Buying CD's in 2024: How Bad Has it Gotten?

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In this video I travel to an upscale thrift shop, a Walmart, a Best Buy and finally an F.Y.E. in the mall to find out how bad the physical media situation has become. Vinyl seems to be alive and well in all of these brick-and-mortar retailers, CD's, however, not so much.
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  • @DancingwithGhosts
    @DancingwithGhosts21 күн бұрын

    thank you everyone for sharing your stories! I am reading all the comments but there are so many now that I can't respond to all of them but you are being seen!

  • @tomquirin4231

    @tomquirin4231

    17 сағат бұрын

    hey brotha, i am 52 and a 80's cd collector fan n i still send out money orders for cds actually from private sellers from discogs or ebay and i burn cdr's too , sadly i have more of them than origs , i am having trouble getting headphones though to plug into my stereo and they are becoming harder to find that plays older cdr's not blutooth crap , tectnology sucks for me , i do not own a celly either nor have any social media except this channel , i am stuck in the 80's and i LOVE IT , talk soon bro > tom !

  • @atruceforbruce5388

    @atruceforbruce5388

    15 сағат бұрын

    Music stores have become a joke, ... its sad.

  • @gunsrtheanswer
    @gunsrtheanswer22 күн бұрын

    You know whats great about CDs? You pop it in and it just plays. You don't need the internet, or a password, or Wi-Fi. You just get uninterrupted music from beginning to end. And they come with booklets filled with lyrics and pictures. Usually.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    agreed, it's for this reason why i still keep a CD booklet in my car full of Cd's.. having limited choice is actually a good thing sometimes

  • @chaosdimension6433

    @chaosdimension6433

    22 күн бұрын

    agreed, but my new car has FLAC playing capabilities so a USB drive full of songs in flac has been pretty good so far

  • @wcoleman99

    @wcoleman99

    21 күн бұрын

    Same thing with DVDs, Blu-ray and vinyl. Don't have to worry about a computer crash or anything else.

  • @jeff8008

    @jeff8008

    21 күн бұрын

    You went through more trouble to post this then it would have been to play an mp3.

  • @visionop8

    @visionop8

    21 күн бұрын

    @@DancingwithGhosts Streaming with me is limiting. The things I listen to are typically not available everywhere so I actually live by CDs. I use mostly streaming when entertaining. No vinyl though.

  • @MetalJohnIcedEarthGeek
    @MetalJohnIcedEarthGeek21 күн бұрын

    I will never give up on cds.

  • @treff9226

    @treff9226

    21 күн бұрын

    Facts! Still the best form of music media, by far! Get em used on the cheap!

  • @haroldfridkis3536

    @haroldfridkis3536

    20 күн бұрын

    I totally agree with you there. Amazon, ebay and discogs are my go-to spots for CD purchases.

  • @davestryjak6042

    @davestryjak6042

    10 күн бұрын

    Especially Japanize cd's they are still working on the technology of them making them sound better.

  • @TrueSeed-ft1jn

    @TrueSeed-ft1jn

    3 күн бұрын

    Japanize 'em

  • @megamanmarchek8293
    @megamanmarchek829321 күн бұрын

    Maybe it's just me, but I swear playing a CD in my pickup sounds better than connecting my phone to it via bluetooth. Never let physical media die!!!

  • @treff9226

    @treff9226

    21 күн бұрын

    👍👍👍💯💯💯!

  • @orangecat5036

    @orangecat5036

    21 күн бұрын

    Because Sony & Philips spent a billion dollars to make cd perfect. And they did make perfection.

  • @KW-ew7ll

    @KW-ew7ll

    21 күн бұрын

    CD does sound better because CDA (Compact Disc Audio) is uncompressed digital audio files. Where streaming is compressed through some lossy codec like MP3, AAC, or some other format. FLAC however is a lossless codec. But even if you play a FLAC through bluetooth, using lossless LDAC bluetooth codec, it will sound different than CD because the DAC in the Bluetooth receiver will converting the digital audio to analog, rather than the CD player DAC.

  • @megamanmarchek8293

    @megamanmarchek8293

    21 күн бұрын

    KW-ew7ll Thanks for the info! I never got into the vinyl craze so I have to ask, do these new vinyl records sound any better than the ones that were published in the early 20th century?

  • @visionop8

    @visionop8

    21 күн бұрын

    It's not just you. I'm an audio engineer and its way too much to get into but against all other methods, if your pickup has good speakers and a good amp you have the best sound quality of any of these methods period. People might not think it's cool, but fuk em.

  • @RaZeRbLaDeZ
    @RaZeRbLaDeZ22 күн бұрын

    Buying a CD as a teenager in the 90s/00s was a special event

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    for sureee!

  • @haroldfridkis3536

    @haroldfridkis3536

    20 күн бұрын

    I was 28 years old in 1994 when I bought my first CD, Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s, volume 4.

  • @AlexanderNixonArtHistory

    @AlexanderNixonArtHistory

    10 күн бұрын

    @@haroldfridkis3536 nice!

  • @koilamaoh4238

    @koilamaoh4238

    8 күн бұрын

    And then limewire/kazaa came along..

  • @SteveWiIIDolt

    @SteveWiIIDolt

    Күн бұрын

    Columbia House

  • @neubro1448
    @neubro144821 күн бұрын

    Japan is where the CD (and most physical media) market still thrives. The music industry there loves the idea of releasing limited special collector's edition autographed albums that can entice the otaku . They still operate Tower Records including a very prime location in Shibuya.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    21 күн бұрын

    love that for them

  • @treff9226

    @treff9226

    21 күн бұрын

    You mentioned Tower Records still going in Japan.......a single tear just slipped down my face.

  • @murkrow2316

    @murkrow2316

    21 күн бұрын

    🥲

  • @DoggsLife-zk2qx

    @DoggsLife-zk2qx

    21 күн бұрын

    And Germany sell well

  • @michaelliptak358

    @michaelliptak358

    20 күн бұрын

    Also South Korea Kpop is real big right now

  • @ffdm_
    @ffdm_22 күн бұрын

    Florida man seen trying to buy CDs

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    lol yep

  • @Alpha-Trion7

    @Alpha-Trion7

    9 күн бұрын

    here's what happened to his SPLEEN

  • @Trance88
    @Trance8818 күн бұрын

    It's so sad when stores like Best Buy have completely given up on CD's. Something that was considered a technological marvel in the 80's is now just a worthless piece of plastic coated aluminum. 25 years ago, people would've thought we are out of our minds to have the vinyl record become our physical media of choice in 2024.

  • @lovelydolltime8006

    @lovelydolltime8006

    8 күн бұрын

    It's odd to think about how people are more into collecting vinyl than CDs, especially when you consider the fact that CDs are a lot more practical than vinyl, mainly due to their small, compact size and the existence of portable disc players and built in car players. There's also the fact that you can purchase some blank ones and burn some songs onto it at home using a computer and a disc drive (either internal or external), which is another bonus of the compact disc which vinyl lacks.

