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Matt · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:31 am Post subject: Top 5 Music Bargains

Inspired by the 25-track Kinks Singles collection I've just taken a punt on from iTunes, what's the top 5 music bargains in your collection? The Kinks one is £4.74 on iTunes, at the moment.

The Kinks - Singles Collection

*I like the song on the Sony Ericsson advert, so decided to get a best of to test the water

The Sparks - Mael Intuition 74-76

*20 Tracks, less than £6 on iTunes

The Smiths - The Very Best of the Smiths.

*Another under £6 on there

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

*I'd liked his popular stuff for a few years before I got this for £3.99
in HMV, but this is where it took hold, albeit about a year later I
bought it when I finally got into it

Nirvana - Best Of

*This was about £7 when CDs weren't so cheap and I was finally
able to get into them a good 10 years after the zeitgeist ended
with his death.

Honorable mentions, all £5 or less

Interpol - Antics and Our Love To Admire
Lou Reed - Transformer
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express and The Man Machine
The Specials - The Specials Singles

These cheap CD prices, especially those at Zavvi and from the iTMS have allowed me to expand my collection much further than it had been before.
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franki68 · Petrolhead Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 2382

bittorrent or limewire,everything free.

(not that I endorse illegal downloading or partake in it of course)

DarthBalls · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:30 am Post subject:

Tanto Nero Tutti Funky - a classic selection of funk, soul, RnB tracks that were heavily sampled by hip-hop artists put together by an Italian label (hence the title) that I got for £3 in Fopp about 15 years ago.

Disco Daze - another £3 CD of disco and funk hits that I got in Tower Records, Glasgow about the same time as the one above.

Unlaced - another cheapie from Fopp (£4) - Dr Martens sponsored early to late 1990s indie compilation that is like the playlist of any indie night of the time: Blur, Pulp, New Order, James, Cracker, MSPs, Radiohead, Charlatans, Primal Scream, Levellers, etc, etc.

I also got Ice-T's Power and Run DMC's Raising Hell for on vinyl for £3 each from Fopp about 15 years ago too.

I've also got loads of vinyl singles from various second hand shops, some of which are quite rare and worth a lot more than I paid (often about 50p each).
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