Record Profits - Vinyl On Track To Make A Recession Comeback (2 Viewers)

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Record Profits - Vinyl On Track To Make A Recession Comeback

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The recession may be hitting retailers hard, but one industry could be on track for a surprise comeback. New figures show sales for 7-inch vinyl records are up for the first time in 25 years, with bands like Radiohead leading the way. So is the age of the iPod over? Skys Steve Hargrave sets the record straight.

 

[mark]

of the last 3 LPs i bought, only st vincents newie (4AD) didn't have the download code. when download codes come with all of them then i don't see any reason to buy a CD.

 

[GO]

w00t!

 

[Vinnie]

LP sales have more than doubled in a year in Tower. Everything else has halved though.

 

[sweetoblivion]

of the last 3 LPs i bought, only st vincents newie (4AD) didn't have the download code. when download codes come with all of them then i don't see any reason to buy a CD.

yep that's savage when buying new stuff, there really is no need for the cd at all then. I'm a bit sick of cds at the moment anyway.

 

[Bold Lump]

besides listening to music in the car I've no use for cds anymore.

do these download codes give access to FLAC files or are they MP3s

I've been toying with the idea of carrying cds on the stall, the lower shipping might actually make the mail order element viable (if I ever get around to sorting the site out)

I think I'll probably just look into selling record players instead though.

 

[theoootini]

LP sales have more than doubled in a year in Tower. Everything else has halved though.

wow. that's mad.

shame you can't have a listening post though. i asked and was told that kids would wreck the records/turntables. any way the bar code scanner thing could be used for records?

 

[Vinnie]

besides listening to music in the car I've no use for cds anymore.

do these download codes give access to FLAC files or are they MP3s

I've been toying with the idea of carrying cds on the stall, the lower shipping might actually make the mail order element viable (if I ever get around to sorting the site out)

I think I'll probably just look into selling record players instead though.

If it's a choice between CD & LP then LP wins every time but there's an awful lot of stuff that just isnt available on LP at a realistic price so if it's a choice between CD & nothing then CD wins. Nothing loses. You hear that nothing?

wow. that's mad.

shame you can't have a listening post though. i asked and was told that kids would wreck the records/turntables. any way the bar code scanner thing could be used for records?

It's the nature of the store unfortunately. At the moment the only place for a turntable is at the back of the store where there is not always someone to keep an eye on it and certain folk were making shit of the LPs, the needle and the turntable. But it's something that we absolutely have to rectify and sooner rather than later.

By the way, when I say 'halved' Im exaggerating a little but not a lot

 

[Lepra]

If it's a choice between CD & LP then LP wins every time but there's an awful lot of stuff that just isnt available on LP at a realistic price so if it's a choice between CD & nothing then CD wins. Nothing loses. You hear that nothing?



It's the nature of the store unfortunately. At the moment the only place for a turntable is at the back of the store where there is not always someone to keep an eye on it and certain folk were making shit of the LPs, the needle and the turntable. But it's something that we absolutely have to rectify and sooner rather than later.

By the way, when I say 'halved' Im exaggerating a little but not a lot

USB turntable? or would that be a pain in the arse/impractical/unworkable?

 

[dregin]

A mate gave me a shout from Maplin's the other day sayin they're selling USB turn tables for half price @ €80.

 

[IFF]

If it's a choice between CD & LP then LP wins every time but there's an awful lot of stuff that just isnt available on LP at a realistic price so if it's a choice between CD & nothing then CD wins. Nothing loses. You hear that nothing?

one thing i find myself doing is buying 7"'s. before i rarely bought singles but i quite enjoy seven inches

 

[GO]

I reckon my new 7" is gonna sell in the hundreds because of this news.

 

[Flux]

LP sales have more than doubled in a year in Tower. Everything else has halved though.

Think the market was always there, Tower just seem to have a much better choice of vinyl than a year ago. Long may it last.