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Is it possible to see UK-only originated stuff?
I'm looking to buy some music cassettes but shipping costs from the USA exceed the cassette price.
Ta.
We can close this thread now - Kryton57 has the only answer needed.
Don't think so, generally if you're wanting to buy a physical release and it's not in GBP then forget about it.
Most frustrating if you're wanting something from a UK band and Bandcamp wants to ship it from the US, they really could do with the ability to assign different distributors based on location.
Thanks teapot.
PSA.
On Friday Bandcamp are waiving their charge for hosting artists downloads. The artist will receive 100% of the purchase price. It’s midnight to midnight Pacific time.
Go support some up and coming artists.
In the absence of a new thread, what do you recommend ? Artists to listen to, tell me what you like please because I want to stop using Spotify et al
For me pretty much:
Anything on deep medi
Anything on high focus
a great label if you like electronic stuff.
all monies go to Macmillan cancer support.
Martin is a great guy and has raised over 100k so far
https://touched.bandcamp.com/
Yeah, cos we've NEVER heard that joke before!
You could try either contacting the artist/label to see if they will be releasing the item in the UK - alternatively look on Norman Records who import loads of physical media (not all though)
Or, just buy the MP3s and put em onto a bloank cassette if you really must have em on tape 🙂
I listen to metal and have generally found that much of the stuff on band camp can be found on eBay through German distributors. That said it isn't supporting the artists in the same way.
I am fan of bandcamp because it supports the artists, there are some very collectable limited releases for the collectors as well.
I bought this for the release price and has sold for £270 on discogs. Mine is in mint condition because you usually get the digital release meaning the vinyl rarely gets played :
https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/4025606?ev=rb
I have plenty of others that are now worth multiples of the release price.
I am fan of bandcamp because it supports the artists,
Especially on first friday of the month where they waive the fees and give it all to the artists.
I'd love to know what algorithm Bandcamp recommendations use. Sometimes very interesting stuff pops up, sometimes stuff on a similar label, other times absolutely no connection exists and you'd swear it's done random.
The BC page for my lot's last record suggests Messer Chups if you want something similar. MC are great, but I cannot figure out our connection to Russian zombie surf rock.
I bought this for the release price and has sold for £270 on discogs. Mine is in mint condition because you usually get the digital release meaning the vinyl rarely gets played :
Which is bloody mad, cos the digital release on it’s own is £6! If I buy vinyl its to keep and play, not sell for a profit. Its like my kid buys trainers, just because he can sell them on for more money. Bizarre world.
A lot of obscure artists on there that aren't on the other platforms, think of the stuff used on Sprung. Still holes in the library but it's a great platform.
Which is bloody mad, cos the digital release on it’s own is £6! If I buy vinyl its to keep and play, not sell for a profit. Its like my kid buys trainers, just because he can sell them on for more money. Bizarre world.
I would like to add Bez that I won't sell it. Although I choose to listen to the mp3s over vinyl sometimes. My vinyl collection will always be cherished and I still play lots of it but the MP3 releases very often don't get played much (or at all).