My most recent finds, of which most were only a dollar. Someone who was moving, took his entire collection in to this small thrift that my friend pointed me to. All of his many discs were pristine, and often had the receipt in the booklet. He paid full-price for these back in the day! What a nightmare, having to give away all of a collection like that!

Some of these were gifts from a friend. It is good to have friends like that!

It is always a lot of work when I buy these, as I have to clean them, rip them into my iTunes/Music, make sure that they tracks are consistent with my naming standards, Photoshop the covers, and then file the discs into my library. Back in 2009, I went for a few months just buying digital releases, but when I really liked an album, I just didn’t feel good not having a physical copy. It’s kind of my way of an album “Going Gold” in my world. And, I actually own something tangible. Digital is very convenient, though, and definitely doesn’t take up any room, but at the same time, you can’t buy good albums for a dollar. And, digital disappears if one doesn’t pay his subscription, or internet bill, or whatever else that can happen. Just go with what works for you, I’m not against digital, it is just nice to actually own it in reality, and not just virtually.

It has been a long time since I’ve come across this many discs at a thrift. They are usually very much picked through, or I have what is there already.

It’s sad when I find a nice disc like this, that has been sitting in its wrapper for a quarter of a century, totally unappreciated. Was it a gift that someone didn’t like? Cost me one dollar, I’m ripping it into my iTunes/Music on my Mac Mini right now.