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I did this all the time as a teenager! Last time I did it at all was probably half a decade ago...interlibrary loaned something I couldn't find otherwise.
Yavar
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I used to go to my local library for soundtracks, and found a few interesting selections. While I still go to my library, I go more for their classical music selections, as their soundtrack section is somewhat lacking.
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No. Never been to a library that had any scores. Hell, I don't think I've been to a library that had CD's since a decade ago.
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'When I moved from New York City to Missoula, Montana in 2007, many boxes of cd's followed me in due course. I looked at these individually, and judged them separately as each was removed from it's box and put into numerous stacks. I didn't have any room for all these, and I separated them into piles that were eventually donated to The Missoula Public Library. When I lived in Missoula, I used that library a great deal, and it had a wonderful selection of cd's (in many categories) available to be checked out. My addition of around 150 titles were greatly appreciated by the staff. For a few months afterwards, I checked the status of some of the titles that I'd added to the system on their computers. It pleased me that people were checking-out titles I'd donated, and some had been requested to be checked out from far-away libraries in tiny towns all over Montana. I look back at the titles I gave away then and I realize that many have become collectors items, but it's o.k. still because I never listened to them anymore, and it made me feel content that others found joy in them.
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Y'know, when I was leaving Berkeley, I took 20 FSM soundtracks to donate to the library---and they turned me down. The librarian's response to my offer was something along the lines of "nobody listens to these."
San Francisco, here I come!
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The first score I ever listened to was on an LP I borrowed from a library in the 1960s. Up till then, I didn't know that films had soundtracks released. It was Maurice Jarre's IS PARIS BURNING?
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Y'know, when I was leaving Berkeley, I took 20 FSM soundtracks to donate to the library---and they turned me down. The librarian's response to my offer was something along the lines of "nobody listens to these."
San Francisco, here I come!
Bring 'em over, Joe!
SFPL has a good soundtrack collection.
We need some from specialty labels.
Brm
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The first score I ever listened to was on an LP I borrowed from a library in the 1960s. Up till then, I didn't know that films had soundtracks released. It was Maurice Jarre's IS PARIS BURNING?
Ironically the first lp i remember borrowing was THE LAST RUN!
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Borrowing CDs from the public library taught me that the public can't be trusted with CDs. Most of them looked like they'd been used as coasters and frisbees.
I haven't been to our library in years. I should go just to see what it's like now. I've read that some public libraries are getting rid of all books and going entirely digital. 
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I absolutely still use my local library. Years ago they used to be very generous with interlibrary loans and I was able to request many albums that even to this day are quite rare. Unfortunately they no longer offer the service for media, but it was a really nice period.
They remain generous when it comes to acquiring new titles, so their soundtrack section continues to grow. I think they have nearly all the Disney Legacy collections for example.
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My branch is stocking lps again!
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I haven't tried the library for soundtracks. I believe all sorts of music started to become readily available via internet when I was around 14 years old. The convenience of time and ease beat a trip to the library every time. However, I live in Los Angeles now and the Central Library has a vast variety of resources to choose from. I would not doubt that there may be soundtracks, possibly near the foreign language department.
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