Tag: R.E.M.
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Should You Buy Nineties Vinyl?
…and a discussion of Record Collector’s Logic. Also: The Great R.E.M. CD / Vinyl Hunt… Have we reached peak vinyl? Should we all pile in to CDs now the price is a tiny fraction of the cost of vinyl? Is nineties vinyl going to be a great investment? Or would we all be better off…
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Format Wars: CDs Versus Vinyl – Which Is The Least Rubbish?
The Great R.E.M. CD Hunt (Part 2) In the last article we asked some of the fundamental questions of the universe. For example: With the re-release of Paul Weller’s Stanley Road for no less than £32.99, have we reached Peak Vinyl? Are we doing the right thing selling our CD collections twenty years after we…
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Peak Vinyl? Is It Time To Start Buying CDs Again?
The Great R.E.M. CD Hunt (Part 1) As with many bad ideas, this one started in a pub. History is littered with Bad Ideas That Started In Pubs. The Pet Rock was an idea that began in a pub, naturally. You’d have to be pretty pie-eyed to think that was a sensible business idea, even…
Every record tells a story 