Music from The Boss- digital and otherwise

Just when you think you had something figured out, the economy throws you a curve ball.

Case in point: music. Specifically, digital music.

Like many folks of my generation, I have music on cassette or LP that I do not have a digital copy of. This leaves me a few options. I can try to find it on the resale market, or I can bite the bullet and purchase a digital copy.

I've gotten lucky on the resale market occasionally. However, when I'm in search of a specific album, I often hit the digital catalogs. Case in point:

Darkness On The Edge Of Town, by Bruce Springsteen.

I once had a manager (at Schaak Electronics, in the Brickyard Mall in Chicago) named Mike who was a HYUGE fan of The Boss.  Me... not so much. I've never been much of a fan of celebrities who espouse causes, and Bruce happens to be one of those. But... the guy has made some great music. Darkness On The Edge Of Town and Born To Run are probably his best albums (IMHO), and they deserve a place in any rock music collection. Born To Run is probably the "better", more "hit-worthy" of the two, but Darkness has an honest, less polished, raw quality, which is surprising as it came out after Born To Run. However, I digress.

I had some money in my Google Play account and I thought this would be a good thing to use it on. For $8.99 (USD) I could buy the MP3 from Google, or $9.99 from Amazon. However...

For $6.99, I could get the CD from Amazon, and because I have a Prime membership, I got the MP3 version for free. Born To Run cost me a bit more, and did not have the download option, but I'm pretty much set as far as classic Bruce Springsteen essentials go.

When I'm not buying music on Amazon or Google Play, I like to visit our local Goodwill store. Its a fantastic place to fill holes in one's music collection, if you don't mind wading through absolute chaos- a CD typically sells for a dollar.

That's all for now. To all of my readers in the U.S.A., have a happy and safe 4th. I hope to do some data entry and database work this weekend- with any luck, I should have some speeds and feeds to report soon!

As always, I am hochspeyer, blogging data analysis and management so you don't have to.