  • @felipehernandez-pedroza8288

    @felipehernandez-pedroza8288

    3 күн бұрын

    I never understood the fascination of the public with vinyl records. It takes too much space, plus in my opinion they don't sound as good as cds. Cds sounds crystal clear, vinyl sounds scratchy, and streaming sounds flat. Nothing beats the sounds of a good 💿.

  • @anthonylopez912
    @anthonylopez91221 күн бұрын

    I feel privileged to work at a record store currently because as of now people from all walks of life are coming in to buy tons of physical media. Gen alpha kids are buying DVDs and CDs brand new and used. Most customers buying this stuff talk about how they're sick of streaming and want to own the material so it's not taken away from them later by the company. While physical media is in a bad place right now, it's good to know there's a strong market still that's pushing to keep stores like mine alive and physical media as a whole so it's not lost to time.

  • @Progrocker70

    @Progrocker70

    4 күн бұрын

    I don't think physical media will ever completely go away. It will decline to a certain point and level off probably. There will always be some market for it especially vinyl. For me it's the artwork, the booklets that came with them, and the ability to actually own the music.

  • @rachelrivera91

    @rachelrivera91

    16 сағат бұрын

    Yeah! I’m so sick of streaming. At times my internet service is down temporarily. That sucks!! I’ve watched from streaming services and the internet or the freaking internet service interrupts the viewing experience. Give me physical media back.

  • @daveidmarx8296
    @daveidmarx829620 күн бұрын

    There is still a large market for CDs/DVDs/Blu-rays, it's just the labels are trying to force obsolescence to funnel people into streaming. Look at all the major music acts whose documentaries/live films are ONLY available on streaming platforms now rather than physical media. The upshot to this is there are some high quality bootlegs that are available almost immediately to cater to the folks who wish to OWN the film rather than rent it in a sense through streaming. High quality "fan-made" blu-rays and DVDs of The Beatles Let it Be, Billy Joel's 100th MSG Concert and the new Beach Boys documentary are out there, and ALL have hours of bonuses on them - just like best DVDs and blu-rays used to. Make no mistake, not being able to easily find physical media in stores in 2024 is by design. There is still a large market out there for this stuff, but since streaming generates a constant stream of revenue for the labels (as opposed to a disc which you buy once and have it forever), so that's where they are pushing folks towards in 2024.

  • @bobbydonatoni6268

    @bobbydonatoni6268

    Күн бұрын

    Well said

  • @xenos_n.
    @xenos_n.22 күн бұрын

    As my grandmother used to always say, "Don't get old, it doesn't pay". RIP Grammy

  • @viralmedianetwork415
    @viralmedianetwork41522 күн бұрын

    If you grew up in the 70s or 80s or was a DJ in the 90s, vinyl will never be a fad.

  • @BananaPhoPhilly

    @BananaPhoPhilly

    22 күн бұрын

    I feel like putting on a vinyl record forces you to actually absorb the music at a more conscious level. Especially if you have great speakers hooked up to your turntable

  • @ThePrestoPrestissimo

    @ThePrestoPrestissimo

    22 күн бұрын

    So does a cassette tape, or a video of a full album whilst closing the other tabs The real problem is that anybody nowadays can produce their own Albums, so the selection is huge, and much of it is neither new nor innovative

  • @r4v4g3r

    @r4v4g3r

    4 күн бұрын

    I wouldn’t really call it a fad, that implies that it went away and came back. Whereas vinyl has had a select fanbase (now cult) since its release.

  • @viralmedianetwork415

    @viralmedianetwork415

    4 күн бұрын

    @@r4v4g3r how is that different than what I said: "...vinyl will never be a fad"?

  • @fredygonzalez6104
    @fredygonzalez61049 күн бұрын

    Here in the north of Mexico, CDs, VHS's and tapes are appreciated by collectors, they are at regular price, greetings to all.

  • @colt5189
    @colt518922 күн бұрын

    Looks like those stores were all sold out of Dancing with Ghosts cd's. Way to go!

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    lmao

  • @joshtoten
    @joshtoten22 күн бұрын

    Fun fact: my local Walmart and Target have taken to stocking kpop albums. That shit is wild to me. To be fair, kpop fans are insane and happily blow $20-40 on each album and they sell out pretty quickly so I guess it's a no brainer. But considering I'm from a medium sized south Texas town and most the other CDs stocked are 80s fodder or Tejano, it's.... certainly a wild thing to experience.

  • @joshtoten

    @joshtoten

    22 күн бұрын

    My Walmart also still has an overstock of American Idol Season ...20? 21? Something like that CDs that have been there since... at least 2018. They ain't going anywhere I don't think.

  • @colonelhstinkmeaner8547

    @colonelhstinkmeaner8547

    22 күн бұрын

    Shelf warmers in my area tbh😂

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    I wish I had included it in my video but FYE had it's very own "K-Pop" section in the CD's as well.. shit's crazy

  • @joshtoten

    @joshtoten

    10 күн бұрын

    Update: The American Idol cds are finally gone. They have been replaced by "Now That's What I Call Music: K-pop edition". I wish I was kidding.

  • @frankgarza9435

    @frankgarza9435

    7 сағат бұрын

    You have Tejano? The central TX Wal marts don't stock it. Up here in Central TX the stores have NOW its 90's! The best of Seether, and Morgan Wallen. Crazy stuff

  • @FREE_CHINA
    @FREE_CHINA22 күн бұрын

    Vinyl is so expensive these days. Here in the UK we have a shop called HMV and some of the vinyl can cost upwards of £50! It's ridiculous. Best to buy from charity shops or independent record shops. Cool video anyway my dude!

  • @viralmedianetwork415

    @viralmedianetwork415

    22 күн бұрын

    New Vinyl is expensive, yes. In the States it can be upwards of $30+. I'd imagine that £50 are for imports from the states? Either way, always buying used whether it's from Thrift Stores or local spots these days bc I'm a cheapskate. I even have a series on my channel where I review my thrift store finds

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    keep in mind vinyl is also very expensive to print, so the artist who is putting out the vinyl is taking it on the chin with cost that's why they have to charge so much. There are much less vinyl pressing facilities than there used to be

  • @Rockstaralan

    @Rockstaralan

    21 күн бұрын

    @@viralmedianetwork415 Sorry to say, but even used records are starting to get ridiculously expensive in some cases, particularly those commonly known albums by big name Legacy acts like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Stones, Floyd and so forth. For example, it's become the norm to find a beat-to-hell USED copy of Micheal Jackson's "Thriller" for $20 or more. I've even seen open-shrink copies with the hype stickers intact marked up to $75, even with the record in deplorable condition - and people are stupid enough to PAY THAT MUCH for it! No joke! And we're talking about an album that isn't rare, collectible or hard to find, either. But something that was pressed in the millions!

