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Originally Posted by ashalan
What I liked 'best' about that shift was how records out of nowhere became 50% more expensive here and never returned to the price they were before.
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I normally favor classical music, with a bit of jazz and other similar genre. One effect of the digital shift on the industry was that, while the prices stayed rather high, the access to second and third-rate recordings vastly increased. On LPs, you could always get the great orchestra's recordings, but if you wanted smaller or regional performers, they weren't always available.
In my home town, the Seattle Symphony would never have been able to record as much on LPs. On CDs, they have a rather large catalog. Similarly, I found a lot of recordings of more obscure music by good quality but lesser-known orchestras from Eastern Europe. My personal list of "must have standards" increased in several ways.
So, I can say I've bought MUCH more music on CD that I ever contemplated on LPs.