CalgonStudio
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Hey did any of you hear that LPs Vinyl Record sales hit a 20 year High?
Yeah, I kind of agree, I don't see the point in taking digital recordings and pressing them to vinyl, just seems like a waste. But since I record to tape, it's my hope that someday I'll be able to do all-analog mixdowns and get a lacquer cut. Takes money, though...
"20 year high"......that's a great spin to put on something that doesn't really exist. 20 years ago, it was 1995. Vinyl was already dead. There is no "Vinyl Renaissance".
This is what this "20 year high" actually looks like:
What the Vinyl "Comeback" Really Looks Like... - Digital Music NewsDigital Music News
Looks like the beginning of a comeback to me. Digital killed analog in the early 90s, as this graph shows. Of course the graph looks heavily lopsided that way; there was no digital alternative before the late 80s. Now, although there has been the digital alternative for years, it's started steadily increasing once again, with the last year (by the looks of the graph) increasing by almost double.
Of course no one is saying that vinyl is going to be as popular as it once was. But considering the fact that it's gone from almost nothing ten years ago to --- what looks like on the graph --- what? 15 or 20 million units last year is nothing to sneeze at, IMO. It makes me happy to see, anyway.
There is more stuff being released on vinyl, which makes us with turntables happy.
Now if only they would reintroduce 70s pricing....now that would make me really happy.☺ I have fond memories of going to tower records with 20 bucks and coming out with enough virgin vinyl to keep me busy for a few days.
"20 year high"......that's a great spin to put on something that doesn't really exist. 20 years ago, it was 1995. Vinyl was already dead. There is no "Vinyl Renaissance".
This is what this "20 year high" actually looks like:
What the Vinyl "Comeback" Really Looks Like... - Digital Music NewsDigital Music News
"20 year high"......that's a great spin to put on something [...]
If vinyl is indeed making a come-back, that resurgence should show up in sales of new pressings. I don't doubt that there are significant numbers of vinyl sales in flea markets and so on not counted by RIAA, but I also expect that most of those sales are dealing with secondhand stock, and are just recycling what has already been pressed.Those are RIAA stats. I'm sure you're right that the "comeback" is exaggerated, but RIAA doesn't go into flea markets, used record stores, indie stores, yard sales, ebay, bandcamp merch or any other person-to-person sales which comprise most vinyl transactions.
If vinyl is indeed making a come-back, that resurgence should show up in sales of new pressings. I don't doubt that there are significant numbers of vinyl sales in flea markets and so on not counted by RIAA, but I also expect that most of those sales are dealing with secondhand stock, and are just recycling what has already been pressed.
For a vinyl renaissance to take place, the reasons for its demise in the first place need to have disappeared. The CD killed vinyl as effectively as streaming and the like are killing the CD, but the demise of the CD doesn't give vinyl a reprieve. Its competition is now not so much the CD, but the internet. My expectation is that vinyl sales will increase, but will remain a boutique product.