Where do you get your CDs?

Hey, I need some help here.


- Do any of you guys know some good websites, where you can purchase cheap cd's, that deliver World-Wide?

Nuclearhell.com will deliver to most places and they are cheap.

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you deliver to my country?


Yes , we deliver worldwide


We do not deliver to following countries:


Germany , Austria , Switzerland , China

From their FAQ section.....

scottmitchell74 wrote:

Nuclearhell.com will deliver to most places and they are cheap.

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you deliver to my country?


Yes , we deliver worldwide


We do not deliver to following countries:


Germany , Austria , Switzerland , China

From their FAQ section.....

ARGH! I LIVE IN CHINA!!

Thanks anyways, man

scottmitchell74 wrote:

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Peeps got bent out of shape because the site is
located in Russia and a storm of confusion about legality and legit
releases ensued.

CDs from Nuclear Hell are all legit but
they're manufactured in Russia and sometimes contain bonus tracks not
available in the US.

Yup! That's never been a problem for me. If NuclearHell somehow has the right to do it (no matter what's written on the CD) I'm game. I LOVE Irond for what they offer. Often their stuff is far superior to the US release and rarely inferior.

For some reason folks will say they're "Russian boots"....whatever.....

Okay, here's the deal with the Russian licensed CDs - they are considered what is called gray market. Which means they are sort of illegal to be sold outside the designated region. The whole idea of the Russian CDs is to present a "legal" cheap substitute to originals on Russian market so Russian buyers can afford them. It also serves the purpose of giving the official licensing rights to big Russian labels which then control the local market and weed the bootlegs. For that purpose Irond, CD Max, Soyusz, etc. pay next to nothing for licensing them, and are selling them retail on Russian market at about $5 ($3 wholesale) so they are very attractive for eBay re-sellers which can pass them for originals and scam buyers $12-15.

And yes, because in Russia everything is cheaper, the Russian labels are able to press way superior copies production-wse than the original western releases. But the problem is - if you buy it, the band dont get anything from it. It is a flaw the corporate labels have created themselves and need to work out solwing somehow.

Well, anyways, I buy from these places the most:

EBay.com
Amazon.com
SecondSpin.com (store)
F.Y.E.
Goodwill
Pawn Shops
Amoeba Music

All over the place!

CDON.COM
Nordic Mission
Local shops
Trading
Ebay
QXL.NO
Karthago Records
Shadow Kingdom Record Store
CDBaby
Theend (been a while now)
Amazon

I also buy directly from band websites, small labels etc.

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Which means they are sort of illegal to be sold outside the designated region.

That's all good info Stormspell. How does Nuclearhell/Selling on Adrenaline get around the legality? He's been doing it for years and years and seems to be going strong.

Also - what about Scarecrow (Arise). They seem to be a Mexican/South American label. Are these "grey"? Thanks!

mc666 wrote:

amazon, ebay, theend, record labels (relapse, century media, etc), a few local shops & cd stores, garage sales, basically wherever & however.

Pretty much the same here, except I don't recall ever getting anything from Amazon. I still brouse the used sections at FYE and occasionally make a trip to Best Buy, but those days are getting few & far between. Looking forward to the spring when the local flea markets will be coming back.

What? You want me to give away my secrets? But then all you wankers would swoop in to all my haunts and snap up everything before I'VE had the chance to bleed them dry of all the good stuff!!

Ebay
The End
Amazon
Lala
CD Baby
and a few secrets

scottmitchell74 wrote:

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Which means they are sort of illegal to be sold outside the designated region.

That's all good info Stormspell. How does Nuclearhell/Selling on Adrenaline get around the legality? He's been doing it for years and years and seems to be going strong.

Also - what about Scarecrow (Arise). They seem to be a Mexican/South American label. Are these "grey"? Thanks!

I can only speculate Nuclearhell goes under the radar coz they do not state the CDs are Russian and pass them around as originals. Plus as I said earlier, those CDs are gray market and it is hard to control from legal standpoint.

Scarecrow are Mexican label licensing re-releases for the Mexican market - gray if sold outside Mexico yes. Arise were Spanish label but they went belly up recently and are no more as far as I know.

Bump because of new blood.

Amazon and Pawn shops, and used bins at FYE

In the ground

Amazon
You guys
Blast beats.com before they got sucky
nordicmission
ebay
GEMM
CDworld
local record stores
goodwill

As of late, Amazon.com.