New and second hand dealers are listed here with links. Most have on line ordering.
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MP3 |
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As a system it can give an approximation to CD type sound. If you are greedy and sample a too low a rate well you get audio crap, not music at all. Classical music or any orchestral backing tends to show errors most easily, but a lot of the chart stuff has little to lose in the first place! Recently, comments on teletext show that MP3.com is a source for music from unsigned bands. This IS a good idea on all counts. UK radio is very poor at airing new material. |
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Napster R.I.P? |
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The free music system has stirred the corporates into action! I have used it to get hold of deleted tracks and to hear new bands. As a source for album "file sharing" it is really a non - starter at the current state of technology and clearly unfair to the artists. |
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I have not, as yet checked out all these dealers. Since I am UK based, I use credit via Mastercard or Visa on most occasions. I most strongly recommend you check that ANY site you use has a https SECURE ordering page! Better site security is being introduced. |
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Music site open to new bands and artists. |
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Market flotation 2001? |
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Dealers on the Web
Most dealers today have a website. This listing shows firms I have dealt with at some time. There is no particular order here. Many are UK based, but Visa and Mastercard will cope at the exchange rate current when you deal. Shipping charges may be relatively high.
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May I refer you also to the recordings page. The search websites there have access to a very wide selection of dealers. |
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Deal in Promo and display material as a specialism. |
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Weekly new stock updates from Opal are very useful! |
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Promo and overseas releases. Specialist dealer |
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You can get a regular weekly update from this dealer. Very useful. |
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Action Records |
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Stock promo and early single releases. Prices are not low, but rarity is a factor! |
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Major catalogue here. |
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Currently (see NME) has a sale in progress. (Feb 14th) |
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Leeds UK based dealer The emphasis is on vinyl, but CDs are also listed. |
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Group posters by the thousand here. They have some rarer items too. |
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Manchester Shop. You won't get deafened here, and may indeed actually buy what's being played! The staff have good specialist knowledge and cover a wide range of music.UK Based. |
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The shop floor has been rearranged and has well defined sections, ranging from Classic Rock to Avant Garde experimental.(The commercial chart stuff seems to have been elbowed out!) Unlike other dealers, they also stock vinyl, with special releases aimed at the DJ (Mixdesk variety) market. You can hear before you buy too on individual headsets. They can also import for you (I got the OLP CD there) |
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Independent label. They have a monthly limited edition singles club. UK based |
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Monthly magazine, not a dealer. Now with its own trading websites. You can find almost any disc here. International dealers too. |
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Specialist Record collecting website. You can register as a dealer yourself here. Details later |
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Sixties and seventies specialists in the reissue market. 180 gm Vinyl albums, singles and CDs. |
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A wide range of musical genres at reasonable prices. (Sterling billing) |
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Cd Universe |
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Second Hand dealer on the Web. They may have that older deleted CD you missed out on. |
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Absolutely nothing to do with the US government building of the same name! |
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Coming Soon. Bills Records and tapes DALLAS Texas |
New US website - er possibly! |
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Aussie site. Wonder if they have Avalanches releases? They have web order facilities. |
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Whammo is Australian, but accepts usual cards. |
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