digital download...or actual CD?

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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    If the new album comes out in Digital Download first, I won't buy it until a cd version is available. I didn't buy any of the digital download bootlegs from previous tours and won't start buying musical digitally now.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    vinyl with a flac download please
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Solat13 wrote:
    If the new album comes out in Digital Download first, I won't buy it until a cd version is available. I didn't buy any of the digital download bootlegs from previous tours and won't start buying musical digitally now.

    +1

    These crazy new-aged, new-fangled technology driven kids can have their downloads, I want to physically hold the new CD and not open it quick enough cuz i'm shaking and excited... I want to hear it (as SS said) through a good stereo and not computer hardware... I want to hear it with my Pearl Jam loving boyfriend, look at the CD casing together and argue about which tracks we like most as we skip back through them... There's nothing beats the feeling of a new CD album from a band you love enough to dedicate the amount of time and money that I, and several thousand others of you, have done. :D
    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.
  • bosshogg18
    bosshogg18 Tacoma, WA Posts: 1,100
    i'm hoping for an 8-track tape to play in my trans am, baby!
    That is a great idea and F'n hilarious as well. I think if I were in a band I would offer eccentric mediums such as 8-tracks and cassettes to please all.
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    Solat13 wrote:
    If the new album comes out in Digital Download first, I won't buy it until a cd version is available. I didn't buy any of the digital download bootlegs from previous tours and won't start buying musical digitally now.

    +1

    These crazy new-aged, new-fangled technology driven kids can have their downloads, I want to physically hold the new CD and not open it quick enough cuz i'm shaking and excited... I want to hear it (as SS said) through a good stereo and not computer hardware... I want to hear it with my Pearl Jam loving boyfriend, look at the CD casing together and argue about which tracks we like most as we skip back through them... There's nothing beats the feeling of a new CD album from a band you love enough to dedicate the amount of time and money that I, and several thousand others of you, have done. :D



    i am LOVING that there are many of you within the under-30 crowd here...and STILL appreciate and WANT to experience the utter JOY...of actually ripping open an new album for the first time. :mrgreen:

    *warm & fuzzy feelings*
    8-)




    solat - i DID buy the bootleg DLs, tho i did protest loudly, and often here, about it. and they since have offered CDs again, so life is good......haha. seriously, i wasn;t happy at all about it, but the desire to have boots of shows i attended and no other option to getting em, well.....thereya go. however, actual CD ALWAYS trumps a DL for me.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    decides2dream wrote:

    solat - i DID buy the bootleg DLs, tho i did protest loudly, and often here, about it. and they since have offered CDs again, so life is good......haha. seriously, i wasn;t happy at all about it, but the desire to have boots of shows i attended and no other option to getting em, well.....thereya go. however, actual CD ALWAYS trumps a DL for me.

    I never bought a single one. Even from the shows I went to. I'm glad they listened to the fans and brought back physical bootlegs though. There are a lot of us out there who don't buy into this downloading music thing. I lvoe new cds and the artwork.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Solat13 wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:

    solat - i DID buy the bootleg DLs, tho i did protest loudly, and often here, about it. and they since have offered CDs again, so life is good......haha. seriously, i wasn;t happy at all about it, but the desire to have boots of shows i attended and no other option to getting em, well.....thereya go. however, actual CD ALWAYS trumps a DL for me.

    I never bought a single one. Even from the shows I went to. I'm glad they listened to the fans and brought back physical bootlegs though. There are a lot of us out there who don't buy into this downloading music thing. I lvoe new cds and the artwork.



    agreed.


    it's the complete package, along with the ritual for new music, new albums........
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • Travelar
    Travelar Posts: 3,443
    CD and I'll rip it myself... :)
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    TrAvELAr wrote:
    CD and I'll rip it myself... :)





    sexy..........;)


    :mrgreen:
    seriously, ALL my pj CDs...hell, most of my CD collection, is ripped to our external hard drive, on my ipod, etc......i just want a CD FIRST.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • Yielded
    Yielded Posts: 839
    I agree, going out to buy an album you've been waiting for is the best: Racing to the music shop while repeatedly thinking "Please be there, please be there, please be there...". Getting the disc, wanting to get home as quickly as possible just so you can finally listen to it... Sitting down to spin the record while flicking through the artwork... Shit, just thinking about it gets me all excited. No friggin' way I'm trading that for a stupid download!
    "We get these pills to swallow... how they stick in your throat... Tastes like gold..."
  • peacegirl
    peacegirl Posts: 841
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    Both please- if you buy the CD you get a digital code with it

    Definitely CD but I like this idea
  • redeye
    redeye Posts: 620
    i still love cds, well i used to buy only vinyl, til it almost died out...

    i personally dont like "paying" for a digital download of any kind...

    thats just me, if its out first like that, i will wait for what comes next
  • Vedder_Girl77
    Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,341
    CD & Vinyl.

