Yeah except in 1999 you could go to Sam Goody or The Warehouse or whatever, and listen to the album in the store before buying, especially if it was a new release.

Personally, I was going to the public library and checking out it CDs from there.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There was also a market for used CDs back in the day so you could sell it and buy another

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The still a few stores around here in Portland trading CDs and vinyl

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Still is!

Discogs.com

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Napster was 99

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was talking those CDs from the library and loading them onto my Rio PMP

[–] MadBigote@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I used to go to Tower Records to listen to albums. Never bought a single cd.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

shout out to the Dalston Virgin for showing me the world of DJ Yoda

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