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[antcollinet]

Sometimes something happens that illustrates how much the world has changed over 40 or 50 years.

When I was 17 I walked into town to a record store and ordered Pink Floyd's "The Wall". I can't remember how long I had to wait for it - maybe a few days, maybe a week.

Sometime over the years that copy has gone missing.

Last night at shortly after 10:00pm - from the comfort of my office I ordered it for the second time in my life - from Amazon.
It arrived 20 minutes ago - delivered to my door in about 11 hours, for most of which I was sleeping.

Unbelievable

 

[sergeauckland]

Looking through my old magazines from the 1960s and 1970s, so many of the ads for mail-order products required ordering by sending off a coupon by post, enclosing a cheque or Postal Order, and stating 'Allow 28 days for delivery"

Now, they come overnight, charged automatically to my Credit Card.

Delayed Gratification is now minutes.

S.

 

[audio2design]

Looking through my old magazines from the 1960s and 1970s, so many of the ads for mail-order products required ordering by sending off a coupon by post, enclosing a cheque or Postal Order, and stating 'Allow 28 days for delivery"

Now, they come overnight, charged automatically to my Credit Card.

Delayed Gratification is now minutes.

S.

I bought something used last night. Got a notification on my phone based on a search while I was out and about an hour from home. The object of interest was at the midpoint. Sent a message, got a reply en-route with address, voice recognition into the GPS, 35 minutes later after electronic funds transfer it was in my hands. As I was pulling up the the sellers house I was cognizant of how technology had enabled this occurrence right down to easily finding the house in the dark.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Last night at shortly after 10:00pm - from the comfort of my office I ordered it for the second time in my life - from Amazon.
It arrived 20 minutes ago - delivered to my door in about 11 hours, for most of which I was sleeping.

I don't have patience for that. Mostly, I buy downloads which are delivered almost immediately after I click "Buy."

 

[Count Arthur]

I don't have patience for that. Mostly, I buy downloads which are delivered almost immediately after I click "Buy."

Tricky with vinyl.

I never bought into the Apple Music thing, whereby a lower bit rate download version of an album would often cost more than a physcial copy on CD plus postage. But I'm happy to buy CD quality, or higher, downloads from places like Bandcamp.

 

[mansr]

Tricky with vinyl.

Those who like the vinyl sound could simply get a record full of "silence" (surely such a thing exists) and play that alongside digital files.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

I never bought into the Apple Music thing

I never bought into the any Apple Music thing.

 

[antcollinet]

Those who like the vinyl sound could simply get a record full of "silence" (surely such a thing exists) and play that alongside digital files.

Way too much trouble.

Anyway - for me it is not about the sound (although there is nostalgia around that), but the emotional connection. The physical handling of, and caring for music. I have one precious album that originally belonged to my (late) Dad. Physically playing the same vinyl that he would have first played when I was a toddler brings a deep sense of him. It would be meaningless as a collection of files.

 

[tomtoo]

Played first time on a Thorens TD115 with a V15IV. Old times, i was a young audiophile.

 

[Raindog123]

...and they even printed the album title on the cover this time! Apparently, something they did not have time for in 1979:

 

[Berwhale]

...and they even printed the album title on the cover this time! Apparently, something they did not have time for in 1979:

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My brothers copy had a transparent PVC sticker with the title on it, so you could have the album with or without

*edit* if you look at the OPs post, it looks like it's still the same. Maybe you lost your sticker somewheres along the lines...

 

[Raindog123]

I actually have the "sticker", detached... Thought that the new pressings don't... but apparently am wrong.

 

[antcollinet]

The one delivered this morning does have the title on a sticker.

 

[preload]

When you looked inside the record sleeve, did you find a printed coupon with a download link to your song?

 

[antcollinet]

I have now -and there isn't one. But it was sold by Amazon with autorip.