  • @Rockstaralan

    @Rockstaralan

    21 күн бұрын

    @@DancingwithGhosts Hardly the truth, since new vinyl pressing plants are opening on a regular basis in an effort to curb the bottle-necking. And, as any amount of proper research will reveal, the cost of manufacturing records has NOT gone up as exponentially as we've been led to believe post-pandemic. Nope. What it's come down to at this point in time is nothing more than good-old fashioned corporate major label greed. Go figure: When a single new LP should still be comfortably priced at around $25 (many still are, in fact) and labels like Universal Music Group are charging $35-$40 and up for their new releases, even those on 1xLP (far more than other labels), it becomes LAUGHABLE. Especially when you consider that big accounts like the majors typically get the cheapest available bulk rates on everything from packaging to pressing, along with priority status at the front of the line - while indie artists and smaller labels who kept the pressing plants alive through their darkest days are basically getting screwed. And because they know people will pay what they think it's worth, these majors keep raising the prices of new release and reissue LP's higher and higher PAST the point of inflation. Not to mention needless color variants sparking FOMO, which the majors are also taking advantage of in typically unscrupulous fashion. Most people with an actual conscience in the vinyl community can agree that this overall approach is 100% UNSUSTAINABLE and could soon put vinyl back on the same path to slow obsolescence that CD's have occupied in the past several years. In fact, it's safe to say that history is repeating itself; For in the late 90's, if you recall, the majors began overpricing the hell out of CD's and forcing bands to fill 78 minutes of a single disc with music, even if they had only one or two good songs and the rest were crap. Naturally, at the damn of the new millennium, people started pushing back on this greed. Enter Napster, with iTunes following not far behind. Suffice to say, the big labels are only on track to shoot themselves in the foot all over again! Once the vinyl bubble eventually bursts - and it will - you can bet that's what's gonna happen! Anyway, apologies for veering so far off topic. Great video, BTW!

  • @AlexMitchell-sj4sb

    @AlexMitchell-sj4sb

    21 күн бұрын

    I went in an independent shop recently as I had just purchased a vintage JVC turntable. Vinyl was the same as ebay prices for 2nd hand records, some were going for £45 even! I decided buying a turntable wasn't a great idea, stick to CDs from now on. Can get 6-7 CDs for that price.

  • @Archivist1971
    @Archivist197121 күн бұрын

    I still burn CD's to listen to in my car.

  • @dwcinnc

    @dwcinnc

    17 күн бұрын

    I always made duplicates and put the original on the shelf. I copied to 8-Track in the seventies, to cassette in the eighties, and CDRs onward.

  • @Archivist1971

    @Archivist1971

    17 күн бұрын

    @dwcinnc Yep I did that at times with CDs. But not with tapes as much. But I mostly listened to my own mix tapes anyways. Only ever made one 8 track mix tape. Back when Radio Shack still sold blank 8 tracks in the early 80's. I bought one just to figure out the recording to an 8 track on our home stereo. It was made just for fun though

  • @russianbot9471
    @russianbot947121 күн бұрын

    I remember buying music in a music store without knowing what it was going to sound like. The mystery could be very exciting when you discover something you really like

  • @ashtraydekay6624
    @ashtraydekay662422 күн бұрын

    toys R us in canada this year, started selling, cd's, records, and dvds, it's actually a huge part of the store too now edit, it's also not just top 40,. i saw all of pantera's albums in there

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    damm you still have toys r us? that's crazy

  • @MEQUPWER

    @MEQUPWER

    19 күн бұрын

    I'm about to start coming there to shop

  • @kevanlindsey483
    @kevanlindsey4836 күн бұрын

    “Clearly my time has come and gone. I have become that old man that yells at clouds and whose references have become more and more obscure.” I’ve never felt a quote more relatable in my life lol.

  • @john_toss
    @john_toss3 күн бұрын

    I remembered back in the 2010’s buying cds at target since they would never ID you for explicit cds. Got Yeezus and Born Sinner the same day. One day I would try to buy Long Live A$AP at a Fred Meyer. The ID verification popped up on the screen but the cashier was like a couple years older than me and bypassed it. I still have those cds and feel nostalgic when ever I see em

  • @RockyBergen
    @RockyBergen22 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the fantastic content! Thanks for not pivoting to drama because its easier to farm engagement. I am here for the long haul!

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    thanks! but ya never know.. i may put on my overalls and start farmin' if the tea is hot enough!

  • @gellargod
    @gellargod21 күн бұрын

    Cds blow away vinyl. When cds are gone I am done buying music.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    21 күн бұрын

    it all depends

  • @vivalapsych

    @vivalapsych

    3 күн бұрын

    Yes it does depend. It’s all about the mastering, condition of the vinyl and quality of the player (vinyl). An example would be last time I compared my vinyl of Public Image Limited “Second Edition” vs the CD. The vinyl sounded like total crap in comparison…and I used to think it was great!

  • @budsmoker4201120

    @budsmoker4201120

    2 күн бұрын

    Lol, ok it depends, but 9 time out of 10 vinyl wins. Sorry bud just better mixing.

  • @vivalapsych

    @vivalapsych

    2 күн бұрын

    @@budsmoker4201120 but still not necessarily so, especially with new pressings of old classics. For example, I'd personally never drop $30+ for a newer Beatles or Led Zeppelin (or any pre digital recording) when I could score an ok condition earlier pressing that may likely sound better. I’m going for the original listening experience not just some boosted digital master that happens to be stuck on vinyl. There are exceptions to this of course. It’s best to do a little research. The Steve Hoffman Forum is great for that though what’s often written there is highly subjective, I look for consensus of opinion or posters who argue from a place of knowledge. I agree CDs are a great medium. After over a decade of listening to mp3s and streaming I’m astounded by how fantastic my old CDs sound. Glad I didn’t chuck them like many of my friends have…not that I ever would have. 😋

  • @johnnybrown9581

    @johnnybrown9581

    2 күн бұрын

    CD’s have some great advantages, namely the portability, the consistency of recreation of sound, and the clarity. However vinyl (and tape for that matter) bring something unique to the table. The dynamics of the audio are preserved far better on these mediums because it’s almost like the record or tape are “playing” your speakers. There is an actual constant physical performance happening in real time making the sound come out of the speakers. I challenge you to crank the volume on a CD and then blast the same album on either cassette tape (in decent condition) or vinyl and see what you find.

  • @pauln5042
    @pauln504222 күн бұрын

    Great video man,big fan.

  • @Skycladatdusk78
    @Skycladatdusk7821 күн бұрын

    I used to be able to buy CD's at everywhere from Media Play (RIP) to Meijers grocery store. Now most have totally gotten rid of their physical music section and if you do find a store that sells them still it's one or two small racks with just a few current titles sprinkled with a few hits packages from legacy artists. Thankfully I have Amazon and Ebay to buy new CDs from every week. I currently have 11,000 CDs and will never give up on them.

  • @patrickreichert1442
    @patrickreichert144222 күн бұрын

    Always ready for CD nostalgia! Thanks!

