I need y'alls help

Jake L · From: Grapevine, Texas

I have a question about buying CDs. What would tempt you to buy a CD of an artist that you have never heard of, that plays your favorite genre of music, if you came across it in a store? Packaging? Professional look? Attractive artist? Reasonable price? I already know that most of you, if not all, would be interested in who the musicians were on it. Let's say for argument sake, that you were unable to read the liner notes in the store to find out. Why would you buy it?
Thanks for the input!
Jake Lowe

Eric West · From: Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.

Don't buy a Neil Young "collection" thinking that there's necessarily going to be "Steel Guitar" on it.

I don't know why, but his "live performances" are also "missable", He's always seemed to want to show up without a band..

Country Joe MacDonald was like that too. Seems "The Fish" were always "on strike", and he sucked bad without them.

Momma Cass also put out a forgettable CD.

EJL

Geoff Brown · From: Nashvegas

Jake, I can't remember ever paying full price for a CD (or vinyl) by someone I didn't know anything about. But I have spent a good chunk of change over the years buying stuff in the cutout section of my favorite record shops. It started in college, buying records for a buck or two. I've bought some real dingers, but when you find a gem, you forget about the bad ones. I don't know if I look for any one thing in particular when buying unknown stuff. I guess I'm looking at the package as a whole. Artwork, titles, any little things that may be printed on it. I remember once buying an album by Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers. Had never heard of em. The album was called Bongos Over Balham. It had an interesting cover. Nothing too revealing about the song titles. But when I read in fine print on the back cover,"If you should hear the word 'culture' on this recording, return as faulty product"...well, I just had to have it. Turned out to be a great record

Tony Prior · From: Charlotte NC

I pretty much have to know ahead of time what I'm gettin..pretty much nothing blind anymore..even by some of my favorite artists..been burned too many times for the $16 buckaroo's. I don't think I'm cheap..I think I'm finally gettin smarter or maybe wiser.. ..it just took a whole lot longer than anticipated...

But if I ever rrelease and distribute a CD I expect everyone to just get it sight unseen and un-heard...you can't expect my Mom to buy all of them could ya ?

tp

Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

Unless it's instrumental music, I won't buy a CD without having heard part of it! Like many others, I've been "burned" by the $18 mass-produced CD's with only one good song. To wit: I find instrumental CD's far more consistent with their material than the usual vocal CD, where there's 1 or 2 good songs, and the rest are just "filler crap". 40 years ago, vocal albums had 1 or 2 "bad songs", and all the rest were good ones. Today, it's just the opposite. Musicians today are better than ever, but the songwriters (in general) seem to be stumbling around in the dark...or maybe it's just the producers? (Being responsible for the inconsistent product.)

At any rate, I'm a musician (I use the phrase somewhat "loosely")...and I'm not impressed or influenced by fancy videos, belly-buttons, biceps, tight jeans, or other "suggestive images".

I want good songs, a good band, and a good singer. It's just that with today's "mass-produced" product, you rarely find all 3 on the same CD.

Wayne Carver · From: Martinez, Georgia, USA

I collect albums & cd's rarely buying new ones other than cutouts etc. I have bought new cd's after reading reviews on them and looking at best seller lists. I have also bought cd's buy reading the jackets and info like instruments used, etc. I might would buy one if I recogonized some of the song titles but it would be hard for me to buy a brand new cd without much info. Like others said, been burned too many times.

Chip Fossa · From: Monson, MA, USA (deceased)

Simply put, a song has got to grab me. It could be anything, a whole gamut of variables, but it has to have that MAGIC something that is hard to pinpoint.

As far as the rest of the CD goes, I have to go along with what Donny Hinson says.

There is a lot of stuffing in the big bird these days. One or two, maybe 3 songs that are worth honorable mention. The rest is usually ballast.

Bobby Lee · From: Cloverdale, California, USA

I buy a lot of instrumental CDs because I like the list of instruments and the kind of music. I'll buy just about anything new by my favorite artists. I'll admit that I have a fair numer of CDs that I've only listened to once, but there aren't many that I regret buying. There's usually a lot to learn from instrumental albums, even if you just hear them once.

Too many vocal albums are really weak instrumentally. I tend to avoid them unless I'm already a big fan of the singer. There usually isn't much to be learned from listening to the star du jour.

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