End of an Era Today

[Melonfeud]

8 tracks were so awesome, I remember riding around with a butter knife jammed under 8 track tapes so they would play right.

And you could cut out the wadded up& wrinkled section that the tape deck ate,scotch tape the back side and with that 'trick' of a quick downward pull on the right side of the cartridge get it to wind back up tight& functional,,, er,,,you would have to roll the spliced repair past the players head with yer' finger though

 

[cowboyec]

And you could cut out the wadded up& wrinkled section that the tape deck ate,scotch tape the back side and with that 'trick' of a quick downward pull on the right side of the cartridge get it to wind back up tight& functional,,, er,,,you would have to roll the spliced repair past the players head with yer' finger though

those were the days.

 

[Dallas_Cowboys50]

Wait, you guys BUY music? Lol. Gotta love youtube.

haha exactly, whenever I listen to music at home its usually Youtube on my TV via PS4....in the car its Pandora......

 

[The Fonz]

I missed the 45's days. Used to buy them as a kid from Zodys.

 

[rags747]

Ahhh, the days of waiting for the new Alice Cooper album to come out and then walking to the store and picking it up for $5.99! Powerplay 8 Track with Tri-Ax speakers in the car blasting Black Sabbath and the Ramones had to have been the best invention of all time at 16. Cd's were just another upgrade in sound and use ability.

But today the greatest invention for me is the ability to have 3,500 songs on my iPod that I can carry from car to car. Yes the sound does not compare to vinyl but the ease of use it what makes it so special.

 

[Quickdraw]

last time I bought a CD or DVD was 2005

Last time I bought one was when I was a member of I think it was Columbia music where they sent you 11 CD's for the price of a few. The wife got me a couple back in the early 2000's but as for me buying them, that stopped back in '94.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Vinyl is on the comeback in a big way...maybe we'll have record stores again. I draw my line at cassette's and 8 tracks making a come back...

Seriously doubt it. While it did come back, it's still niche and not main stream. The best place to purchase them will always be the Internet.... with sales tax rofl.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Last time I bought one was when I was a member of I think it was Columbia music where they sent you 11 CD's for the price of a few. The wife got me a couple back in the early 2000's but as for me buying them, that stopped back in '94.

Today, you buy one streaming service for $9.99/month and you get eleven more for $0.01!

 

[Ranching]

I lamented the passing of the vinyl, even though it did return, with liner notes and artwork even though the CD was a superior physical product. It had many advantages but when I turned on my tube amp, put a vinyl LP on my Denon turntable and dropped that stylus on the surface and that sound came from my Klipsch Cornwalls, that was magic and CD's never matched the "warmth" of that sound. There was something impersonal and sterile about CDs.

But no one mourned the passing of vinyl like my wife as she saw me begin to replace an extensive LP collection. I thought I was a good salesman but the smaller size, less space taken, and portability was a no sale. A collector with an obsession cannot be reasoned with as she discovered. Then came the DVDs to replace VHS and she was convinced technology was conspiring against her.

We did compromise that I would not give into my OCD of arranging the music by genre and worst of all sub genres because we all know there are at least 7 forms of Rock at the minimum and 4 forms of Jazz. However, there was only one form of Country...hers.

In 1997 My wife bought me the Jukebox that was in the Student Union at my old university back in the mid eighties. It came with 200 45's. I bought about 30 more and several friends gave me about another 100 or so. That jukebox still works great. Nothing like vinyl, still it starts skipping and I have to smack that jukebox o. The side! Lol!
In case you are wondering, one of her sister's father in law used to have a business that leased jukeboxes and pool tables to area businesses.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I have not bought a physical CD in a long time...which is funny as at one time I would only buy CDs when it was starting to take off on Itunes and Google Play.

Now I only buy on Google Play.

However I almost always download the songs and then burn them to a physical CD. I use those CDs in my car so if they ever get lost, stolen or damaged..it was just a copy and I can make more. Of course newer cars will probably quit having CDs anyway but I always find it nice to have a physical copy somewhere.

Funny thing about paying for online music to download, you get lesser quality than on a physical CD. You might not pay as much but at the same time I am not sure the difference in price is that much.

 

[lukin2006]

Seriously doubt it. While it did come back, it's still niche and not main stream. The best place to purchase them will always be the Internet.... with sales tax rofl.

Almost every major band now offers a vinyl option. I never said it would replace streaming music, but can see vinyl eventually surpassing CD sales.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I prefer to buy a CD because I want to create my music files myself. I don't like downloading MP3s that others have created. I prefer ogg files.

 

[Hardline]

Wait, you guys BUY music? Lol. Gotta love youtube.

