Let me share
one observation, observation experienced after five years of sharing music on the
blog.
All
collectors can be divided into three categories:
1.
Collectors of CDs and 45s that are ready to share rare (impossible to buy) CDs*
and mp3 rips of 45s.
2.
Collectors of CDs and 45s that are not willing to share.
3.
Collectors that limit their collection to downloaded mp3 tracks, from Internet
(YouTube, blogs, archive.org, etc.)
* sharing CDs (music + artwork) that are still possible to buy is infringement of copyright and should be banned.
I belong to
the 1st category and I’m ready to share with collectors that belong
to this category, first of all.
Many collectors
belong to the 2nd category, they are not interested in sharing mp3
rips and I’m experiencing this when I’m asking help from 45cat Members – 99% of
my humble requests remains unanswered.
It is worth
to mention, that collectors of the 1st and the 2nd
categories invested a lot, money and time.
Majority belong
to the 3rd category. From my experience, percentage of such
collectors is much greater than 90%. I’m aware that many collectors of this
category are not skilled to arrange mp3 rip, even do not have a turntable*.
Then, I’m ready to share with collectors of the 3rd category as
well, collectors who are willing to exchange comments, who are active in
debugging the posted files – that can be done by everyone.
* You can
buy a missing record on Discogs or e-bay and give my mailing address:
Jerzy Rutkowski
Leśnica 41
43-438 Brenna, Poland
I will do
the digitalization.
The project
has been launched in 2018, thousands of downloaders, less than 100 supporters
that helped me to find missing tracks (mp3 rips of original 45s) and/or
participated in the debugging process and it is really frustrating.