tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post2175381951523893985..comments2023-09-25T12:03:00.637+01:00Comments on Tom Morton's Beatcroft: The last record shopUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-5081252887515014432011-09-12T12:27:15.983+01:002011-09-12T12:27:15.983+01:00Feel sympathy for Clive, but not the record compan...Feel sympathy for Clive, but not the record companies nor certain major acts.<br /><br />In the early seventies we were being charged way over the top for albums (usually double the U.S. release price) and waited - usually in vain - for the big bands of the time - eg. Zeppelin, The Stone, The Who, Pink Floyd etc. etc. - to tour the UK.<br /><br />Changed days indeed.<br /><br />Brian CBrian Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712426583825079117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-4301964140846351762011-09-12T12:22:59.510+01:002011-09-12T12:22:59.510+01:00Feel for Clive and for what is the end of an era. ...Feel for Clive and for what is the end of an era. However....,<br /><br />I feel no sympathy for the record companies and most of the major acts if they are feeling the pinch.<br /><br />In the early seveties we were all under the pricing whims of the record companies paying way over the odds for albums especially (sometimes double the price of the U.S. release).<br /><br />Also remember the frustration due to their refusal to tour the UK by major acts, such as Zeppelin, The Who, The Stones, etc. etc during much of that decade.<br /><br />Changed days indeed.<br /><br />Brian CBrian Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712426583825079117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-37079526396655913942011-09-11T02:40:03.964+01:002011-09-11T02:40:03.964+01:00Lovely post, Tom.Lovely post, Tom.Popdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612630553690339376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-66298016298489306572011-09-11T00:50:57.956+01:002011-09-11T00:50:57.956+01:00Progress? I don't know.
For one, I've ne...Progress? I don't know. <br /><br />For one, I've never bought more CD's - 2nd hand from ebay granted, as everybody ditches their collections. Then play and enjoy them on the hifi, or rip to portable players, etc - the best of both worlds. And for frequently less money for the actual disc, than the postage (how Royal Mail continue to struggle I just don't understand either...)<br /><br />But online shopping and downloading has it advantages - after watching the beeb's 'Acoustic' programme last week - I found that I had totally missed Pete Townshend's solo 'Let My Love Open The Door' and 69p and 2 mins later, it can be blasting from the hifi. Or even watching the video on YouTube - for free.<br /><br />There's the rub - contrary to Fergal Sharky and his UK music buddies continued wailing about the drastic fall in CD sales (never mentioning the explosion in music file downloads even from legal sources) - the consumer <br />has moved on, wised up - and is cherry picking - why buy the complete album of the usual dross and filler when you can just buy the 'single' or favourite track(s). And especially if you've already forked out for the <br />recording on earlier formats previously.<br /><br />Oh and there is just TOO much stuff available - maybe not so much quality new releases - but what with 50 years of back catalogue! A pal agrees with <br />me - we wouldn't be too upset if there was never anymore new music, <br />there's still tons and tons and too much quality old material to discover. But not enough hours in the day.<br /><br />Now this is where good radio comes in - just how to find it? The majority of artist websites are just self-publicizing and shop fronts. Word of mouth of course and quality, reliable programmes like Bob Harris and the T.M.S.<br /><br />Spotify? Good but it all falls down when ISP download rates bandwidth or limits kick in. Note they've decreased the quality of their best quality streaming files recently? Can that model last?<br /><br />There's another problem - the ipod generation haven't heard good music playing on a good hifi - only through crappy wee ipods with tinny earphones or mini speakers - if they're lucky. Granted consumerism is driven down <br />their throats, but the simple joy of 'Dark Side of the Moon' from the 'big'stereo in a darken bedroom 1974?<br /><br />So I'm afraid and so sorry for Clive and his kin, sadly the days of kids queuing outside their local record shop on a Saturday afternoon for a chart single or later for a hard saved up for coveted LP, (I particularly remember Quadrophenia a double album, coming in at a massive £4.30 & Brain Salad Surgery on pink cassette for 2.65) are gone.<br /><br />Many thanks for all the memories.DLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-79773427185665398512011-09-10T23:09:48.124+01:002011-09-10T23:09:48.124+01:00That is why I have declined the temptations of Spo...That is why I have declined the temptations of Spotify premium....<br />Ellie Loganbuttonsdivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990606342259507715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704984.post-80450558765172701432011-09-10T21:01:15.970+01:002011-09-10T21:01:15.970+01:00What a crying shame.What a crying shame.BressaBillnoreply@blogger.com