2012 album purchases  #
Sunday, 31 Mar 2013 11:03AM
[see 2011 album purchases]

Purchase place:
Store% albums bought
Digital0%
Second-hand (including eBay)4%
JB HiFi (including online)50%
Amazon (US and UK)40%
Band website6%

I bought a lot digitally in 2012, but nothing that counts as an "album" (lots of singles, EPs and compilations).

I've merged online JB with bricks because online was only 1 CD.

Release decade:
Decade% albums bought
70s10%
80s14%
90s8%
00s14%
2010-201116%
201238%

Lots of 2012 albums. I blame my magazine subscriptions for this, informing me of new CDs I wouldn't otherwise have known about. I'm still back-filling...

Looking only at 2012 released albums, average price of Australian bought was $22.16, while overseas bought (including postage) was $18. The US postal service was significantly increased overseas postage this year so US purchases are looking less attractive, despite a still very strong Australian dollar.