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Ditto!

I think the last CD I bought was Eminem - Marshall Mathers
but I haven't really bought CDs since I discovered Napster et al.

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Does it have to be "CD"?  Actually, in this case, it is.

Don't laugh.   :-X  I'm going thru early-mid-life crisis.....I bought "80s Modern Rock" or whatever it's called, a little after I bought a "Monster 80s" CD.

But I swear I haven't bought any others before - nor do I have any regular albums from the '80s!  (Well, I do have older....but we won't get into that - I'm just a music freak who happens not to have had '80s things until now.)
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Why do you think we would think this is funny, I have many 80's Cd's including the two you mentioned, I love them, and I'm definately not embaressed to listen two them in public. :)

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Why do you think we would think this is funny, I have many 80's Cd's including the two you mentioned, I love them, and I'm definately not embaressed to listen two them in public. :)
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OK, I know many wouldn't think it so bad here, but we do have younger and older people on these boards, too, who might have the same kind of view that (too many) people have of '70s stuff! :D

Also, even if you're the right age, you might think exactly what I said - "she's in a retro crisis now, living in the past"!  LOL    ;D  (Actually, in the 80s kids said I lived in the past - I still do, really, I'm a history nut anyway!)

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I hit a flea market Sunday, and I picked up about 20 CDs for around $50 or so..

that being said, I'll never pay full price for a new CD, they're almost up to $20, which is a total rip off
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That's an awesome bargain, CG.  I agree, so many CD albums are around $18, it's ridiculous.  I think the cheapest 1s cost $12.  They cost that much when they came out in the '80s!  After all this technological advance over 15 years, you'd think they'd be *cheaper* by now - they should be!

This is 1 of the (several) reasons I never bothered w/CDs until my parents bought me a gift boom box w/CD a few years ago.  But now I have a new car w/CD so I will have to get more used to them!  (<----see that?  living in the past again, dragged kicking&screaming into present.)

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Daaaaa-ong. You bought from FYE? Even I wouldn't buy CDs from there. You must have had some serious itch to burn a hole in your wallet. The only way I pay that much is if it's an import or a hard-to-find album, but I'll take on the patience of Job if I know I can find it cheaper somewhere else. I went by one to-day at the Irvine Spectrum and even the "Rite Price" CDs were 4-5 dollars more (all I'm thinking is: "their lease must be an astronomical amount of money to charge this much").

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Actually, I bought all three CD's for actually just under $20 total, not $20 apiece for each of them.  That's like a little over $6 for each CD.  Just thought I'd clear that up.  They were in the bargain bin.

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It was first introduced at 3.60 an hour, and is now 4.00
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Euros or Pounds?

Tarzan Boy

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Pounds, sorry, yeah. We're still on our own currency here in England, but not in ROI. They use the Euro. I think.
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Holy crap! You guys don't make that much either (about $6.08 USD)! But I guess we also have to take into account that the cost of living must be less - like healthcare, education, housing, and other public things that Americans usually pay for and the Brits don't, but I'm just guessing now since I can't believe the miserable wages the Brits get (they do get more vacation time though, so that's cool - the Americans get nil in that dept. :-/ ).

Tarzan Boy

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My last CD purchase was a blank CD that I put Def Leppard's new album "X" on.  Tried real hard to find the songs just so I could get it a month early, but it was worth the time.

Oh, and I'll still buy it when it comes out at the end of the month, I just wanted it now.
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  Yeah, I find myself doing that quite a bit.  If I'm a fan of the group, I must have the original despite having downloaded it.  I'm strange like that. ;D

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"Physical Graffiti" - Led Zeppelin, favorite track, "Houses of the Holy".
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Hey Davester! Welcome back! :D :D

Zella :)

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How do you expect for all the people who worked on the album to get paid? Besides the artists, there are the accountants, the lawyers, the promoters, the graphic artists, the distributors, the drivers, the studio technicians, et cetera. It's a given that they do this because they like it, but it takes more than that to pay the bills.
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It's not too far off CD's are already showing up for five dollars at stores like Dollar General.  those Guys would still get paid. here is a breakdown of the costs:

http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-806-D5305E8-3926EB5C-prod3  
Anyways, I think instead of fighting MP3s the record companies should be figuring out a way to compete.

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I'm making a note of this 8)
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I thought you might  8)  The manager at a local record store ordered it for me (he's a DJ and aquaintance of mine) - I'm not sure where he ordered it from...