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Posts: 20
Joined: Jun. 28 2011
From: British Columbia, Canada
Curious about where everyone gets th...
The town that I live in only has one music store that isn't a chain store, and it specializes in classic rock. And of course the chain stores specialize in whatever makes money.
I was wondering where/how everyone acquires the flamenco music they listen to? Do you live somewhere that has stores that sell flamenco albums? Do you buy online? Do you download?
Posts: 598
Joined: Feb. 9 2007
From: Paris, France
RE: Curious about where everyone get... (in reply to ecross)
I usually buy from www.flamenco-world.com They have a wide selection of things but lately their service has become very slow... I was in Madrid and I went to the Flamenco Vive shop which also had a great selection of everything flamenco. I do not know about the speed of their online service however.
Posts: 1812
Joined: Nov. 8 2010
From: London (living in the Bay Area)
RE: Curious about where everyone get... (in reply to ecross)
I get a great deal of stuff from Amazon. I have an Amazon credit card and I use it for everything, paying the whole sum off each month at the end of the grace period so that there are no charges. That way I get 1¢ in brownie points for each $1 spent, and it mounts up, enough to pay for most of the new music I want.
For more arcane stuff, I use Flamenco Connection. As someone else said, they are very reliable, although not as cheap as Amazon.
Incidentally, did you know that Saura’s Flamenco has been re-released in Spain with 5.1 and DTS surround sound? It also has Spanish subtitles, so you can get the lyrics of all the songs if your Spanish isn’t so hot.
I got that from esflamenco.com (I have a multi-region DVD player); I've found them very reliable, too.
After the various comments I’ve seen about Flamenco World, I’m avoiding them.
Posts: 407
Joined: May 26 2010
From: Sarpsborg,Norway
RE: Curious about where everyone get... (in reply to ecross)
I bet you can get alot over the web, and some cd stores can order for you.
I just bought a big pile of cd's when i was in spain this summer, i found everything i have now there, except a Paco de Lucia collection, wich i got online.
I bought dvds there too..
I guess going on vacation to buy cd's is a very expensie way to do it though, but i would recommend it!
RE: Curious about where everyone get... (in reply to ecross)
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the most obvious way is illegal downloading
I'll do some downloading from time to time. But I prefer to buy CDs from locally owned shops. I'll do this once a week or so. (Bought a disc of palmas/cajon on various compas)
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