I love buying CDs! I've found some great ones at yard sales & thrift stores, but I also buy a lot online.
I have a Google Drive folder of most of these ripped as MP3s. Feel free to ask for the link!
I also have a BandCamp account where I buy a lot of music. There's a wishlist there if you'd like to buy anything for me... ;;-)
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| "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum" by Tally Hall [2005; 2008 reissue] (I was a huge Tally Hall fan as a teen!) | "Good & Evil" by Tally Hall [2011] | "The Electric Light Orchestra" by Electric Light Orchestra [1971] |
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| "Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra [1977] (I was lucky enough to find this at a record store in North Carolina.) | "Time" by Electric Light Orchestra [1981] (My first ELO album and one of my faves!) | "Secret Messages" by Electric Light Orchestra [1983] |
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| "The Count of Monte Cristo: Highlights from the Musical" by Frank Wildhorn & Jack Murphy [2008] (I was obsessed with this musical in middle- and high-school.) | "The Phantom of the Opera Original Cast Recording" [1987] | "Frankenstein Rock" by Alan Bernhoft [2008] (Thrifted at a flea market, I transcribed the lyrics on Genius.com. Really fun rock n' roll sound.) |
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| "No!" by They Might Be Giants [2002] (My family's disc is horribly scuffed but I kept it for the nostalgia ::-)) | "Nothing to Fear" by Oingo Boingo [1982; 2021 remaster] | "77" by Talking Heads [1977] |
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| "Remain in Light" by Talking Heads [1980] (This album cover always scared me as a child so I never expected I'd get into this band, lol.) | "Stop Making Sense" by Talking Heads [1984] (Listened to this a lot before I ever watched the film, which is also amazing.) | "Little Creatures" by Talking Heads [1985] (Got this & SMS at a yard sale absolutely full of CDs!) |
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| "The Catherine Wheel" by David Byrne [1981] (Soundtrack for a dance production. It's kind of a strange watch, and the music is great.) | "Be The Cowboy" by Mitski [2018] | "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" by Marty Robbins [1958; 1999 reissue] |
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| "Indigo Girls" by Indigo Girls [1989] (I got two of my Indigo Girls CDs from my parents.) | "Nomads, Indians, Saints" by Indigo Girls [1990] | "Become You" by Indigo Girls [2003] |
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| "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?" by The Unicorns [2005] (Such a fun album!) | "Return to the Sea" by Islands [2006; 2016 remaster] | "Mr Twin Sister" by Mr Twin Sister [2014] (This came with my order of Return to the Sea. Free CD! It's very nice.) |
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| "The ArchAndroid" by Janelle Monáe [2010] (Thrifted this with little knowledge of Monáe's music, and I love it!) | "The Stranger" by Billy Joel [1977] | "Audience with the Mind" by The House of Love [1993] (A random purchase because the cover looks cool, it has really grown on me.) |
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| "Traveling Wilburys: Volume 1" by Traveling Wilburys [1988] | "Graceland" by Paul Simon [1986] | "OFF Original Soundtrack" by Alias Conrad Coldwood [2008] (Not an official release, I just burnt the album to a CD and printed off the booklet available on their site. Still cool!) |
I prefer buying studio albums, but I do have some compilation / miscellaneous albums:
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| "Adam Ant's Super Hits" [1998] (My twin thrifted this for me ::-) Thanks, Dog!) | "Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits" [1972] | "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits [1988] |
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| "Breakin' Through" from Emerging Artists [1995] (Featuring music by Brian Fox & Load, Natalia, and Lyndal's Burning.) | "When Folk meets Rock: The Saga of A Sound" from Starbucks (yeah) [2011] | "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin [1997] |
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| "Creepy Classics" from PC Treasures [2005?] (A small compilation of classical music.) | An unmarked CD that's 40 minutes of haunted house sound effects (but look how cool the disc is!) | "Halloween Fight Flicks" from Turn Up the Music [2003] |
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| "Mes plus grands succés: Volume 1" by Mireille Mathieu [2000] (A random thrift since I'm learning French, I love this music a lot!) |
Wishlist?
• I'd love to have more Oingo Boingo albums! For how long I've loved them, I just have Nothing to Fear.
• Anything by Ezra Furman or Bryan Scary! I have some of their music on Bandcamp but I think it'd be so cool to have CDs of theirs.
• Self-Ish or The Normal Album by Will Wood.
• Some solo albums from David Byrne... I'm not even sure which one! Maybe his self-titled album.
• Hounds of Love by Kate Bush! I saw this a lot at the flea market a few times, before I ever got into it.
In addition to CDs I also have a lot of CD-ROMs, mostly games I played as a kid but a few ones I've gotten recently as well.
It's such a bust how computers are coming with built-in CD players less and less. Owning a physical game feels more personal and less ephemeral.
Am I saying this just because CD-ROMs were how I played computer games as a kid and thus a highlight of my childhood?... Nope, I still think physical media is important.
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| "3D Frog Frenzy" [1999] (A Frogger-type game that's surprisingly really hard.) | "Amazing American History" [2005 reissue] (A game I played a bit as a kid and rediscovered the disc recently.) | "Amazing Animals" [1999] (Rediscovered at the same time as Amazing American History.) |
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| "Grim Fandango" [1998] (I ended up playing this on Steam cuz it would always BSOD my computer at Carla's conversation in Year 2... Amazing game regardless!) | "Half-Life" [1998] (Another game I played on Steam) | "KidPix Studio Deluxe" [1998] |
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| "Maisy's Playhouse" [1999] | "Miss Spider's Tea Party" [1999] (A childhood favourite!) | "Myst" [1993] (Unfortunately never finished... Now the computer I was playing it on broke...) |
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| "The Neverhood" [1996] (Absolutely amazing graphic style!) | "Pac Pack" [1998] | "Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When it's Dark Outside" [1996] (Another absolute childhood favourite!) |
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| "Pajama Sam: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet" [2001] | "The Sims: Deluxe Edition" [2002] (Recently thrifted, not yet played.) | "Spore" [2008] (Never finished the Space stage cuz it always freezes and crashes randomly... The Creature stage is the most fun anyways, hehe.) |
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| "Strawberry Shortcake: Amazing Cookie Party" [2004] (This always bugged out on Orange Blossom's level, but despite that it was always my favourite.) |
Wishlist?
• I know they're notoriously rare, but I'd love Eastern Mind and/or Chu-teng. Their boxes are very cool!
Credits:
• CD stock image from PublicDomainPictures.net.
• Background from Texture Station!
• All album/cover art is official and made by their respective artists.