04-09-2011, 11:00
I think the interweb has made it much, much easier to avoid this.
For years I had to rely on magazine reviews for albums to buy, and then had to match this with what record stores had in stock. I know it's always been possible to order anything which wasn't stocked, but this was never an easy experience.
The net gives me a huge amount of resources to check out reviews from a multitude of sources, although i tend to rely heavily on AllMusic. The appearance of free, legal streaming sites now means any album can be auditioned before purchase, so I should never end up with any album I don't really like.
Can't think of many I've encountered where I really think they suck...
For years I had to rely on magazine reviews for albums to buy, and then had to match this with what record stores had in stock. I know it's always been possible to order anything which wasn't stocked, but this was never an easy experience.
The net gives me a huge amount of resources to check out reviews from a multitude of sources, although i tend to rely heavily on AllMusic. The appearance of free, legal streaming sites now means any album can be auditioned before purchase, so I should never end up with any album I don't really like.
Can't think of many I've encountered where I really think they suck...
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