Interesting Development on Vinyl Sales

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This from my local paper.
Headline titled:
Album sales plunge, digital downloads climb

quote from article....

"Ironically, as digital downloads grew, vinyl album sales also climbed. In 2008, more vinyl albums were purchased (1.88 million) than any other year since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991." :cool:

That figure mustn't include all the second hand records I bought this year. :D
I haven't bought a CD this year. Only records.
 
I have purchased at least 20 records this year. 0 Cd,s and 0 downloads.

And the reasons for that are I am 55 and there is not any new music made that I can relate to now. There is no format out side of records or tapes that I can stand to listen to.
I only buy stuff that I grew up with in the 60,s or 70,s Stuff that I know for a fact that there was real people playing. The drums where not programed there was no autotune, And there was no computer to screw the sound up with.
I know I am just old.
 
Herm said:
I have purchased at least 20 records this year. 0 Cd,s and 0 downloads.

And the reasons for that are I am 55 and there is not any new music made that I can relate to now. There is no format out side of records or tapes that I can stand to listen to.
I only buy stuff that I grew up with in the 60,s or 70,s Stuff that I know for a fact that there was real people playing. The drums where not programed there was no autotune, And there was no computer to screw the sound up with.
I know I am just old.
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There's so much great older stuff that I haven't heard entirely that it doesn't matter what's new. :D There are some new bands I'd buy (and have bought) on vinyl but they're always a bit of money and you really can never know if the quality is worth it these days.
 
Old -then so be it

I'm not a fan of the sound of vinyl, but I'll go one step further -in the 'remastered cd's I've heard, in most cases I'd as soon listen to the 'old versions. In some cases it also means there is only records' to turn to. I miss good dynamics a lot. ;)
 
Human interaction is missing, for the most part, in digital.

You listen to a CD or MP3 but you experience Vinyl. There's nothing like it, from the moment you hold an LP in your hands to checking out that huge cover art and then actually mounting it on the platter, watching it spin while a needle picks up the sound off those grooves, while having total control. :D
 
cjacek said:
Human interaction is missing, for the most part, in digital.

You listen to a CD or MP3 but you experience Vinyl. There's nothing like it, from the moment you hold an LP in your hands to checking out that huge cover art and then actually mounting it on the platter, watching it spin while a needle picks up the sound off those grooves, while having total control. :D
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Yup. You have to wonder what would it all be worth. If the great crescendo in a Day in the life and all Hendrix and Pages and Fogerty's guitars were done through modeling and plug ins into a PC. It's all organic but with digital computing the value of the human element seems to get weaker and weaker.
 
This past week I've been visiting my brother out in LA. He took me to a place called Amoeba music that had a HUGE record selection. What's so special about that, right? Well, much of it was brand new.

A lot of bands are re-releasing their classic albums again on 180g vinyl records. Depending upon how large the set was, these things seemed to be going for between $15-$30. I picked up a new copy of Judas Priest's "Sad Wings of Destiny" on the 180g for $19, which is about what CD's are selling for now. My girlfriend also gave me the new Guns N' Roses double-album on vinyl for Christmas, and I'm pretty sure I'll be getting Lordi's "The Arockalypse" on vinyl for my birthday. I never thought there would be so much new material on vinyl, and seemingly so suddenly. Even a local band from Tennessee that I listen to a lot called the Protomen recently released a 7-inch single.

The thing to do with a lot of these records is include a promotional "free download" from Napster or from their own website with a special code that allows the buyer to get an MP3 copy of the album or single.

If this is the way the music industry is going at this point - for the first time in years I don't have so many complaints! I hope this is a sign of things to come and not merely a passing fad; if somenlow-price but high-quality turntables appear on the market, I think this might actually take off.

-MD
 
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Ive became obsessed with vinyl within the last year and Ive bought about 150 albums new and old since. This is what made me switch from pro tools to analog:) I needed 'that' sound in my recordings.
 
themaddog said:
This past week I've been visiting my brother out in LA. He took me to a place called Amoeba music that had a HUGE record selection. What's so special about that, right? Well, much of it was brand new.