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    i always love reminiscing lol

  • @jonyoungmusic
    @jonyoungmusic22 күн бұрын

    The content we come for!

  • @DatDudeVince_
    @DatDudeVince_21 күн бұрын

    Great idea for a video, glad it's got some traction. Very interesting.

  • @michaelliptak358
    @michaelliptak35821 күн бұрын

    One more thing the problem with ordering cds off the Internet especially Amazon is they don't care how the pack them half of the CDs I order from them come damaged and have to end up returning them

  • @Cimbarius
    @Cimbarius21 күн бұрын

    i notice one thing over here in Germany: people like me mostly do not got to local shops anymore, because you almost find anything there - it`s the same situation in every shop as it was recently uploaded and to bee seen in one of your "short"-clips - those who collect CDs order them via internet. Thank God i have a very cool 2nd hand-music shop in my town - CDs but also Vinyl in a very good quality, so you dive in there and feel like Alice in Wonderland.

  • @kerezymaii

    @kerezymaii

    20 күн бұрын

    Huh? I live in Germany and Mediamarkt has a massive CD section. K+B expert used to but only recently slimmed down

  • @heatherharrison264
    @heatherharrison26421 күн бұрын

    Things certainly have changed. I started collecting records in the late 1980s. I found them at thrift stores, used record stores, and a few chain stores. Not long afterward, I added CDs to the collection. Over time, it grew to the point of becoming completely unwieldy. Just over ten years ago, I moved to a new city with a far more expensive real estate market, so I had to purge a lot of that stuff. I no longer have vinyl records or a turntable for them. I still have some shellac records and a mechanical record player that was made in 1917. It's mostly a historical curiosity, but if the power happens to go out, I can play some ancient records on it. I still have CDs and DVDs, but I have long since ripped them to my hard drive, and they now sit in boxes in a dark corner. It is far more convenient to find music on my hard drive than to go into another room, pull a CD or a record off the shelf, put it in the device that plays it, and then in roughly an hour after it is done playing, put the thing away and dig out another one. I still want to own music, so I haven't gone over to streaming, but nowadays, I buy downloads. Amazon has made this increasingly inconvenient because they want to force people into streaming, but there are other ways to buy downloads. Classical music is my first love in music, though I also like many other genres. For classical and jazz, Presto Music is great for CD-quality or better lossless downloads, and for those who are still stuck on CDs, they sell CDs. The classical crowd doesn't seem to have come back to records in the same way as fans of other genres - CDs are still king for those who want physical media, and a lot of classical fans are old curmudgeons who refuse to embrace computer hard drives and streaming. For other genres, there is a lot of weird, underground stuff on Bandcamp. It is fun to dig around there and see what hidden gems might turn up. I've never had trouble buying downloads from that site. Come to think of it, I haven't looked around there for a while - maybe it's time to get back to it and see what I might find. One note on music downloads... If you do this as I do, back up your hard drive. Even better, keep multiple backups. I mirror my music library on two different computers and keep an external backup. Hard drives crash on occasion, and you don't want to suddenly lose a gigantic music library. I went in the FYE at the local half-dead mall recently. It certainly has turned into a weeb emporium. (Incidentally, there is another weeb superstore in that mall, and it is even more weeby.) It's fun to look at the strange stuff in there, but none of it interests me. I don't have room to collect useless ugly junk. That store still have some physical media, but the racks are as pitiful as the ones in this video. I also found some old, long expired candy there, and the place is generally a mess. The employees look like the place has sucked out their souls. I have good memories of a large big box FYE, which had previously been Media Play. All kinds of CDs and DVDs could be found there. Out of curiosity, I looked on Google Street View to see what is there now, and I saw a sporting goods store. Barnes & Noble and Borders also used to be great for CDs and DVDs, but those days are long gone. There is a used CD and record store in town that keeps a lot of stuff in stock. I don't want to add to my physical media, but occasionally I'll look in there, and if I see something interesting that I can't easily buy as a download, I might make an exception and pick up a CD or two. I know there are a few other stores like it around. People who still actively collect physical media should look for stores like this. There aren't as many as there used to be, but going into the used record stores that remain is like going through a time warp back to the 1990s. There is nothing quite like browsing through the dusty racks in a moldy old record store; the way discoveries can be made there simply cannot be duplicated online.

  • @Progrocker70

    @Progrocker70

    4 күн бұрын

    Used record stores are your best bet for physical media today, especially weird and obscure things that your never gonna find anywhere. There are fewer but there will always be some around. I still buy a CD here and there, especially if it's a collector's editon or remastered with the extra booklets and such.

  • @babybro70
    @babybro702 күн бұрын

    So much good info. & true observations.

  • @perryj075
    @perryj07522 күн бұрын

    The FYE in Knoxville has a very sad cd section, it’s becoming more & more “collectibles” 😢 McKay’s in Knoxville is my best hope for CDs.

  • @crazywisdom

    @crazywisdom

    17 күн бұрын

    I went to 2 McKays in North Carolina, Winston-Salem and Greensboro, they had a great selection of cheap CDs.

  • @craigwolf9916

    @craigwolf9916

    2 күн бұрын

    Mckays is garbage

  • @Dylanquinn666
    @Dylanquinn66610 күн бұрын

    I used to buy a ton of CDs when I was a teenager in the 00s and now I have a storage box full of a couple hundred CDs that I don't even open anymore. That's not including two big CD wallets full of burned CDs. There are a couple of albums I have that pretty much don't exist online and were only ever released in CD format so I'm glad I have them. I still buy a CD maybe once or twice a year these days but it's usually at a show or directly from an indie artist's merch store that I want to support. Where I'm from (Dublin, Ireland) they still seem easy to find with a couple of stores still having large selections of them but there has definitely been a major push toward vinyl.

  • @frank1371
    @frank137121 күн бұрын

    Where I live, upstate New York (nowhere near the city), CDs are everywhere! At every thrift store I go to there’s at least one bin full of them, some of them have a couple shelfs of them, and not just at the big chain ones like Salvation Army and Thrifty Shopper but at the local ones too! In fact one of the local ones I went to had a 7’ tall shelving unit full of CDs, there had to be at least a couple thousand of them, and at 50 cents each, I walked out with about 40 of them and the lady at the counter said they had way more than that.

  • @UDontCare0
    @UDontCare022 күн бұрын

    was just looking at Vinal records when i got your notification lmao

  • @emilywalla8958
    @emilywalla895818 күн бұрын

    Really cool and interesting video, very happy this got some traction. also I absolutely love your sense of style, be you bro

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    17 күн бұрын

    d'aww thanks!

