Jared wrote: Two weeks ago, I popped into the Salvation Army charity shop (which believe me, NEVER has anything worth while in the CD basket), and was most suprised to find no fewer than 7 high quality 20th Century CM CDs, sat next to each other, marked at 50p each....
Not being especially into 20th Cent material, I must admit I was very much in two minds as to what I should do... buy them, give them a listen through a couple of times for the experience and make a profit on ebay, or leave them there for another enthusiast. I hummed and arrrh'ed about it for a little while, thinking a purchase would be selfish... before eventually buying them, for effectively the price of a pint.
At that price I would always be selfish and grab them LOL!!!
Like I say, this has surprised me quite considerably and has taught me to keep more of an open mind in the future... I might not build up an extensive collection of 20th century material, but some of the CDs I will be listing in the 'Recent Purchases' thread have gobe some way toward breaking down a psychological barrier...
What you say echoes my own feelings and experience in this genre Jared. I think that you very much did the right thing by buying them. This can be a difficult sound world to enter into but it can also be quite rewarding as you have already seen.
