copy CD. and i won't. at the very least, i think the DL only should be offered at one price, and then a DL with a CD at another, if it must be done like this at all. i realize the music world has, and continues to, rapidly change.....but man.....i never thought i'd even imagine getting a DL as a FIRST hear of a new album. granted, i grew up on actual vinyl records :P.....but i truly love CDs. *sighs*


    so....any thoughts on DL vs. CD?
    preferences for release?
    have we all become so impatient as a society that we far prefer the instant gratification of a DL over waiting for the *complete package*.............?

    +1

    The only time I download music is when the album is only released that way (eg Gutter Twins EP, Noel Gallagher's Cancer Trust live album) and even then I don't like it. I want a real CD that I can pop into my car or my stereo at home, rather than listen to in mediocre mp3 files on a tiny digital device. I can rip it to my computer later for my ipod (which I only listen to when I'm working out or walking around the city), but I don't want my first listen to be over shitty computer speakers in a compressed format.
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    CD, Vinyl and DL... but DL should be released last. There's nothing better than waiting for a CD to be released, getting it home and listening for the first time :mrgreen:
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • arthurdent
    arthurdent Posts: 969
    You can't trade in a download
    Rock me Jesus, roll me Lord...
    Wash me in the blood of Rock & Roll
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    CD and vinyl

    Generally, I don't buy music downloads unless its exclusively available online (e.g. lollapalooza)
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    soulsinging wrote:
    but I don't want my first listen to be over shitty computer speakers in a compressed format.
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    CD, Vinyl and DL... but DL should be released last. There's nothing better than waiting for a CD to be released, getting it home and listening for the first time :mrgreen:




    *thumbs up*
    there is still hope left in this world........;) 8-):mrgreen:
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    CD, Vinyl and DL... but DL should be released last. There's nothing better than waiting for a CD to be released, getting it home and listening for the first time :mrgreen:
    EXACTLY

    and I think the band feels the same way (just speculation of course)

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