  • @mikeypsychclown5345
    @mikeypsychclown534518 күн бұрын

    I miss the days of buying a CD in the store's what has this world come to

  • @OcpCommunications
    @OcpCommunications21 күн бұрын

    I loved this video. It was a nice mix of a vlog and your signature style. I focus more on the film side of physical media so I don't really pay attention a ton to the CDs but I do check those sections out from time to time at my local shops. Local record shops and resale shops are the best spots to find CDs around here. I genuinely think you'd like my local record shop and Music Millennium.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    21 күн бұрын

    thanks dude, it was a lot of fun to make as well.. which i can't say about a lot of my videos which end up being more of a pain in the ass than anything lol

  • @MEQUPWER
    @MEQUPWER19 күн бұрын

    My buddy bought a brand new truck in 2022 and it blew my mind that it didnt come with a cd player. i havent bought a new car since 2009 so i didnt realize that that was even a thing.

  • @felipehernandez-pedroza8288

    @felipehernandez-pedroza8288

    3 күн бұрын

    So. True. I bought a new car a few months ago. One of the first things I noticed is that it's missing the cd player. I was like, what? Streaming is convenient, but nothing beats the sound of 💿. I still owe my old car from 2010. I has cd player. Can't wait to f

  • @eltoroluckypatientzero1355
    @eltoroluckypatientzero135522 күн бұрын

    I grew up right when a big CD and physical media store was being closed up where once it seems the staff accidentally put something uncensored. A family owned one even survived well into online streaming becoming huge before closing down and another is still kicking

  • @algernonsblackwoods5859
    @algernonsblackwoods585921 күн бұрын

    Dope video man, I grew up in the 80s and 90s and will never forget trying to keep your walkman hooked up through that wild cassette adapter in the car and not skipping even though every CD player said skip proof on it.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    21 күн бұрын

    our fucking dog ate our walkman.. and once something broke in our house that was it... no replacing it, we just went without it

  • @algernonsblackwoods5859

    @algernonsblackwoods5859

    21 күн бұрын

    @@DancingwithGhosts Damn lol. Said I'll pass on the homework and straight to the Walkman, ouch.

  • @LukeDodge916
    @LukeDodge9166 күн бұрын

    This just makes getting older harder. My car has about 30 CDs in it at the moment, and it's mostly 90s alternative. But nothing later than 2006. Feels like we're living in a parallel reality, where the stuff we grew up with in the 80s and 90s, like CDs, freedom and VHS, is a thing of the past... I really do not like this current timeline. But I'm grateful for the boutique labels in movies keeping Bluray alive at least!

  • @melancholoid
    @melancholoid22 күн бұрын

    Awesome Vid! Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    bitte schön!

  • @melancholoid

    @melancholoid

    22 күн бұрын

    @DancingwithGhosts Bitteschön 😄 Here in Germany, we got Stores like Target also. Not as Big, but You can get Everything there. All these Stores got some CDs (mostly Mainstream Pop) and DVDs/BluRays (mostly Mainstream Stuff as well). We got Thrift Store Chanins where You can get older or Rock- Adjestent Musik and used Movies. Both in every Format. I buy my Movies mostly at Flea Markets. I recently bought 21 DVDs for just 8 Bucks 😅 Anyhow, take Care Josh. All the Best to You!

  • @yrrep27
    @yrrep272 күн бұрын

    I was visiting central Flordia from out of state and was surprised and delighted to find a Barnes & Noble that still had the separate music area sectioned off with those anti-theft sensors. Plenty of CDs there that probably require occasional dusting from staff.

  • @JerrySpann-fn4kw
    @JerrySpann-fn4kw21 күн бұрын

    Just watched Honey We Shrunk Ourselves and Rick Moranus was telling his son that the shrinking machine was going into the Smithsonian along side the Gramaphone. His son asked, “what’s a gramaphone. Dad said an old record player. His son then asked what’s a record. This movie came out in the mid 90s.

  • @StonersStashbox
    @StonersStashbox16 күн бұрын

    Physical media will never go away. Vinyl and cds are here to stay.

  • @misterjackpots5005
    @misterjackpots500521 күн бұрын

    Fun idea for a vid! I enjoyed it!

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    21 күн бұрын

    thanks! I had to sift through a bunch of crappy ideas until I landed on this one

  • @azn1011
    @azn101121 күн бұрын

    i started collecting CDs again and i've used eBay and Amazon. there is a record store near me that sells vinyl and CDs though. i think they sell cassettes as well

  • @Runicen
    @Runicen21 күн бұрын

    The annoying part is that, while we've gotten convenience down pat, we're losing the intangible stuff that made shopping brick and mortars so interesting. I've lost count of how many CDs I picked up because a name grabbed my attention or a cover looked interesting. You can't do that online - or at least I'm not sure what the online equivalent of browsing a used rack might be. You either need to know about something already or get a specific recommendation and it's far less fun than just randomly finding treasure. The vinyl resurgence would be great for it, but most of what you see at anything other than niche stores is the same top 40 and/or "classic" albums. Great if you've lived under a rock most of your life, not so much if you're looking for something off the beaten path. Can be nice to thrift as a CD fan though. It's like tales people tell of looking for vinyl in the '90s when everyone was offloading their shit for pennies. Same deal now, but with CDs.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    21 күн бұрын

    100% agree

  • @80sagprod
    @80sagprod22 күн бұрын

    Cool vid Josh! Here in Chile record stores are multiplying like crazy but are keeping prices high AF, sometimes you can get good deals tho. Hifi CD players are expeeeensive also.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    oh cool that's really interesting!

  • @iceWaterProductions1
    @iceWaterProductions13 күн бұрын

    Our local mall back in the 80s had FOUR record stores. For the past 10 years they’ve had ZERO.

  • @megaascension2748
    @megaascension274821 күн бұрын

    Some info from someone in Gen Z who started buying CDs in 2019- First, Best Buy stopped selling CDs in 2019. I bought some Green Day and Linkin Park albums when they were trying to clean out their remaining stock. Second, the only chain in my area that has a good number of CDs is actually… Barnes and Noble? The one near me has half CDs and half vinyl (which actually reflects US sales numbers) and has a small section of $5 CDs with a lot of great modern classics. The prices are decent, highly suggest them. It’s a lot of mainstream stuff, but you’ll occasionally find something obscure, and it’s typically discounted.

  • @Clipeuh
    @Clipeuh21 күн бұрын

    interesting video, i like your views on things

  • @user-zx8de8op9l
    @user-zx8de8op9l4 күн бұрын

    My brother spent 18 years at Best Buy, He saw all the changes of this come and go. HD DVD anyone remember that format? My teen years were from 1987-1993.

  • @gogo_flamingo1346
    @gogo_flamingo134620 күн бұрын

    You the man Mr. Ghost

  • @syles0003
    @syles000321 күн бұрын

    Love how you're branching out dude! Your AVGN videos peaked my attention like most people here, but I can tell stuff like this is a real passion for you, keep it up!

  • @syles0003

    @syles0003

    21 күн бұрын

    Also you calling FYE a pedestrian weeb haven is spot on lol, same with Hot Topic and Spencer's nowadays..

