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Originally Posted by Glice

Depends on the music. With the experimental stuff, I buy it on the strength of reviews, and then listen to it until it makes sense. For instance, I found it quite difficult to get Feldman for a long time, but I knew he was a very important figure in 20th Century Avant-garde, so I listened to it more than I would an album I like, until it 'clicked'.

With stuff that doesn't really fit into 'intellectual' music (although this is a horrible category) I generally download one or two tracks and buy the album if I them. Recently, this happened with Xasthur.

With bands I already have albums by, I buy it without worrying about its quality - The Fall have yet to make an album I can truly say I don't like; SY less so, but I buy their albums any way.

A lot of stuff I just download whole albums in lieu of being able to find a hard copy - until recently this was true of the SY ep, and remains true for a lot of the more obscure stuff (early Nurse With Wound albums etc). I should add that given the option of downloading and owning the album, I always, without fail, opt for the latter.

Realistically, when I have more money, I will definitely spend more time online shopping for the obscurities I convince myself I need, but I far prefer finding them in record stores/ record fairs, and will always buy the Vinyl before the CD, and I hope to never have to buy Mp3's.

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