A lot of bands are re-releasing their classic albums again on 180g vinyl records. Depending upon how large the set was, these things seemed to be going for between $15-$30. I picked up a new copy of Judas Priest's "Sad Wings of Destiny" on the 180g for $19, which is about what CD's are selling for now. My girlfriend also gave me the new Guns N' Roses double-album on vinyl for Christmas, and I'm pretty sure I'll be getting Lordi's "The Arockalypse" on vinyl for my birthday. I never thought there would be so much new material on vinyl, and seemingly so suddenly. Even a local band from Tennessee that I listen to a lot called the Protomen recently released a 7-inch single.

The thing to do with a lot of these records is include a promotional "free download" from Napster or from their own website with a special code that allows the buyer to get an MP3 copy of the album or single.

If this is the way the music industry is going at this point - for the first time in years I don't have so many complaints! I hope this is a sign of things to come and not merely a passing fad; if somenlow-price but high-quality turntables appear on the market, I think this might actually take off.

-MD
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Sounds cool. Ironically that album, Sad Wings of Destiny was one of the albums that turned me back to vinyl. I have an original copy, it's labled "faded" version. Whatever that means?? but after taking it out after so many years, I realized again how great records sounded.
 
Rickson Gracie said:
Ive became obsessed with vinyl within the last year and Ive bought about 150 albums new and old since. This is what made me switch from pro tools to analog:) I needed 'that' sound in my recordings.
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Same here. I became somewhat overly obsessed. A great place to find records is at the Salvation Army, if you have one near you. Some great, mint stuff pops up there now and then. Records are about a dollar each. ;)
 
One the guys that stops by here once in a while I Hungover morning. AKa Scott. Has just put out a 7 inch with 4 songs on it.
He recorded it all on a tascam 22-4 and mixed it down to a 22-2.
It sounds great. He did a good job with very modest gear and no fancy mics or mixers.
 
Quick note: I've been listening to pandora.com at work, and I keep a list of albums that I want to get. I go to Amoeba on my lunch break and then buy the records. But, I never "gave up" on vinyl, since there's a lot of music that I love which isn't coming out on CD. I didn't get a CD player until I was in my mid teens, which is rare for my generation I suppose.

I'm glad to see vinyl doing so well.
 
Herm said:
One the guys that stops by here once in a while I Hungover morning. AKa Scott. Has just put out a 7 inch with 4 songs on it.
He recorded it all on a tascam 22-4 and mixed it down to a 22-2.
It sounds great. He did a good job with very modest gear and no fancy mics or mixers.
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Gary, where can I get it? What's the title?:confused:
 
If there is a Half Price book store near you, they usually have a decent selection of 2nd hand vinyl. I've bought a few dozen from there. I keep meaning to hit up the Purple Heart/Goodwill/etc. to see what they have hidden away in there.

US Recording also has new re-pressed vinyl for sale as well. It might be a bit pricey, but it's worth a look.
 
SteveM said:
Sounds cool. Ironically that album, Sad Wings of Destiny was one of the albums that turned me back to vinyl. I have an original copy, it's labled "faded" version. Whatever that means?? but after taking it out after so many years, I realized again how great records sounded.
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I have an original one as well, but it's been very well listened to. The new Guns N' Roses on 180g vinyl sounded so good, I figured it'd be great to have Sad Wings on 180g too. I haven't had the chance to listen to it yet, but I'll let you know how it sounds as well as a side by side comparison.

-MD
 
S/hand vinyl in good condition usually costs more than the album did when it was new but it's usually worth it...............I picked up most of the Ozark Mountain Daredevil's albums that way about a year ago to replace my old cassette copies :)

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I would question the quality of Soundscan's 1991 data if they have only 1.8M LP sales in that year. I felt like an early adopter of CDs in 1989, a year in which Guns 'N' Roses probably had 3x that many LP sales by themselves. The majority of sales then were still cassette or LP. I've been searching for more data, to no avail thus far.
 
mshilarious said:
I would question the quality of Soundscan's 1991 data if they have only 1.8M LP sales in that year. I felt like an early adopter of CDs in 1989, a year in which Guns 'N' Roses probably had 3x that many LP sales by themselves. The majority of sales then were still cassette or LP. I've been searching for more data, to no avail thus far.
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Good point. I think I only had about 10 cds at that time.
 
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