CDRS?

How many do u all own?I have a ton as a lot of albums from the 80s cost too much on ebay.How many do u all own?

The only one I own is Wayne - Metal Church. I suppose if it ever goes bad I'll burn a new copy myself haha

None.

Beats paying $15 or more for each rare 80s cd on ebay.

None. Plus $15 is hardly a lot of cash really.

But what about $30 or more per cd and if your buying hundreds then thats a lot of money.

If you can't afford them, then you're not supposed to have 'em!

What about the thousands of dollars a band pays to record, manufacture and distribute a cd and then have somebody "borrow" it from the internet.

kmorg wrote:

If you can't afford them, then you're not supposed to have 'em!

Capitalist pig.

What if they are given to you as a gift?

I mean as if theres used cds on ebay for $25 to $50 dollars.Id rather get cdrs than pay that much for 80s metal cds on ebay or what not.

I did a lot of CD-R trading in the early '00s when I first got on the Net and started hanging out on forums. It was kinda the "thing to do" back then. Not so much anymore in recent years. I still have a bunch of 'em in the closet though. Bit by bit I've been trying to replace the ones I really like with the "real" CDs but it's likely to take a very long time before I upgrade them all. Shoot, I'm still upgrading the last of my cassettes to CDs and that's been going on for nearly 20 years.

I like the silver pressed cds but I do have mix cdrs.

Fat Freddy wrote:

I did a lot of CD-R trading in the early '00s when I first got on the Net and started hanging out on forums. It was kinda the "thing to do" back then. Not so much anymore in recent years. I still have a bunch of 'em in the closet though. Bit by bit I've been trying to replace the ones I really like with the "real" CDs but it's likely to take a very long time before I upgrade them all. Shoot, I'm still upgrading the last of my cassettes to CDs and that's been going on for nearly 20 years.

I can relate I am still replacing records and cassettes, have a long way to go, I have a feeling this will be ongoing project for life.

speed101 wrote:

I mean as if theres used cds on ebay for $25 to $50 dollars.Id rather get cdrs than pay that much for 80s metal cds on ebay or what not.

Buy the reissues dude dont steal music, as often as rare metal from the 80s gets released on a new label that is legit such as Century media there is no reason to pay those prices unless you are a collector and that happens to be your thing.

I buy blank cdr's and burns from distro's/bands.

The past two years I have bought a lot more cdr releases as they are only $2 or $3, but am going to be more selective and research first.

Some being sold out there are from mp3 sources, and not CD copies, so I might as well have just downloaded.

In Canada, blank media like discs and cassettes are taxed which is supposed to go towards bands / record labebls, but I have yet to hear from a single person who has benefited from this.

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will save what I said for another thread.

Oh I think I might have been confused about what was being referred to here. I do have some cdrs of albums I only own on cassette that I transferred to the computer and burned. I did recently replace my Reverend - Play God cassette with a real cd copy though!

adrian wrote:

Oh I think I might have been confused about what was being referred to here. I do have some cdrs of albums I only own on cassette that I transferred to the computer and burned. I did recently replace my Reverend - Play God cassette with a real cd copy though!

I've done that with a few OOP cassettes and LPs.

chewie wrote:

adrian wrote:

Oh I think I might have been confused about what was being referred to here. I do have some cdrs of albums I only own on cassette that I transferred to the computer and burned. I did recently replace my Reverend - Play God cassette with a real cd copy though!

I've done that with a few OOP cassettes and LPs.

I do that a lot with Christian metal demos that have only been on cassette.

What do you guys use for transferring cassettes to the computer? I used to do this awhile back but didn't like the sound capture program I was using.

I've been using Goldwave for about 10+ years.

The 10 or so I have in my collection are merely placeholders for the real thing that I'll get to replacing eventually. Might have a coupla mix cds I made too.

And a couple cdrs that a buddy of mine gave to me that I don't have the heart to throw in the garbage. Why he thought I'd want a copy of Pat Benetar's Greatest Hits is beyond me.

I have alot of CDR's, most of it is live shows however.

DeathCult wrote:

I have alot of CDR's, most of it is live shows however.

This is my story as well. Have a couple of portable drives with live shows on them too. Audio and Video. Mostly blues, jam bands and ol' Haight/Asbury bands.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Why he thought I'd want a copy of Pat Benetar's Greatest Hits is beyond me.

Cuz she's hot and she can sing her a$$ off?