used music

Dec 10 20:20 UTC 1996

so, how does everyone feel about used cds and such, where are your favorite
places to get used stuff, where are the cheapest places? and on the other
hand, do you ever sell back your old cds and tapes? how much to you generally
get for 'em?

response 2 of 62:

Dec 10 22:14 UTC 1996

RE #1 robh, were you talking about the "Grooveyard?"

response 4 of 62:

Dec 10 23:55 UTC 1996

My perception was that the Grooveyard was devoted primarily to 
contemporary dance music, so I couldn't get too excited about it.
 
Encore Music (formerly Liberty Music) has really blossomed this year.
I don't know if they are the cheapest, but they have the most stuff 
I want.  I hardly ever go to Wazoo any more, as their folk section 
seems uninteresting these days.
 
In East Lansing, Flat Black and Circular remains a favorite.  
Ack, they've been there for about 19 years now!!  And I've found 
a few gems in the used bins of the East Lansing Where House Records, 
though I have to dig for them.
 
For folk music, Elderly Instruments has a very good used selection.
Again, that's in Lansing.
 
I'm hoping to liquidate a bunch of CDs in early 1997.  I'm wondering 
if it's worth the bother to retail them mail order through the usenet
used-cd-sales groups.

response 6 of 62:

Dec 19 16:44 UTC 1996

I like going to pawn shops because sometimes you can find some real
bargains. For instance, I found Tori Amos' newest, 'Boys For Pele' at
a pawn shop for just $4.

response 8 of 62:

Dec 31 02:15 UTC 1996

Get thee hence... you never know what you might find....

response 10 of 62:

Jan 19 00:13 UTC 1997

Have you had a problem with scratched used CDs, jiffer?  I never have;
all my defective CDs have come that way sealed from the store.

response 12 of 62:

Jan 19 17:49 UTC 1997

You got that right, eskarina.  When I purchased my CD player less than a year
ago, I was totally dependent on CD's from the Ann Arbor District Library, many
of which had skipping and the weird echo which drove me completely koo-koo.
I have learned only to depend on CD's I purchase at a retail store.  That was,
I have some recourse over defective CD's.

response 14 of 62:

Jan 19 20:25 UTC 1997

Skipping I can understand -- it's a shame that people don't take better 
care of the library's CDs -- but I can't understand how a library CD could 
be damaged in such a way as to have a "weird echo."

response 16 of 62:

Feb 12 09:34 UTC 1997

There's been an interesting flood of used discs for $5 and down in 
the last two weeks.  Up in East Lansing, Where House Records moved a 
block of slow-selling used CDs into a $3 bin.  From there I scooped out:
  two CDs by Texas, a Glasgow band of American-wannabes fronted by an
      interesting woman singer, Sharleen Spiteri
  a folk CD from Spider John Koerner
  Jessye Norman singing religious songs
  a CD by Kennedy Rose, a highly polished pro country duo with some 
     ovely women's harmonies
  and probably a few more which are slipping my mind right now.
 
  Then, SKR Classical marked a bunch of odd discs down to $1 and $2.
  I got a couple of soprano recitals for myself -- one of less-often-
  recorded Eastern European repetoire -- and some mezzo-soprano song
  recitals for Leslie.
 
  Encore Music (on Liberty St.) also has a supercheap bin; I found 
  a promo copy of the new alt-country band The Backsliders there for 
  $4.
 
Usually I have found that the supercheap used bins contain The Dregs of 
The Record Industry -- the stuff that you look at and ask, "Who decided
to put this in the market?"  I'm quite surprised to be finding so much 
interesting stuff in the cheap bins.  (Don't worry, there's plenty of 
crap left in there too!)

response 18 of 62:

Feb 28 07:00 UTC 1997

My fave place is called deja vu discs and tapes in Richland, WA.  Granted,
the deals aren't quite as good as the one you have in MI, but my alternative
is hastings.  They pay you about $2 each for a used CD and sell them back for
about $6-$7.  Last time I went, I found a lot of great stuff I'd had trouble
finding, and since I like 80's stuff, I can't complain.  They even had Jeff
Danna's soundtrack to Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.  I loved this store so
much the last time I went that I spent about $50 (which ironically was my
first purchase there).

response 20 of 62:

Mar 2 05:04 UTC 1997

 well yeah, there was this awesome cd i wanted, and i asked to inspect it,
which i was glad to do, cos there was this HUGE scratch on it.  Though, i must
say, i am on good terms iwht the owners of the used cd store that i can listen
to any cds i would like as well.  So, its not too much of a biggy since i
mostly visit right when the store opens and he is bored hehe.

response 22 of 62:

Mar 4 19:52 UTC 1997

the only place i've ever bought used music in ann arbor, was wazoo used
music... an upstairs store on state street downtown.  They have a pretty good
selection, not overly wonderful, but for the most part, it's pretty good..
i've never had a problem with scratched cds, or anything in bad condition..
it's pretty small tho, don't go on a saturday or when it's crowded...

response 24 of 62:

Mar 8 13:02 UTC 1997

Where is Grooveyard?