"Gen Z is playing an outsized role in the revival of vinyl
sales, which have grown on average by 18% annually in the past
five years. About 60% of Gen Z say they buy records, according
to Futuresource Consulting's Audio Tech Lifestyles report.
This is precisely what i thought was *really* happening..
people collecting vinyl for the "art":
"Gen Z is playing an outsized role in the revival of vinyl
sales, which have grown on average by 18% annually in the past
five years. About 60% of Gen Z say they buy records, according
to Futuresource Consulting's Audio Tech Lifestyles report.
"But Gen Z isn't necessarily buying records for their unique
sound. Around 40% of record buyers in the United States don't
own a turntable, noted James Duvall, principal analyst and head
of entertainment at Futuresource Consulting.
"Fifty-six percent of Gen Z fans like vinyl for its aesthetic,
while 37% use it as home decor, according to a Vinyl Alliance
survey. It's part of what Jared Watson, an assistant professor
of marketing at New York University, calls "symbolic
consumption."
New vinyl is too expensive.
New vinyl is too expensive.
I just said that. On the face of it, yes. But if you figure that $10
album you got in 1985 would cost, accounting for inflation, $30 so it's about in line.
Yes it would be nice to have some of the CD-only stuff from the 90's on vinyl.
I'm not getting the whole reissue thing, especially when a lot of people ar complaining the reissues sound worse than the originals but yes, hearing so of the 90's stuff on vinyl would be nice.
But I collected around 2 thousand of 90's to early 2000's dance/club/hiphop/R&B 12 inch singles. Been lucky over the years to get those fairly cheap... Its interesting that you don't really see too many reissues
of singles or special remix one-offs... almost all reissues are full albums.
I already have thousands of records in the basement mostly
from 50's up to early 2000's... of all genres imaginable...
But mostly the collection is half pop/rock/metal and other
half being dance/club music. So these re-releases I see in
the stores going for around average $40CDN+tax I simply say
no thanks. I already spent a fortune over the years on
music.
Yes it would be nice to have some of the CD-only stuff from
the 90's on vinyl.
For those not into vinyl and perfer the compact disc, I
still have about 3000 for sale :) -+- SBBSecho 3.31-Linux
I'm not getting the whole reissue thing, especially when a
lot of people are complaining the reissues sound worse
than the originals..
Why not list some of it on the market while it's hot for vinyl?
I'm sure the cost of produce and distribute a single is even more cost prohibitive these days. I don't know if they're even making CD singles any more. I have a few of those.
I have a couple of thousand 7" singles. I would buy boxes of them from a pl on ebay. Like 100 for $18 including shipping. Found some gems in there, but they're mostly ex-jukebox so often with the big center hole and no jackets. got a bunch of nice plain white and antistatic covers. It's interesting goi through them all, especially the B-sides that you never really hear.
I have a couple of thousand 7" singles. I would buy boxes of them from a place on ebay. Like 100 for $18 including shipping. Found some gems in there, but they're mostly ex-jukebox so often with the big center hole
and no jackets. I got a bunch of nice plain white and antistatic covers. It's interesting going through them all, especially the B-sides that you never really hear. -+- SBBSecho 3.31-Linux
New vinyl is too expensive.
I just said that. On the face of it, yes. But if you figure that $10
album you got in 1985 would cost, accounting for inflation, $30 so it's about in line.
Would be interesting to see how he came up with 40% of record buyers
don't own a turntable. Nobody has asked me if I own a turn table. Is
this 40% of 100 people he asked or 40% of 100,000 people?
Is that new or used vinyl? I must admit I didn't read the article and
I'm not going to either.
The price of new is getting stupid high,
relative to what I used to pay as a kid anyway, but when you factor inflation it's actually about right, but I hate paying $25-$40+ often having to add shipping.
I have about 500 45's. Back in my day [and pre-highschool age]
I didn't have any easy resources to investigate/study music
groups and songs. I'd just visit a local shop in town that had
several waste-height "bins" of 45's and I'd just sift through
them until I'd see what piqued my interest. Another
alternative was to give my mom a list of songs I was interested
in having heard them on the radio, and she'd give the list to
someone working at Sam The Reord Man in downtown Toronto when
she was still travelling to Toronto every week.
Triple the price from the late 80s at 8.99 to 14.99 seems
excessive considering that the "tech" ought to be less
expensive to implement and operate.
But, if I can garner $20+ per LP for my collection, that will
be fine.
Triple the price from the late 80s at 8.99 to 14.99 seems
excessive considering that the "tech" ought to be less
expensive to implement and operate.
But, if I can garner $20+ per LP for my collection, that will
be fine.
Although I personally haven't released anything on vinyl,
many of my friends have. After all the extra cost and
trouble of getting them burned, they usually sell them (at
their shows) at the merch table for aroung 40-45 CAN
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