It’s intermittently not working for me - weird!
For any Sublime members TFF Songs from the Big Chair is £3.49!
Individual labels must specify whether there’s any extra Sublime discount allowed - some labels offer none and the non-Sublime price is cheaper, some a couple of % only over the standard hi-res offer, whereas Universal seem to allow an extra 50% on some titles off the offer price.
As usual searching out the bargains and ones you haven’t got is the problem.
We could almost do with a separate Qobuz fest standout bargain thread!
I have found universal to be the best bargains in the stuff I like. I bought:
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Cream Disraeli Gears 24/192 £10.99 down from £20.99
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Nick Drake – Pink Moon & Bryter Later, both £10.49 down from £17.49
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REM – Fables of the Reconstruction 24/192 £10.49 down from £17.49
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Karajan doing Bartok spooky music from the Shining - £7.99 (only £1 off this one)
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Berliner Philharmoniker - Herbert von Karajan Rimsky-Korsakov : Scheherazade £7.99 down from £14.99
Others that are good bargains but I have got them already:
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Live At Leeds (Deluxe Edition) - £10.99 down from £20.99. This is the 2014 24/96 master, which has the songs in the right order and extra banter. AFAIK it’s the complete show. Oh yes
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Other Who records look like good bargains as well. Quadrophenia is half price
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Underworld – Dubnobasswithmyheadman £6.99 down from £15.49 – 2014 reconstruction 24/96. Best discount I found apart from Tears for Fears
I haven’t found much of interest in the 80% off section and I don’t know what those BNF records are. It looks like the bulk of offers in terms of volume are in this section.
I suppose it could be argued that the starting prices are a bit much but most of the expensive ones are top names, so this is an opportunity to get them at a reasonable price.
BTW if you want to get the two Joy Division records (Unknown Pleasures and Closer) in their new masters, Juno Download is considerably cheaper than Qobuz. Juno want about £8-9 each. I bought them yesterday as well.
I have also bought a pallet of tinned spaghetti hoops because that is all I can afford to eat for the next month!
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Made my downloads today - close to 90 albums with 83 from the action. Made especially my collection of Cyprien Katsaris more complete, but also some interesting ones in the section of jazz.
Will later or tomorrow also have a look at the Hyperion Records stuff - some things to get also from there…
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The Qobuz sale was a good shout. Thanks for that heads up ( @alley_cat & @SJT, I think it was) 
On a quick run through, I picked up Marillion’s FEAR and Boubacar Traore’s Mariama for seven quid total. Will probably go back for a detailed run through (I do need a complete set of Schubert symphonies…)
Fortunately, we’d already bought the tins of Spaghetti, last month!
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F.E.A.R. is an utter bargain - I’m not so keen on the first couple of tracks but it really gets so much better thereafter.
If you enjoy it I’d highly recommend the Albert Hall concert on BluRay or iTunes if you have an AppleTV (All one tonight). I personally think the concert video audio sounds considerably better than the actual album!
In the Qobuz sale Hi Res £10 - stunning album in terms of production and song selection - Her cover of the obscure Jimi Hendrix song Drifting with Marc Ribot on guitar is brilliant. She also includes songs from Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Joni and Fairport selecting some unusual ones.
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Be sure to remember that Bandcamp are continuing their popular artist Fridays where 100% of the price goes to the artist (or label as it may be). Lots of specials that labels/artists are doing for that day as well, but imo it’s the right thing to do, discount or no discount. Next one is the 7th.
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I bought a few things from Bandcamp many years years ago but my login no longer works - wonder if they changed at some point or if is a GDPR related thing.
I have seen her life with this music, and absolute stunning performer.
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Me too. Last year in France - a wonderful singer and such a nice person.
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Thanks for the tip @AndyP, Youn Sun Nah is a bit special on ‘She Moves On’.
I will be exploring her other stuff thats for sure.
Thanks again
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When I have anyone round Drifting from this album is my goto track. Just stunning in every way.
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Not a special offer as such, but as part of Bandcamp Friday Yazz Ahmed is briefly re-releasing When We Were Live (really excellent btw) and the briefer E.P. Under Quiet Skies, both of which were here-then-gone the previous two Fridays. Blink and they’re gone again.
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Just also saw it and downloaded, thanks for calling it out for us all
Which one?
Yazz Ahmed on Bandcamp, the live album which is not on free sale always, has been opened up for sale
Posted earlier (not by me), just a quick reminder to others as I thought it was until late August but expires tomorrow.
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thanks for the shout A_C. already had a good few from there. will have a final look tomorrow.