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Your local library

For most this won't be of any suprise,but recently I got my first library card. I am completely amazed at the vast collection of music CD's I can borrow from the library. Probably 90 percent of the recommended recordings I have read about on Audiogon are available at my local libraries. I can take out 25 at a time and keep them for 3 weeks. I'm sure this is old news to most,but for those who haven't utilized their library system-give it a try.
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kchahoc
85 posts
 
Stop giving all the great secrets away. If people start going to libraries, then they might start reading. God only knows how bad a little education is. SHHHHHHHHHH!

Sarcasm aside, some of the better libraries to find good vinyl (and hardy used) are the libraries of colleges and universities with established music programs.

And there is nothing like reading a great book listing to great music.
aroc
760 posts
 
When I got my first CD player in middle school, I couldn't afford CDs, so I borrowed them from the library. My library borrowing habits nowadays tend to be Jazz (since I am least familiar with it), obscure classical and lots of opera. Sometimes you have to clean the cd, use some polycarbonate scratch removers, and run the disc through the Skip Doctor buffing wheel so they won't skip. I figure I'm doing the library a favor!
couvajazz
45 posts
 
Great suggestion. I have found my local library a great resource for trying out unfamiliar stuff, be it an artiste or genre of music.
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
And every one can be copied.....
Death to the RIAA!!!
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