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Hello friends,
My problems are tiny and puny compared to those who are in a really dramatic situation, so I shall spare you the details of my tiny and puny problems. But one consequence is relevant enough to be mentioned. Lack of dough.
Without beating about the bush, a direct question (whether you're strapped for cash or not) - Where do you acquire your soundtrack releases? Now I know this has been done before, but I'm particularly interested in those European-based members who purchase with regularity.
To narrow the question down even further, I'd been looking forward to getting TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA ever since it was announced. For those who now have it, or have at least ordered it, where did you get it? My "local" soundtrack store has it on pre-order for 40 euros. It's too much for me. Obviously I'd need to bulk up the order with other titles so that the (thankfully reasonable) postage would make things worth it. But then we're talking 100 euros. Anyway, I'll leave that with you for now without further elaboration.
As I said at the outset, this is not life-threatening. To show you how non life-threatening it is, I've often said here that I wouldn't care if no other soundtracks were ever produced. I have enough to re-listen to for the rest of my days. But on the other hand I am capricious in these strange times and I want more soundtracks.
Right, that was that in a nutshell. Over to you. And feel free to complain a bit about your own lives. The thread title ("Woe Is ME") is all-inclusive, meaning YOU!
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Aug 6, 2020 - 5:12 AM
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Thor
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It's something we have touched on in various threads recently, in how the situation has become in terms of physical media, shipping costs, customs and -- for my own part -- dreadful exchange rates.
For my own part, I've basically stopped buying CDs. I have my 1000-ish CDs, as well as an iTunes collection of about twice that size, and as you say -- enough to last me a lifetime, really. These days, I sample new albums on Spotify, Youtube or digital promos that I am fortunate to receive. I'm not going to fork over $40-50 for an album, including shipping. For my meager, freelance income, that equals dinners for at least a week. Or a shitload of beers.
So what, then, when something I really, really must have gets released (let's say a premiere release of Williams' STORY OF A WOMAN)? Well, I'll do massive research about alternative venues to get it as cheaply as possible. Should all of that fail, I'll succumb and get it from the US retailer. But these situations are fortunately very, very rare.
I've come to accept that the days are over when I could buy something "on a whim" from overseas, for like $5, then pay something like $3-4 for shipping and get the whole shebang for at least half the price of what I pay in a Norwegian record store.
As a fellow 'poor man', I'm guessing people who buy dozens of soundtrack CDs (and LPs) every month not only have a steady income, but also live in the US where shipping is lower and they don't have to bother with lousy exchange rates. How a poor European man can cope with this, is as much a mystery to me as it is to you. It must be because they're down-prioritizing basically everything else save some basic amenities like food and water.
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There honestly is a good bit of happiness in going back to your well-stocked collection and getting into a title that's been set aside for a long time. Perfect example: I'm now playing THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. For you it'll be something else.
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For many, score collecting is like that itch that can never be scratched.
No matter how many you have, or how contented you are, with your soundtrack wealth, there is always that 'next great score' you must 'to have and to hold'.
I'm sure 99% of us should be able to crack on with the riches we already possess.
But NO, there is always that 'super duper' expanded edition, or 'uber premiere' release that MUST BE BOUGHT!!
You could Flog the Family Silver!
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That may be Thor, but you're missing out on quite an amount of fantastic music, by composer's you profess to love.
I'll never understand that mind set.
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I have come to understand Thor's collecting mentality as the years have gone by.
If you establish that the first release, regardless of time/format restraints, is the definitive issue, and that it ticks a box in your collection list, one could be happy with just that.
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