I was sitting here thinking last night (SWMBO says "that's unusual" 
), and considering my recent music purchases, and why I had got them. I came up with various reasons including :
1. Heard it on the car radio and I or SWMBO decided we ought to have a copy
2. Got a hankering to listen to an old tune, and found I didn't actually have a copy
3. One of my LP 'rips' had severe surface noise, and scratches (That's what you get for loaning out LPs), so I bought a used CD copy.
4. 'Completism' - which usually applies to classical music and investigation of other works by a known composer
5. A desire to hear the original version of some well-known piece. The most recent example of this was me purchasing a Klaatu CD to hear their version of 'Calling occupants of interplanetary craft'
Why do other people buy?
Posted on: 10 May 2013 by EAROTICA
Hello there,
It's so easy to buy now. In between jobs I sit in my van having lunch or waiting for the customer to turn up looking at YouTube on my phone and hearing what people here suggest and I end up spending loads. Today I've bought 4 Blu rays, 3 CDs and 1 vinyl. As a heads up blockbuster are selling 4 Blu rays for £15 new. I think it ends today though.
Posted on: 10 May 2013 by Dungassin
Originally Posted by EAROTICA:
Hello there, It's so easy to buy now. In between jobs I sit in my van having lunch or waiting for the customer to turn up looking at YouTube on my phone and hearing what people here suggest and I end up spending loads. Today I've bought 4 Blu rays, 3 CDs and 1 vinyl. As a heads up blockbuster are selling 4 Blu rays for £15 new. I think it ends today though.
I sometimes browse the Amazon recommendations on my 'home page' there. Can occasionally be expensive. 
Posted on: 10 May 2013 by Bruce Woodhouse
I am often review-lead. I read them in my newspaper, on Pitchfork and check out new album streams on NPR First Listen and the All Songs Podcast. Generally now I will have listened to at least part of the album online before purchase. Bandcamp (my music find of the year) is proving a fertile hunting ground. I love year-end lists and this Forum has definitely sold me some records.
I have two main drivers I think; a loyalty to artists I like already is one but the bigger one is curiosity. I really get the 'if you like this then try this' approach and it often leads me to new music and occasionally the odd new genre.
I would gues that about half of the music I buy is new, not just a new release but a new artist to me.
I rarely buy re-masters and have no completist tendencies!
Bruce
Posted on: 10 May 2013 by Bert Schurink
For me multiple reasons:
1. My favourite artists - usally blind buys, with a little listening in;
2. explore further by bought buy, sometimes combined with extensive listening via spotify (I have a long wish list with Amazon :-))
3. explore in this forum or by reviews online or in magazines - combined with some listening experiences
4. completism (I have to admit)
5. visits to specialized CD shops with combined listening
6. stupid impulse buys....
Conclusion I am not always that proud of myself and I am getting more and more concerned by the innability of listening to it all.....
