I will never stop loving mix-tapes or mix-cds which have been lovingly crafted by a friend and shared to me. There is something very deep in finding songs and tying them together with a thread of a message or theming.
I miss the days of Sellanby when I was at college and school. They bought and sold second-hand records and CDs and I would always find something I liked whenever I was there.
FWIW I don't do music streaming services and rather have it on my own music server I can access from anywhere, anytime. It is why I am happy to buy CDs and physical albums and rip them for my own consumption.
Thanks for sharing, Olivia. Really appreciate all your work.
I mentioned that I only really joined Spotify when I joined Substack. I have an iTunes library, but more importantly, I still bought CDs. As in, every time I went out of the Philippines—because most of our record stores are predictable and bland—I would go to a record store and buy CDs.
And then those record stores disappeared, and those that I could still go to wouldn't have what I have. Still frustrated the one I go to in Hong Kong does not carry the Olivia Dean album... on CD. Everything I want is in vinyl now! Ugh.
I will never stop loving mix-tapes or mix-cds which have been lovingly crafted by a friend and shared to me. There is something very deep in finding songs and tying them together with a thread of a message or theming.
I miss the days of Sellanby when I was at college and school. They bought and sold second-hand records and CDs and I would always find something I liked whenever I was there.
https://britishrecordshoparchive.org/shops/sellanby/
FWIW I don't do music streaming services and rather have it on my own music server I can access from anywhere, anytime. It is why I am happy to buy CDs and physical albums and rip them for my own consumption.
Thanks for sharing, Olivia. Really appreciate all your work.
I mentioned that I only really joined Spotify when I joined Substack. I have an iTunes library, but more importantly, I still bought CDs. As in, every time I went out of the Philippines—because most of our record stores are predictable and bland—I would go to a record store and buy CDs.
And then those record stores disappeared, and those that I could still go to wouldn't have what I have. Still frustrated the one I go to in Hong Kong does not carry the Olivia Dean album... on CD. Everything I want is in vinyl now! Ugh.