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Post by Amadeus on Mar 11, 2012 2:53:30 GMT
I wrote an essay on the topic here: www.musicbyday.com/invisible-music-vs-the-physical-artefact/1522/ (There's a plug!) So EVERYBODY can weigh in here. Do you need a physical artifact to hold and to look at with your personal listening experience or are you happy with the concept of "invisible" music, i.e. thousands of songs and albums (mp3, FLAC, whatever) on a palm sized ugly grey thing that holds a terabyte of entertainment? Would Sgt. Pepper's or Abbey Road be the same without the iconic visual that is attached to it? Let the conversation begin. VS.
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Post by mrmustard on Mar 11, 2012 11:41:48 GMT
I think it's a real shame we have moved away from vinyl (although I still buy it). It seems pointless to put any major effort into a cd album cover like the effort taken on vinyl. EMI (or was it Sony) predict that CD's will no longer be manufactured within 5 years.
iTunes and the like is even more depressing from an artistic point of view - but this is the definite future.
In terms of the question put, I don't believe that in terms of sales it would have made any difference if it was the covers shots we know or just another portrait shot of the four them. You are lost in the music when you listen and not the album cover. Radio is virtual music and we have had that for a 100 years. There is no visual image for Hey Jude for example and I would certainly describe that as an iconic song. Same for A Day In The Life.
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Post by Mr Kite on Mar 11, 2012 20:00:36 GMT
A good question . One I need a few hours to answer . But I shall try not to go on . I love music and one of my "hobbies " as it were was going to town on a saturday afternoon ( when Utd was away) and spend hours in record shops and get home with my latest purchase and study the cover and stick that lovely brand new vinyl and sit on my bed and sing along to the songs and I can and still sing every word on A Farewell To Kings Buying a record in those good old days was like a religous experence for me . Imagine buying Sgt Pepper at 13 . It change my life ! I was just like most kids going out and buying singles Pepper was the holy grail and I went out each weekend to find another . Hundred of albums later I have not bettered that Pepper trip but I do love trying . Then came Cds I did not enjoy that buying of them the same as albums But it`s one of those things you either buy them or not have that hope that you may find another holy grail . I have just recently got the Beatles Stereo Box set and yesterday got The Wall Experience so I hav`nt stopped buying physical artefacts just yet. Which brings me to The I Pod . I love my I Pod I have all those hundreds of albums I have bought since 1973 and more in my pocket . But I do miss the old days of going out and looking in shops for hours on end for a hidden treasure . I will go and read your Topic thingy now Amadeus
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Post by Mr Kite on Apr 22, 2012 16:58:15 GMT
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Post by Amadeus on May 4, 2012 17:34:42 GMT
I've heard about that. I would've been there if I was A LOT younger but for now I'll just wallow in my own nostalgia over the records I DID buy when I was A LOT younger. One More Argument in the case FOR the physical artifact:
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Post by Mr Kite on May 4, 2012 19:00:39 GMT
Yeh the fiends ! I have trouble standing in one spot for a long time these days. That is a fantastic collection you have their Amamazing Are they framed ? . If you don`t mind me asking Some of my stuff .
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Post by Amadeus on May 5, 2012 2:25:21 GMT
Those are frames that the albums are in. It's easy to slip the backing off and change the albums regularly. You have a lot of Beatles related stuff in your house. I mainly only have records. I never bothered to collect all sorts of stuff like promo posters, mags etc. Even singles and EPs I ignored. Huh! I liked "Skywriting By Word Of Mouth". I borrowed that from the library in '86 when it came out and read the words right off the page. Nice collection. I see a lot of stuff that I just let slide past. Here's just a few of my stuff tossed together: And these are a few bootlegs that I collected in the late '80s. Pics that I prepared for an article at Music By Day, complete with captions: Sure beats this:
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Post by Mr Kite on May 7, 2012 17:05:34 GMT
I see you bought The Rutles album Electronic Sounds as well ! The Live in Huston with the Butcher cover I have that too If I remember rightly it was in fact Holywood bowl concert .
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Post by rdnzl on Jan 16, 2013 1:57:31 GMT
I simply must have my music (and books, for that matter) stored as real physical objects on a shelf. When my hard drive finally crashes I don't want to be the guy who lost all of his music in this way...
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Post by Amadeus on Jan 17, 2013 1:06:14 GMT
Did you read my essay as advertised at the top of the page? I'd love to get your thoughts on my thoughts of the whole issue.
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Post by Bongo on Mar 19, 2014 23:20:02 GMT
Now that most of my listening is done on my iPhone (Car, Home stereo, Gym), I guess I haven't given it much thought until I read this thread. I was disappointed when CD's first came out, since they came in that stupid Jewel case and wondered why they didn't make a mini LP to begin with. I used to spend hours listening to my albums and staring at the album covers. But since I bought the 2012 UK Beatles LP set, I've decided to start buying the Original UK LPS again. Very expensive, but I'm worth it!
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Post by Amadeus on Mar 20, 2014 23:48:53 GMT
The jewel cases were the worst! They got scratched and Cheap looking very quickly.
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Post by henryj on Mar 21, 2014 12:43:42 GMT
Amadeus, I'll read your essay later today. Should be interesting. Sometimes you and I think alike, so I'm looking forward to it.
I remember when my wife and I were first married and we would go shopping. I used to spend a lot of time thumbing through records, admiring the artwork on the front and reading the credits on the back to see who was on the record.
My mp3 player died and can not be resuscitated.
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