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    21 күн бұрын

    @@syles0003 oh yes, you could definitely through hot topic in that bin as well... Spencers has always been Spencers so I can applaud them on their psuedo-consistency

  • @syles0003

    @syles0003

    21 күн бұрын

    @@DancingwithGhosts True on Spencers, I've just noticed A LOT more anime/hentai stuff at the store in my mall. Like I don't remember walking into Spencers in the early 2000's and seeing the ahegao face lol

  • @BeatleDustino
    @BeatleDustino17 күн бұрын

    Best Buy not having physical media blows my mind. What’s the point of the place anymore?

  • @AaronC143

    @AaronC143

    6 күн бұрын

    Good question, once their physical media section shrunk down to barely anything of interest, I lost interest in the store. Best Buy sucks now, because of this.

  • @BeatleDustino

    @BeatleDustino

    5 күн бұрын

    @@AaronC143 I’d literally go there once a week to look over all the new releases and check for good deals on the rest. Now there’s no reason to go there what so ever.

  • @arioutlaw

    @arioutlaw

    18 сағат бұрын

    Apple products and washers and dryers 💀

  • @veganbadass

    @veganbadass

    15 сағат бұрын

    The Best buy nearest to me just stopped selling media back in March. I feel it will go full circle though, CD may make a come back as vinyl did.

  • @BeatleDustino

    @BeatleDustino

    13 сағат бұрын

    @@arioutlaw it’s sad. Totally pointless place.

  • @superblindeye1
    @superblindeye15 күн бұрын

    I still buy CDs quite a bit. Some of them are meant as collector's items, while some admittedly, I burn, and usually don't play them again. However, I want a physical piece of media in my hands. I don't want to stream all of my music, as if I don't pay for the streaming service, I won't have it available for my listening pleasure when not on the internet. Currently, I use KZread music, as it allows me to listen to albums I'll be it with ads, and if I find I like it enough, I will purchase it. I will never let physical media die. Plus, if you see your favorite artist, you can have them sign this piece of physical media, which you can't do if only you stream the album.

  • @bobbylibertini
    @bobbylibertini14 күн бұрын

    I'm an old fart and am very nostalgic, but this vinyl record craze is ridiculous. I was there for the hey-day of vinyl- Have fond memories of sneaking into my cousin's old brother's room and listening to his 'Stones albums, and thinking we were so cool for 10 year-olds...but then I grew up, and embraced CDs and MP3 files when they came around, because they are better! The memories I'll always have...don't need some crappy vinyl records and POS record player to think of them. You can enjoy higher fidelity music AND have the memories. The hipsters today don't even have those memories...and just buying the paraphernalia we had isn't going to somehow create magical memories for them.

  • @Augrills

    @Augrills

    3 күн бұрын

    Vinyl sounds better. I’m only 30 but I remember sitting in my apartment with my friends and smoking dope and listening to records with my friends and they’re some of the best memories I’ve got. Vinyl makes music an event. CDs made music convenient

  • @kathk94
    @kathk9418 күн бұрын

    CDs are still available in places around me like walmart, target, barnes & noble, local record store. They can also be bought online at amazon, ebay, discogs, bandcamp, artist/record label webstores.

  • @AaronC143

    @AaronC143

    6 күн бұрын

    There's also now Tower Records now, but as an online store only.

  • @masonwilcox7055
    @masonwilcox70554 күн бұрын

    Just subscribed, came here for the AVGN videos, stayed for your other content.

  • @FunkyStudios
    @FunkyStudios21 күн бұрын

    Oh wow, it's the FYE store I shop at occasionally. I'm still surprised it even has physical media, some other locations have even smaller selections.

  • @ColeslawVariant
    @ColeslawVariant22 күн бұрын

    If you have a collection of metal cd's, of any sub-genre, sell them if they're taking up space. I made a nice chunk of change selling mine, way more than I spent on them.

  • @colt5189

    @colt5189

    22 күн бұрын

    I have bought cd's of the first pressings as they always sound better than the later "remasteres" that bricks everything. Though some of those Black Sabbath remasters actually sound good as they didn't brick it.

  • @ColeslawVariant

    @ColeslawVariant

    22 күн бұрын

    ​@@colt5189 if interested, the remaster if Gwar's "Scumdogs of the Universe" is almost an entirely different album.

  • @BimmyRee

    @BimmyRee

    21 күн бұрын

    The market for old school metal first pressing CDs is wild. I was into collecting them for a while but didn't acquire much. Got a lot of cool ones from Japan for dirt cheap, probably would have cost an arm and leg if bought in the states.

  • @vivalapsych

    @vivalapsych

    3 күн бұрын

    Metal CDs do a brisk business on Discogs according to folks I know. New and old. Mainstream and obscure.

  • @RetroSixGaming
    @RetroSixGaming3 күн бұрын

    I'm only in my 20s and the amount of change has been drastic already.

  • @mr.goodboi2780

    @mr.goodboi2780

    2 күн бұрын

    It's so hard to take sometimes. I remember how everything was physical in like 2007 and now everything is digital almost. I can't believe people are okay with not actually owning anything. It's so odd to me.

  • @sparksfly13
    @sparksfly133 күн бұрын

    i’m jealous your Walmart still sells physical media! here in Canada, most locations (at least in my province) removed their CD section 2 years ago and don’t sell vinyl at all… all that’s left is their “Blockbuster” DVD & Blu-Ray section…

  • @BfDelano
    @BfDelano19 күн бұрын

    In New England, there’s a store called Bullmoose. They carry new and used CDs, as well as DVDs and blu ray.

  • @mattyboy2024
    @mattyboy202421 күн бұрын

    Yeah it's the same in the UK, charity shops are where to find CDs. I went to the supermarket few christmases back to get a cd for my dad, was like what's going on ha

  • @HandyAndyTechTips
    @HandyAndyTechTips21 күн бұрын

    Strangely enough, the US sales numbers are roughly equal for CDs and vinyl so far this year, after a few years of vinyl outselling CDs. And in many other countries (eg. UK, Australia), CDs still outsell vinyl by a significant margin.

  • @GroundZeroSalem
    @GroundZeroSalem21 күн бұрын

    It's funny, I was kind of one of those "only analog is real" types years ago, until the vinyl resurgance really started to take off. In the past decade or so, I've really grown to like CDs again as well. They're far more economical if you're a physical media type, and some times flipping vinyl (especially 7"s and 45s) is tedious, especially if you're gaming or something. I also like collecting CD discographies of old punk, metal, grindcore, etc bands with the Artists whole run on it, especially if there's some good (hopefully not too hard to read) liner notes included. Of course, I am a metal fan in his mid 40s, so CD collecting is practically required. I proudly wear an onion on my bullet belt, as it was the style at the time.

  • @patbarr1351
    @patbarr13518 күн бұрын

    I'm so fortunate to live in California, where the compact disc is still popular! They won't be found at Best Buy at all and only a few at Target. The Barnes and Noble chain have a decent selection of LPs and CDs at their stores and plan to expand the chain. There are many independent shops here, including the big Amoeba Music stores in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, selling new and used discs, including imports. A few miles west of me, Pasadena College has a monthly swapmeet featuring several dealers. Of course there are online sellers like Cherry Red, Burning Shed, Rhino (home of Quadio, yeah!) and The Elusive Disc.

