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Title: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: Lorax on July 24, 2010, 05:08:04 PM
Back when I was a youngster there were several places where could buy music--Soundwarehouse, Startship, ect. 

Are there any left where there is a really good selection?  If there are none left, of what is available, which ones are recommended?

Not looking for any specific genre, but a place where have all genres. 

Thanks
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: AngieB on July 24, 2010, 09:33:38 PM
Someplace like Starship....hmmmm....perhaps Starship?
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: godboko71 on July 24, 2010, 09:59:10 PM
Starship Records & Tapes
1241 South Lewis Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74104-4210
(918) 583-0638
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: Lorax on July 24, 2010, 10:27:40 PM
Thanks.  I was not aware they had moved.  Thought they had just closed the doors at the old building and went out of business.
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: Hoss on July 24, 2010, 11:16:01 PM
Quote from: Lorax on July 24, 2010, 10:27:40 PM
Thanks.  I was not aware they had moved.  Thought they had just closed the doors at the old building and went out of business.

You can thank the University of Tulsa for the move...
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: wagebo on July 25, 2010, 03:39:51 PM
Starship has a fairly decent selection but they make it the biggest pain in the but to browse.  I like to look at my albums and hold them before purchase.  I also hate having to find someone to unlock the cases.
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: bugo on July 25, 2010, 05:56:09 PM
I know you said "brick and mortar" but the best place to buy CDs is amazon.com.  The selection is better than pretty much any record store in the country.  If you don't mind not having the physical CD, then itunes is a good alternative.  Then again there are the torrent sites.....
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: nathanm on July 25, 2010, 06:44:03 PM
Quote from: bugo on July 25, 2010, 05:56:09 PM
If you don't mind not having the physical CD, then itunesAmazon MP3 is a good alternative.
The iTunes software for Windows has got to be one of the worst applications ever written.
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: bugo on July 25, 2010, 07:02:46 PM
Quote from: nathanm on July 25, 2010, 06:44:03 PM
The iTunes software for Windows has got to be one of the worst applications ever written.

I use it and haven't had any major problems with it.  What is it about it that you don't like?  And for the record, I'm far from an Apple fanboi.  My iPod is the only Apple product I own, and it will probably be the only one.  I didn't even pay for it, it was a gift.
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: nathanm on July 25, 2010, 07:49:54 PM
Quote from: bugo on July 25, 2010, 07:02:46 PM
I use it and haven't had any major problems with it.  What is it about it that you don't like?  And for the record, I'm far from an Apple fanboi.  My iPod is the only Apple product I own, and it will probably be the only one.  I didn't even pay for it, it was a gift.
Try using it on an older machine sometime. And it only runs on Windows and OSX. :P

iPods are pretty nice. I used to have a 60GB 4G before the hard drive died. Since then, I've just used my cell phones. Since 2006 or 7, most of 'em have passable media capabilities and it saves room in my pocket. My latest has 32GB of built-in flash memory and I have a 16GB memory card in it. The music player does what I need it to do and it's got an FM transmitter, which is handy.

As a plain portable music player, I'd take an iPod Classic over anything. Still wouldn't use iTunes with it, though.  ;D
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: bugo on July 25, 2010, 08:43:38 PM
Quote from: nathanm on July 25, 2010, 07:49:54 PM
Try using it on an older machine sometime. And it only runs on Windows and OSX. :P

Ah, that makes sense.  My computer is about 3 months old.
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iPods are pretty nice. I used to have a 60GB 4G before the hard drive died. Since then, I've just used my cell phones. Since 2006 or 7, most of 'em have passable media capabilities and it saves room in my pocket. My latest has 32GB of built-in flash memory and I have a 16GB memory card in it. The music player does what I need it to do and it's got an FM transmitter, which is handy.

As a plain portable music player, I'd take an iPod Classic over anything. Still wouldn't use iTunes with it, though.  ;D

How do you copy music to your iPod without using iTunes?
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: Hoss on July 25, 2010, 09:45:45 PM
Quote from: nathanm on July 25, 2010, 06:44:03 PM
The iTunes software for Windows has got to be one of the worst applications ever written.

+ eleventy billion.

Apple has always made pretty good hardware, but this software sucks out loud.  I avoid it..only reason I use it is for backing up my iPhone.
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: Hoss on July 25, 2010, 09:48:09 PM
Quote from: bugo on July 25, 2010, 08:43:38 PM
Ah, that makes sense.  My computer is about 3 months old.
How do you copy music to your iPod without using iTunes?

You know, I put that very question into Google, and found a bunch of hits...starting with this one!

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-ways-to-sync-music-to-your-iphone-without-itunes/
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: sgrizzle on July 26, 2010, 07:09:16 AM
I like Amazon better than iTunes, but I really have never had a problem with iTunes other than I miss Winamp's on-the-fly playlists and ability to "enqueue" songs.
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: buckeye on July 27, 2010, 03:14:24 PM
iTunes is so very un-Apple like.  It's a bloated mess with a counter intuitive, inconsistent interface.

Tagging goes pretty smoothly, though.
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: dbacks fan on July 27, 2010, 03:45:24 PM
Here is a place in the valley that I go to frequently because of the selection and prices and now I see that you can order online and they will ship it to you. I have done alot of business with them and have never had a problem.

http://www.ziarecords.com/ (http://www.ziarecords.com/)

Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: Nik on July 28, 2010, 12:55:11 PM
Is Under the Mooch still around?
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: TURobY on July 28, 2010, 01:07:43 PM
Quote from: Nik on July 28, 2010, 12:55:11 PM
Is Under the Mooch still around?
No.  They closed a few months back.
Title: Re: Where can I buy music and CDs? Are there any "mortor and brick" stores?
Post by: Conan71 on July 28, 2010, 04:30:23 PM
Don't forget Vintage Stock, multiple locations around Tulsa.  CD's, Vinyl, and *gasp* cassettes.  They even have games for obsolete home video game systems.