James Perrett wrote in message ...
It seems amazingly cheap for the amount of work involved but surely it
would be better to buy a CD copy of the albums you want transferred.
There are very few vinyl albums that have not been transferred to CD and
a CD recorded direct from the master tape is going to sound better than
a quick transfer from vinyl. There are plenty of online places selling
CD's for under a tenner.

Legally you aren't allowed to copy records at all in the UK (the concept
of fair use is American) but no-one is likely to worry about a single
backup copy. However, if you were to buy the CD, you could possibly also
sell the vinyl version on to a collector quite legally.

I do this kind of transfer work for people and, so far, I've found the
postal service reliable. However, even though things have been OK so
far, I don't like sending the only copy of anything through the post.

Thanks James, Jim & Richard for your replies.

I guess the appeal of Your Music on CD's service is that it is not
really any more expensive than buying replacements CDs and I don't
have to search out suppliers. I just post off my albums/cassettes -
request special delivery so that any damage occuring during posting is
at least covered, and a few days later I get my music on CD.

To be honest, so long as the sound quality is as good as what it was
when it played on my old turntable, I'd be happy. The CDs are mainly
going to be played in the car anyway.

As regards the legality - I don't plan to sell the original media for
sentimental reasons. However I don't particularily want to have to pay
for the same albums again on different media just to continue
listening to them. The CD copies could just be considered a backup to
protect against wear and tear of the original media. In the past I've
lost some original cassettes because the tape has got mangled in a
player.

Has anyone used Your Music on CD's service here?

Simon