  • @soundofhistory_
    @soundofhistory_10 күн бұрын

    I worked at FYE in college, right before Spotify exploded. Getting to be around all of that music and CDs was definitely one of my favorite jobs I've ever had. I miss those stores.

  • @L0N3WOLF18
    @L0N3WOLF187 күн бұрын

    I'm currently 28 and I remember back in 2012 when Papa Roach and Three Days Grace had released their newest album at the time I went into Best Buy and was debating which one to buy I ended up buying the three days grace Transit Papa Roach and Three Days Grace had released their newest album at the time I went into Best Buy and was debating which one to buy I ended up buying the Papa Roach The connection album and I still have it to this day and I remember vividly seeing all the CDs in the front for the newest releases and newest movies as well and it was nice to see all the newest releases for a physical media up in the front of the store. And it saddens me how when I go in there now they no longer have physical media RIP💔 Great video btw!

  • @punknerd9747
    @punknerd974721 күн бұрын

    Best Buy got rid of all their physical media including new movies Q1 2024.

  • @RedEyeC
    @RedEyeC5 күн бұрын

    What baffles me as a professional audio producer, is people wanting vinyl over compact disc - with vinyl's poorer audio integrity. What really gets me is tweaking a mix to audio perfection - and then the customer wanting a vinyl plug-in run through... why? I'll do it, but like most things in this world now - it doesn't make sense

  • @Progrocker70

    @Progrocker70

    4 күн бұрын

    I think for me the the thing I like about vinyl is primarily the artwork, the inner sleeve and booklets.

  • @RedEyeC

    @RedEyeC

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Progrocker70 - oh yeah, much better spread in an LP.

  • @deeboy4378
    @deeboy43788 күн бұрын

    An area where I grew up, the close suburbs of Cleveland. . There is a chain of stores called The record exchange. . Where you can still go by tons of pre-owned media in CD form. . As well as old video games video game cartridges and records

  • @fandarzelig
    @fandarzelig22 күн бұрын

    I still buy CDs, but usually J-pop imports or things that aren't on Spotify. I know there are other ways to get the music, but I like the convenience of putting the CD in and listening, rather than tracking down files. It would be hard for a mall store to stock the CDs I was specifically interested in buying.

  • @BimmyRee

    @BimmyRee

    21 күн бұрын

    Same here. Often when I am able to track down files for semi-obscure J-pop they are low quality mp3s. Lots of older idols have been getting re-releases on CD lately, so it seems to still be a fairly popular format in Japan.

  • @shawanacarpenter3032

    @shawanacarpenter3032

    20 күн бұрын

    For me , I still buy classic anime CDs & vinyl records to this very day . The majority of them are from Japan & the ones that I have are very interesting to my liking. ❤😊 But if I ever get the chance , I do buy some Western music vinyl records from the 80s on ebay (Tiffany , Starship , Expose , Madonna-chan , Duran Duran , Michael Jackson & some of my other favorites. ) 😂 But I still love listening to J-POP from the Heisei era & even music from the 70s & 80s ( late Showa era.)

  • @BenjaminNixon
    @BenjaminNixon21 күн бұрын

    I lived in the South Bay CA in the 90's and one my favorite memories was this music store called Compact Disc Warehouse. They used to sell those bootleg CDs that came from Europe. I remember picking up Smashing Pumpkins "Early 1989 Demos", another collection of demos called "Pumpkin Seeds" and a couple concert recordings all on CDs that cost like $35 each. This was before the mp3 revolution, so you either had to buy these expensive CDs or trade tapes online, and I preferred the former. At some point in the early 00s all those bootlegs went away, and when I asked an employee about it he told me they ran into some legal trouble with that, so it had to end. They also had a robust collection of used CDs and they didn't keep them in any kind of locked cases, so you could gather up as many as you liked and go hit up on of their listening stations and play them all at your own pace. I used to spend hours there listening. They closed up for good around 2005.

  • @thegrayshaws
    @thegrayshaws9 күн бұрын

    Man it is sad to see FYE a shell of it's former self. Sadly it is clearly a store that doesn't have a reason exist anymore. I was a 90's kid and I spent all of my pay from my high school job buying cds. I had two huge cd binders that i used when I had a college radio show. But I havent used a cd for years since my car no longer had a cd player. Now if i want to listen to a specific song or album it is easier to find in on youtube than find the cd. It is sad but true. I also feel extra out of touch as I have never owned a record player. They were old tech/my dad's tech when I was a kid. Now people younger than me are into it as well as older people so I am the odd ball generation in the middle.

  • @rodtaylor5476
    @rodtaylor547620 күн бұрын

    Never stopped buying CD's. As they get harder to come by I get a lot of them from ebay.

  • @ReaperCH90
    @ReaperCH9022 күн бұрын

    This is a pretty interesting topic. I bought more Vinyls as a gift than CDs for myself in the last 10 years.

  • @BimmyRee
    @BimmyRee21 күн бұрын

    Recently visited a local record shop with a small section of CDs and they actually had the Chris Gaines CD... I laughed out loud and thought about you 😂

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    21 күн бұрын

    ahhh you shoulda bought it on principal

  • @SMG2024
    @SMG202410 күн бұрын

    Your wig picking skills have gotten better since 2016

  • @SidMassiveXM
    @SidMassiveXM22 күн бұрын

    I was a cassette guy up until 2001 when I got the internet access, yarr! Life in eastern europe... The CD era was completely missed/skipped here. I would actually like the vinyl now tho, it looks cool, but the prices are unacceptable - I'm not broke, but I still can't allow myself to drop this much money on collectibles.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    oh yeah vinyl is stupid expensive just for one album that you can easily just stream.. vinyl records are also super expensive to make though that's why they cost so much compared to CD's

  • @sk8DEMON125
    @sk8DEMON1254 күн бұрын

    I hate vinyls. Who just has a record player? CDs are awesome I can still use them in my cars and they are useful Edit: old people are trying to argue with me but your just proving my point+ making yourself look bitter. Only hipsters who care about being seen and feeling accepted really care about vinyl lmaoo

  • @budsmoker4201120

    @budsmoker4201120

    2 күн бұрын

    You hate VinylS huh.😂

  • @arioutlaw

    @arioutlaw

    18 сағат бұрын

    Lots of people have record players 😂

  • @sk8DEMON125

    @sk8DEMON125

    17 сағат бұрын

    @@arioutlaw okay you’re not special just because you choose the most difficult way to listen to music. And everyone I’ve been friends with hasn’t owned one but my aunt and she had maybe 5 records. It’s useless

