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DominicCobb

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#1127800
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Ranking the Star Wars Soundtracks
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Valheru_84 said:

Ultimately, like I said, it’s up to you, but it is piracy. If they release the OOT officially are you going to download that illegally too? Same logic.

As said, I haven’t ever seen the original soundtracks for sale anywhere. I’ll look into it but I don’t think they’re actually available outside non official retailers, meaning they fall into the same category for sharing copies as the DSEs do. This site well knows the grey area it falls into and I think this is where the OOT soundtracks now fall into as well. I will see if I can confirm that though before proceeding further in obtaining them via other means.

No, this isn’t accurate. They’re readily and officially available on vinyl and digital (not just iTunes, but also places where you can get them at higher bitrates). The analogy to the OOT would be if Lucasfilm officially released them on Blu-ray and digital, and you justified pirating them because there wasn’t a DVD release.

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#1127671
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Ranking the Star Wars Soundtracks
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I will say I think I misspoke, and the CDs in the collection are actually the SE (technically I don’t think the original ESB program was ever released on CD).

Regardless, saying you have no interest in the official digital release because its digital is silly if you’re asking someone to give you digital files anyway.

Ultimately, like I said, it’s up to you, but it is piracy. If they release the OOT officially are you going to download that illegally too? Same logic.

As for the missing cues, there’s only two - Lapti Nek and the Ewok Celebration - but as far as I know neither are the film versions. If you’re interested in the film versions, there are score fan edits out there that try to preserve that.

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#1127643
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Ranking the Star Wars Soundtracks
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Not to backseat mod or anything but that’s technically piracy which isn’t looked kindly upon on this site. Like the films, the special edition albums are quite different, though unlike the films (and the main reason why Despecialized is allowed), both versions of the album are readily available for purchase.

The choices you make are up to you, I’m honestly not judging, I just don’t think you should talk about that here.

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#1127614
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Ranking the Star Wars Soundtracks
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Valheru_84 said:

DominicCobb said:

You can find the original albums on iTunes, etc.

Yeah I don’t like iTunes, I use it simply because I use and iPhone but all the music I actually own I specifically buy on CD. Plus already owning copies of the current albums, I don’t want double ups (to an extent) and look at it as with the fan edits - I have purchased the official copies so I’m happy to just download copies of the actual originals.

.Val

It’s not the same as with the films, the “official copies” right now are the original albums. If you don’t want to double up you can just buy the individual songs you don’t already own (though many other tracks are edited differently).

If you want CD, the collection they released a couple years back is the original albums I believe (though it’s all six films and quite expensive). It seems they might be doing individual CD releases at some point in the future, but who knows. You can probably get them on ebay.

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#1127079
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What are you reading?
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dahmage said:

chyron8472 said:

So would you then prefer to just not use an ebook reader in general, dahmage?

I admit there is something… tangible to a physical book that inherently feels superior to digital.

I just can’t stand using a digital device for reading. I think it comes down to two things:

  1. I rely on the physical space of a book, being able to know where i am on a page, etc. and that doesn’t translate over to a digital device with scrolling.

Most readers (I think) have the ability to view either scrolling or page turning (I always go with the latter for the reasons you mention).

Like Frink, ebooks are a convenience thing for me. I prefer reading physical, but when I can just put my book on my phone (something that fits in my pocket and already I take everywhere anyway), it’s makes it a lot easier to find time to read.

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#1127074
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Detention Block AA-23 : The OT.com's Banned Members...
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Kinda random, yeah. While I appreciate the weeding of trolls and the cracking down on unnecessarily rude behavior, I do wish the mod team would be a bit more transparent going forward. Like, when was he warned before? Do warnings stay with you forever and if you say one slightly dickish thing down the line you’re banned?

I’ve been known to be a bit snarky. Should I stop that from now on for fear of potential immediate banning?