i think i just like the idea of owning sets of things, so i end up buying stuff from labels i like a lot simply because i want to have that continuity. like the uninterrupted run of #s, the consistency of the packaging and presentation are impt to me
i also find its a good way for me to hear new things, or stuff that i wouldnt otherwise hear
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Saturday, 31 December 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
<pvmic> i regularly buy stuff from friends' labels whose tastes coincide with mine </pvmic> Outside of that, I respond favorably and will buy blind from bargain bins records on Skin Graft, ESP, Important, Cuneiform, and FMP (there are probably a few others I'm forgetting)
― sarahel, Saturday, 31 December 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
^^ oh and Lovely Music
These days I operate under the principle of "If I find it in the CD dollar bin in Amoeba and it's on a label I've heard of and like I'll give it a go."
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 1 January 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 2 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
interested in what labels you check out regularly lamp
― judith, Monday, 2 January 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
I'm always blindly buying records largely based on what label and what year, or an interesting cover. Right now I'm buying anything on the Pulsar label, though the catalog is small. I'm still filling in blanks in Takoma, ESP, Black jazz, Stax, Light's custom, and so many others. Many labels used certain studio musicians and that's how I find most of the music I like. Granted I haven't bought music made after the 80's in a few years so.
― JacobSanders, Monday, 2 January 2012 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
I'm interested in hearing anything on Finders Keepers, Soul Jazz, Thrill Jockey, Southern Lord, Profound Lore, Editions Mego, Ipecac, Rise Above, Southern/Latitudes, Fysisk Format.
― Doran, Monday, 2 January 2012 12:06 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link