Buying CD’s in 1999 at a Tower Records store

[melraH]

I used to frequent the one at the Manhattan Mall but once I got broadband fall of 99 and discovered newsgroups and IRC it was a wrap. Last 2 cd's i bought was Capital punishment and then years later the massacre special edition due to having all the videos on a dvd That disco inferno video

 

[zayk35]

Ordering 10 CDs from Colombia House using a fake name to your neighbor's house.

Come to find out how common that was. I built a big part of my cd collection like that all throughout high schoool. Wonder how much revenue they lost off that.

 

[melraH]

GRODT was probably the last time I was excited about a physical CD release

Had it like 5 weeks before release due to newsgroups.

 

[old pig]

Had it like 5 weeks before release due to newsgroups.

I know I had it before the album actually dropped…coulda been days or weeks tho…I was fully on the internet by that point and was using DSL…still went and bought a copy tho

 

[melraH]

I know I had it before the album actually dropped…coulda been days or weeks tho…I was fully on the internet by that point and was using DSL…still went and bought a copy tho

I made a grip of that CD took it to Boston and had the streets flooded with bootlegs *does the come up shuffle

 

[Screwtape]

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Thanks breh... Must spread rep

 

[downtheline]

Waiting in line to buy Wu Tang Forever. They kept them behind the counter . You could also buy concert tickets, and they had a good selection of magazines to boot.

 

[TinFoilSnapBack]

I'm not as much of a nostalgia junkie as a lot of people my age, but kids today will never know how much of an experience this was

 

[LezJepzin]

The Virgin Megastore in Sac

Tower Records ran shyt though

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

Strawberries was my spot.

I bet it was

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Buying an album in store was an amazing experience. Hoping the shyt wasn’t sold out. Finding it. Looking at the front cover. Taking it to the cashier. Tearing all that plastic off to see the back cover. Popping that bytch in while looking at the liner notes to see who produced what tracks and who got a shout out.

I remember staring at tribe called quest Midnight Marauders album cover thinking how dope it was they put other rappers on the cover and going face by face to see who I recognized.

The world changed for the worse with streaming IMO. It’s too easy to produce so people put minimum effort into the “artform”.

We used to do the same with movies too. They had all the old school martial arts joints

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Am I the only one who brought most of my music from the bootleg man for 5 bucks? Maybe that's just an NYC thing, sometimes they'd have 2 for 5 deals


Paying 20 bucks for a CD

we did both. used to get mixtapes off the street or in the mall at some stores they'd just have them right there on the counter

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

i remember buying Me Against the World at the record store.. im about two feet tall Lol. My pops was outside and the cashier was on some sh-t.. cause i was so young

but he let me cop anyway

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Ordering 10 CDs from Colombia House using a fake name to your neighbor's house.

why use ya neighbors n not yours... i used everybody in the house name...last the first name first name last name...


when i seen the bmg ones in magazines... i do the same... had vhs dvds and cds out the ass

then sold the multiples at cd warehouse..

 

[shopthatwrecks]

15 dollars
back to limewire it is

limewire..


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