    I'm old school.
    8/29/00, 7/3/03, 5/24/06,6/28/08 & 6/30/08, 10/9/09,10/28/09, 10/30/09 & 10/31/09, 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10 & 5/21/10, 10/23/10 & 10/24/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 9/11/11, 9/12/11, 9/23/11, 9/22/12, 9/30/12, 7/16/13, 7/19/13
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    decides2dream wrote:
    i want the CD, i want the process...i want the full experience.

    i fully understand and appreciate this...however...for me, this process doesn't need to be the first way i listen to new music....example, the new u2 was leaked a week before the actual release...i downloaded it and listened to it endlessly....then the actual release arrived and then i sat down and did the "ritual"....to me, it was just as satisfying :D
  • OGT92
    OGT92 Posts: 1,588
    When Avacado came out 3 years ago, if you pre-ordered through 10c, and it didn't arrive til after the release date you could download it for free. I got mine the Fri, or Sat. before so I didn't have to. I would think this is what they will do again, but who knows?????
    "I read about the evils of drinking, so I gave up reading." - Henry Youngman
  • Gonzo1977
    Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Screw the Download!!

    I want the vinyl!!

    I'm neither impressed with the sound quality of digital downloads, or the listening experience that goes with it.

    Nothing beats sitting there on your favorite chair with your headphones on, listening to the new album while drinking a glass of wine and doing a "J".

    It's like eating a big bowl of Captain Crunch and reading the back of the cereal box.

    It's just a grand celebration of music and ones love for it.

    By all means, listen to the album which ever way you choose.

    But I definately know what I'll be doing when this new Pearl Jam album goodness drops.

    Enjoy.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    If you get a cd, what would the point of getting a download code? Won't it take about 30 seconds to rip from the cd, and you'd have any lossless options that you'd want.

    Make sure to toss a cd or dl code in with the vinyl though.
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,632
    DewieCox wrote:
    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.


    Same here. I prefer the record.

    Vinyl>DL

    :)
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    norm wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    i want the CD, i want the process...i want the full experience.

    i fully understand and appreciate this...however...for me, this process doesn't need to be the first way i listen to new music....example, the new u2 was leaked a week before the actual release...i downloaded it and listened to it endlessly....then the actual release arrived and then i sat down and did the "ritual"....to me, it was just as satisfying :D



    we all have our process.
    not saying one way is the only right way, only sharing mine...and my desires. i don't like leaks, i never listen to em. i really should be a vinyl purist snob the way i am :lol: ....but i'm not. i am a purist about the music tho. i want to hear it as it really should be heard for the first time. that's what i like to do most with new music. i don't like leaked music, i don't like bootleg DVDs, etc....i want it to be as it should be, and i want the complete package. obviously others don't need it to be exactly as i prefer. and sure lots of things are 'just as satisfying'...but really...when offered the choice, one will always choose one over another as the absolute best preference. ;) :P :D just sayin'........ :mrgreen:
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    decides2dream wrote:
    norm wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    i want the CD, i want the process...i want the full experience.

    i fully understand and appreciate this...however...for me, this process doesn't need to be the first way i listen to new music....example, the new u2 was leaked a week before the actual release...i downloaded it and listened to it endlessly....then the actual release arrived and then i sat down and did the "ritual"....to me, it was just as satisfying :D



    we all have our process.
    not saying one way is the only right way, only sharing mine...and my desires. i don't like leaks, i never listen to em. i really should be a vinyl purist snob the way i am :lol: ....but i'm not. i am a purist about the music tho. i want to hear it as it really should be heard for the first time. that's what i like to do most with new music. i don't like leaked music, i don't like bootleg DVDs, etc....i want it to be as it should be, and i want the complete package. obviously others don't need it to be exactly as i prefer. and sure lots of things are 'just as satisfying'...but really...when offered the choice, one will always choose one over another as the absolute best preference. ;) :P :D just sayin'........ :mrgreen:


    like i said i get it...i miss the days of going to record stores and flipping through the vinyl but in the end, for me, it's about the music...modern technology has given us the chance to hear new music almost immediately and if it's one of my favorite artists i want to hear that new music as soon as i can...for me, it doesn't take away from doing the "ritual" at a latter time :mrgreen:

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