I'm with you, Steeleye. I buy almost all of my CDs on line, either through Amazon.com, CD Universe or eBay (I don't own stock in any of these companies, so this isn't a commercial.) I don't remember the last time I paid as MUCH as $15 for a CD. You can usually pick them up new or remaindered on the internet for $9 or $10, and even with shipping cost added, it's still under $15. On eBay, I've picked CDs up for far less than that. I even was the high bidder on a great early country music CD for a PENNY! I've picked up a few CDs I really wanted for under a dollar.

Buying on-line is great if you just want a "greatest hits" collection.
But to me, that's like the oldies stations that seem to think that Chuck Berry only recorded three songs. I love exploring a performer's repertoire, rather than limiting myself to two or three cuts. There are usually some surprises on a CD of songs that never will get any airplay, or get sung in concert. I'd never want to do a concert if all people wanted to hear were the two or three songs of mine they really like, any more than I'd want to go to a concert to hear someone else do the two or three "hits" they've had.

For me, musicians are a sum of their parts, so I don't want to just hear part of their sum.

Jerry