I didn't used internet in the 1990s. But I used it in the early 2000s and Kazaa was my music goldmine, even when I downloaded something I was looking for.

just be a Pirate, and support your fav artist if you enjoy their work

And there are only 6 tracks, and also the CD was $20.

And that's how I found death metal and grindcore.... fucking 20 for a CD it better be full of insane and no lazy filler. At 200 BPM you literally cannot be lazy.

Worse: you're a DJ in 1998 and spend $12 for a 6 minute B-side.

If it happened to you in 1999 then you are just probably dumb as fuck because plenty of available information across the nation (~$16-18)

If it happened in 1992, you would be big sad and harder to find out more info pre-buy ($10-12)

it probably would be worse if you bought it in the most expensive format

I had a cd burner since 93 when I was in 8th grade. We used to just copy each other's cds.