  • @arioutlaw

    @arioutlaw

    17 сағат бұрын

    @sk8DEMON125 in no way shape or form is it difficult to listen to a vinyl lol. I don't only listen to vinyl, I stream too. I'm just not lazy and can appreciate all forms of music

  • @sk8DEMON125

    @sk8DEMON125

    17 сағат бұрын

    @@arioutlaw lol ok have fun streaming when your signal goes out or your phone dies. Going vinyl you gotta plug the damn thing in and carry huge stupid ass discs. I’m walking hands free because I just put my cds all in a case and can listen offline whenever. You’re not making your point your making me hate vinyl listeners even more

  • @mango-vb5vd
    @mango-vb5vd16 күн бұрын

    Once bought ace of spades on cd at a goodwill and was shocked at how much the physical media section was reduced to just a self when it was multiple rows a dew months ago im grateful that thier is a few local stores that still offer cds like bull moose in bangor maine

  • @Narcolepsykid
    @Narcolepsykid2 күн бұрын

    I remember having my grandma driving me to Best Buy to purchase Tool's Lateralus. I would also go to find singles albums with diffrent remixes or inhanced cds with videos.

  • @cultofweirdnessable
    @cultofweirdnessable4 күн бұрын

    I built up a hell of a collection from thrift stores this year, picked up a couple from record stores, but mostly thrift

  • @unclegreenskatesoda9570
    @unclegreenskatesoda95703 сағат бұрын

    I live in a third or fourth tier city, roughly 115k population give or take.. and when I was a kid there were so many cd stores. We had a coconuts music, the mall had Wave music - hot topic - AND The Wall, Kmart Walmart Target all those places had big cd sections. Now our mall has FYE and theres like one rack of cds amidst a sea of anime merch haha.

  • @TheChadTI
    @TheChadTI21 күн бұрын

    So Best Buy basically has waaay too much space.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    21 күн бұрын

    ya.. i'm sure IF a new best buy store opens up it will be half the size.. now that they dont have to make all that room for those racks of physical media

  • @kleinabomber
    @kleinabomber20 күн бұрын

    This is awesome 👍 👍 From someone in the music business for many years, including Best Buy when they transitioned into a music super-department in the early 90s, I never got rid of my physical media, vinyl and CD. I just like to own the music I listen to. But in regards to lack of brick and mortar selection, it's important to keep proper perspective. Physical media is maybe 12% of all new music revenue in the US last year, 2023, and of that 12%, CDs are the minority, vinyl is by far the majority, thus why stores are not carrying them any more, or if they do it's bare minimum. (They never announce stats for used sales...) Online sales is where it's at as Josh states, but I highly recommend finding independent mom 'n pop stores around the country, these are the stores that participate in Record Store Day for instance, and have more often than not a larger selection than the bigger name stores. They also special order and announce new releases weekly. Find the websites to these indie stores if there aren't any in your area. It's worth it. The artists make more off of physical sales as well. Discogs is another abyss to go down on line for CDs...and vinyl of course. Many music retailers prefer it there than Amazon or eBay. It's also important to know that the major labels don't press CDs for every title, making the picking for new music slim. Now I think I'll go spin the latest Paul Weller CD 😀

  • @caesarorzell600
    @caesarorzell60019 сағат бұрын

    I've been thinking the same thing as you the past few years. The death of CDs is very, very sad.

  • @redman4345
    @redman4345Сағат бұрын

    There are still some cd stores around but most of them are used cds. Walmart still has a small selection but you can’t find them anymore at Best Buy or Target. FYE still sells them. I still love them and I still play them in my car.

  • @Orangesherbz
    @Orangesherbz21 күн бұрын

    Barnes and Noble is the only store in my town that sells CDs in any sort of selection. Thrift stores and pawn shops are fun to browse, but more often than not disappointing. 2nd and Charles is here, but that place sucks other than books. I've been to good versions of that store but the local store is awful.

  • @LINKISDEAD
    @LINKISDEAD12 күн бұрын

    I live in a small city with about 12.000,00 ppl. We got one major mall. with one sunrise record store. of course you got your comic book stores that also hold some records or cds. but fore the most part, thats it. one former HMV you go to a walmart to buy a taylor swift cd and thats it, they got nothing under superstar status Great video btw! thanks for the upload!

  • @revivedfears
    @revivedfears19 күн бұрын

    Since I started exclusively using spotify for music, I feel ive lost the connection I used to get with music. Maybe it's an age thing too, but back in the day with CDs I used to sit and listen along with the lyrics and read every detail in the booklet. Learning new bands from the "thanks" sections. Buying an album based on the album art, or from seeing their name mentioned in a different albums booklet. Those times are gone. Music is fundamentally valueless to kids today since it is so easy to access and there's so much out there.

  • @Harjawaldar
    @Harjawaldar22 күн бұрын

    Starting listening to and buying cds again after about ten years of spotify use. They sound so much better on my hifi system than streaming. The record store I grew up with still exists but they have about 20 cds and the rest is vinyl.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    22 күн бұрын

    what made you ditch streaming? for me it's just soooo much more convenient

  • @Harjawaldar

    @Harjawaldar

    21 күн бұрын

    @@DancingwithGhosts well, I prefer the album format, I like little ritual of putting it in and looking through the booklet, and it's got arguably the best sound quality. I usually just stream some vapor list on youtube when I'm working.

  • @TadashiNazuka
    @TadashiNazuka8 күн бұрын

    I went to my local mall for the first time in like a decade and by chance stumbled across a large music store that took me back to being a teenager in the 90s at the very same mall. They had a huge used CD and Vinyl section, good amount of posters, mostly horror movie and 80s-90s metal bands, and an unbelievable amount of band t-shirt reproductions from my glory days. It of course wasn't the same as the 90s I lived thru, but it was really cool and nostalgic and great to see a store like that in this day and age. I still have hundreds of CDs, VHS, and DVDs that I've accumulated in my lifetime, and as a 43 year old, still have never had the thought of getting rid of any of them, because they are my history of what I grew up with. The only thing I ever gave away were cassettes, because they sucked even back then. All my other stuff I still find value in, and I don't subscribe to any streaming services, because I'm broke and just throw in a DVD if I wanna watch a movie. It's just a generational thing I guess. I loved the 90s and early 2000s, and in many ways, I never left.

  • @th3rd3arplan3tradio
    @th3rd3arplan3tradioКүн бұрын

    Yeah down here in Oklahoma City, FYE, CD Warehouse, Suncoast, etc went out of business years back. I used to go these stores faithfully every other saturday. I have tons of music backed up over the years from ripping cd's on my hard drive. Now I just collect dvds & blu-rays. Amazon prices are high now & I turned ton ebay for those items.

  • @tyrannosaurusburke
    @tyrannosaurusburke16 күн бұрын

    At least the Best Buy employees didn't laugh in your face when you asked if they still carried CDs. Then again, I didn't see the expressions on their faces either.

  • @DancingwithGhosts

    @DancingwithGhosts

    16 күн бұрын

    they seemed unamused and bored

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