And Torrents from The Pirate Bay

 

[CouchCoach]

In 1997 My wife bought me the Jukebox that was in the Student Union at my old university back in the mid eighties. It came with 200 45's. I bought about 30 more and several friends gave me about another 100 or so. That jukebox still works great. Nothing like vinyl, still it starts skipping and I have to smack that jukebox o. The side! Lol!
In case you are wondering, one of her sister's father in law used to have a business that leased jukeboxes and pool tables to area businesses.

That is terrific, a bud of mine has an old Wurlitzer and those things are indestructible.

When I lived in Louisiana, I had some jukebox suppliers as customers and they were all mob connected. So was the most famous live music venue on Bourbon street, The Ivanhoe. Back in the day, if any major band played NO, they ended up at The Ivanhoe and most of the time did a couple of numbers, I saw the Stones do Honky Tonk Women there. They should make a film about the Dixie Mafia, they were the most brutal one to ever exist in this country. And my wife's girlfriend, that she had made at work, used to be one of Marcelo's honey's, which is how we got into The Ivanhoe. Talk about being nervous and my wife thought it was all just great. She got to meet Mick and the boys and as I shook their hands, I never took my eyes off the two largest human beings I have ever seen in person in my life.

I was never sure if the bands did that because of the reputation of The Ivanhoe or some other reason and I sure as hell was never going to ask. I never met the man but played tennis, unbeknownst at the time, with his son. He was a nice guy and I didn't catch the name at first and my friend that set it up didn't tell me who he was. Then as we're taking a break, he said "take a look around, what do you see"? I looked around and there were 3 black limos and about 6 black cars and I could see heads in them. He said "the limos and a couple of the cars are Carlos', the others are here watching them". Then it dawned on me, my new friend of a year, was a mob lawyer. I am playing tennis with the son of the biggest mobster to ever rule the south and one of his lawyers and the FBI is taking pics of me with them!

So, I get home. Let me mention here my lovely and usually normal wife loved The Godfather which had just come out two years prior. I tell her about what happened and I am kind of talking fast as I am excited and a tad concerned and when I finish with "and the FBI and God knows who else was there taking photos of me with the son of the most dangerous human in 10 states and one of his lawyers". She looks me in the eyes and says "is Carlos Jr. a good tennis player"? Through the years she had me standing there with my mouth open in disbelief but never more than that day.

 

[Runwildboys]

In 1997 My wife bought me the Jukebox that was in the Student Union at my old university back in the mid eighties. It came with 200 45's. I bought about 30 more and several friends gave me about another 100 or so. That jukebox still works great. Nothing like vinyl, still it starts skipping and I have to smack that jukebox o. The side! Lol!
In case you are wondering, one of her sister's father in law used to have a business that leased jukeboxes and pool tables to area businesses.

After reading the part about smacking the jukebox on the side, I had to look to see if @The Fonz wrote this post.

 

[The Fonz]

After reading the part about smacking the jukebox on the side, I had to look to see if @The Fonz wrote this post.

ayyyyy well done sir

I used to do that when i go to Chuck E. Cheese's.I don't know if they still have them now.

 

[CouchCoach]

I missed the 45's days. Used to buy them as a kid from Zodys.

Then you didn't miss them. I started out on those and my parents had 78's of Big Band, Sinatra and Mario Lanza. I tried to sing along with Mario which made my Mom hide them until I was at school. She was actually doing me a favor because had I continued, I would not have made it to adolescence and if the judge had heard me, there would have been no conviction and no search for the body.

That is actually how I got my own stereo for my room. I do not remember the brand but the top was one of the stereo speakers and I would separate them and put on that 33 stereo demo with the guy walking from speaker to speaker, remember that? That was the first time I realized I would probably like weed and when I first started smoking it, I wished I had my little buddy in the speakers back to walk and talk with me. But now I have the two little devils on each shoulder to talk to me. Angel? Somebody got two.

 

[The Fonz]

Then you didn't miss them. I started out on those and my parents had 78's of Big Band, Sinatra and Mario Lanza. I tried to sing along with Mario which made my Mom hide them until I was at school. She was actually doing me a favor because had I continued, I would not have made it to adolescence and if the judge had heard me, there would have been no conviction and no search for the body.

That is actually how I got my own stereo for my room. I do not remember the brand but the top was one of the stereo speakers and I would separate them and put on that 33 stereo demo with the guy walking from speaker to speaker, remember that? That was the first time I realized I would probably like weed and when I first started smoking it, I wished I had my little buddy in the speakers back to walk and talk with me. But now I have the two little devils on each shoulder to talk to me. Angel? Somebody got two.

I got many of those doing the talking to me lol.
You must have one of those Akai stack system they used to sell them.

 

[GMO415]

I remember taking a flight years back, and there I was with my portable CD player.....across from me was this blue-hair and he pulled out his iPod. I said, it's time to get with the times.

 

[Runwildboys]

I remember taking a flight years back, and there I was with my portable CD player.....across from me was this blue-hair and he pulled out his iPod. I said, it's time to get with the times.

You had better sound quality.