Site for reasonably priced CDs

Whats a reasonably priced CD nowdays??

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NB

Quincy,
You could also try passing cd queries via Kelkoo.com

Regards

Chris

Now it might just be me and I'm not sure why this would be but I have bought some Cds from CD WOW recently (nine quid a pop and made in the Far East)and the quality of sound doesn't seem quite there. I bought Suede's album which sounds quite thin, the Charlatans Live (which I suspect is just lousy recording), the Libertines (ditto) but I duplicated a Nancy Griffith album which I also bought here (I forgot I'd ordered it!) and the difference is quite noticeable).

Of course if anyone has UK versions of the others and confirms that their just poor quality, fine. I'm just not sure about buying any more.

I have purchased quite a few from cd-wow over the last couple of years,don't recall having any quality issues,but then again I must admit that I have never compared any direct with a known "good" pressing.

I suspect that they source globally,most of the cd's I ordered arrived from Hong kong or Germany.


p.s. Any one else being told by their "significant others" not to buy any records/cd's till after christmas ?.....must leave that list of mine in a more prominant place :-)

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Chris

CD Wow only really do the top40 albums. For anything else try www.play.com I am really impressed by this company, they seem to sell a wide range of stuff at good prices with free delivery. Very fast as well.

"Any one else being told by their "significant others" not to buy any records/cd's till after christmas ?"

Not had any problems with CD-WOW but the range is very limited.

I'd second the vote for Play.com good for R2 DVD's as well.

Slightly more expensive but with a much wider range try tesco, they claim to stock every currently available CD.

Mrs Seagull asked whether I was happy JUST getting CD's! (plus a few DVD's - Python and the first series of The Office and the Young Ones )

p.s. The Henry Fool CD is currently holding up my order from Amazon

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Slightly more expensive but with a much wider range try tesco, they claim to stock every currently available CD.

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Seagull,

You're a complete bastard. I'm astonished by your flagrant disregard for my bank balance. Your callous and thoughtless recommendation is going to be painful....

Just checked out some notoriously difficult items to source over here (Gov't Mule, In The Nursery, Les Jumeaux) - they all seem to be available in either 24 hours or pretty soon and cheap! I'd completely ignored Tesco's. Now I have no excuse.

some of your suggestions have cost me too! (especially the PT News and various TW riders threads amongst others!)

We obviously share some dubious tastes in music (VdGG, Caravan, Hillage to name but three) and I'm currently filling up huge holes in my music collection so this will probably hurt me more than it hurts you in the long run

Discs made across the pond virtually always, sound better than the EU equivalent to me and my local Hi-Fi buddies.

www.absound.ca is excellent and still good v.f.m.

www.cdnow.com is my favourite USA site.

I use them both, regularly. Received 2 full price new albums today from A&B at $40.00 (inc p&p) (£16 ish).

Word of warning: To ensure that you don't get stung for import duties and VAT, the value of the goods only, must not exceed £18.00 That normally means 2 discs per order, which is cost effective for postage charges.

Excellent service, I find. But they only really do Top 40 plus "The Best of Dave Brubeck".

Thomas

I thought I would try "the every available CD" claim with The Fine Art Of Self Destruction by Jesse Malin not mainstream and not too obscure. Yes in stock but at £10.84! even HMV only get up to £9.99 and Amazon have it at £7.99. (Amaz are doing free delivery in the UK for £40 plus orders 'til 21/12)

The best site I have found for a broad range of independent labels in the States is cdstreet.com. Lots of samples to download in case the unfamiliarity of names is too scary and a real eclectic mix. cds arrived within a week with no VAT which my postman never bothers to collect.

It ain't bad here,quite a bit in the £5.99 section aswell
http://www.101cd.com/home/index.asp?asptnr=9627

Another vote for 101cd. They have a pretty impressive range as far as I can tell.

Them seemed cheaper then Tesco's just now, and have a good selection on imports as well.

Had quality problems with cdwow (U2) but then the I suspect that recording quality of that album is dire anyway!

CD universe is ok as well (US based) and CDnow is reasonable.

Still to discover a good site for classical music in the UK, Crochet is ok but expensive.

Matthew

Try www.half.com. You will be dealing with individual sellers, but the price is generally right, and you can compare the different prices offered by different sellers.

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Originally posted by Matthew T:...Still to discover a good site for classical music in the UK, Crochet is ok but expensive.

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Thanks for sending me to a good place for my mum's xmas pressie www.crochet.co.uk :-) I can get myself something from www.crotchet.co.uk with a minimum of extra typing.

SteveC ;-)

Thanks for the clarification. Fascinating site though, I'm sure you'd agree!

Matthew