Vinyl Still Alive
Old school audiophiles are turning up the volume on vinyl sales. LP's and extended - play vinyl records rose 36.6% in 2007 according to the RIAA.
Sales increases were most popular in Classic Rock, Jazz, Blues and Classical genres.
I wonder how many neighborhood record shops saw any increase in sales, I would venture to say NONE.
Sales increases were most popular in Classic Rock, Jazz, Blues and Classical genres.
I wonder how many neighborhood record shops saw any increase in sales, I would venture to say NONE.
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Permalink Reply by Bluesboy Jag on -
How many people still have turntables?? I have to think to myself: a 36% increase of virtually zero sales isn't going to amount to much :) I'm just not convinced this vinyl thing really means anything but a trickle up in profits for the labels that are crawling across the scorched desert for water (profits).
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Permalink Reply by Allen Johnston on -
Bluesboy,
Based on the type of album sales this music is primarilly selling to audiophiles, or people that can afford to have massive highend vinyl collections. You are right that the current consumer does not have turntables, in fact the new consumer does not even have a cd player.
Digital files are the way to go (MP3)
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Permalink Reply by Bluebird & Skoko on -
Actually, I really think this is a real % and not a game from the music industry. They have no reason saying that. For sure they would have more interest in putting on the market a new support to replace the cd and re-issue (as they did with the cd back in 84) all the back catalog.
I think that a lot of people realized that the sound of a cd is not comparable to the sound of the old vinyl and just started to ask for vinyl releases.
Rob
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Permalink Reply by Allen Johnston on
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The sound quality is superior and (as I quoted above) audiophiles can afford to spend additional money to have vinyl recordings in their homes. The reality is that MP3 SINGLE downloads are out selling almost every on=ther form of music sales.
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Permalink Reply by CHC Network on -
Alan,
To support this, I offer this article which we ran on our website a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.modempool.com/dking/BluesNews2009/March2009/continuedcds...
Dave King
Cross Harp Chronicles/
Just Roots PR
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Permalink Reply by Mary Anne McLaurin on -
nothing sounds as rich as vinyl.
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Permalink Reply by Bluebird & Skoko on
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I have one little question that can stop this useless discussion (useless because people who loved and still love vinyl like myself will never convince who loves cd (they actually don't care of the quality of what they hear) and viceversa so the question is:
why musicians do not buy albums?
how many of you in here sold an album on cd or vinyl, to another member of this network?
and if musicians don't buy, why then they regret that people don't buy their music?
rob
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