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i never went to some guy's house to listen to the whoever album, most of the time, i was the only one excited about a release and, chances were, i found about an album (especially if they were good, different and underground) like a year or two afterwards.
also, back in the day, radio stations used to broadcast entire albums as they were or just before they were released; i listened to the fat of the land by prodigy on the radio like a month before it came out.
my job kinda prevents me from having to wait until i get the album and can listen to it, but that's not so bad. recently, when i downloaded excellent italian greyhound i kinda thought "well, it took them 7 years, would it kill me to wait until i got the album from mailorder?" but i gave in and listened to the leaked version; then, weeks later, i got the vinyl on the mail, then got my turntable fixed and i listened to it and it was just as awesome as hearing it for the first time, it was like if i had listened to a radio broadcast and now i finally had it and i paid more attention to it than before...hell!! i had been listening to my mp3s of mirrored for like 2 months but it was an amazing experience to finally listen to it on vinyl, it sounded more of it and more like it.
also, leaked albums have helped me a lot, if i hadn't heard the leaked version of flaming lips' at war with the mystics and heard it a bunch of time to finally get it, i would have bought it and toss it into the garbage.
albums i bought the day they came out:
pantera - the great southern trendkill
metallica - load
nine inch nails - the day the world went away single (wanted to buy the fragile the day it came out but since it was a double it was ultra expensive)
i think that's all.
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