OMG, People Buy Records? Vinyl In The News Thread

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According to recent Nielsen SoundScan numbers, vinyl was the fastest-growing musical format in 2010, with 2.8 million units sold, the format's best year since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.

now this is actually newsworthy in my opinion. that whole article was just like every other one, but a little better researched.

sleeve, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link

it's an epidemic...

scott seward, Thursday, 3 March 2011 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

THEY HAVE OLD DUSTY CRACKLY SOULS!

scott seward, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 01:07 (thirteen years ago) link

that was the hardest article to read and not vom everywhere.

"Before I had the vinyls": sounds like he has the gout or something.

jaxon, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link

omg, why was it 2 pages?

jaxon, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:17 (thirteen years ago) link

http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2011/03/29/6369090-why-you-shouldnt-plan-on-working-at-a-record-store-or-newspaper

When was the last time you were in a record store? Yeah, we can’t remember either (maybe it was December, but that was to buy concert tickets).

Market research firm IBISWorld.com analyzed its database of 700 industries and came up with 10 that, if not dead, are circling the drain.

They are, in order of most revenue earned in 2010 to least:

1. Wired communications carriers
2. Mills
3. Newspaper publishing
4. Apparel manufacturing
5. DVD, game and video rents
6. Manufactured home dealers
7. Video postproduction services
8. Record stores
9. Photofinishing
10. Formal wear and costume rental

While some aren’t surprising (Hello Blockbuster! How are those late fees treating you?), it does give an interesting glance into where we may be as a country. Are we slobs that never dress up anymore? And given the housing market, you’d think a mobile home might be an attractive option due to its affordability.

Which one of these do you still patronize?

GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 09:21 (thirteen years ago) link

So get out there and buy some records, rent a gorilla suit, take some barley down to the stone mill...

GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 09:22 (thirteen years ago) link

Surely the power of water ans steam and the cuteness of old mills could be harnessed to press records?

I'm Street but I Know my Roots (sonofstan), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 09:48 (thirteen years ago) link

OMG think you're on to something. To hell with lathe cuts!

GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link

So much wrong in here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10717712 Music is dead btw

Bill E, Friday, 8 April 2011 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link

that made so little sense i'm not sure i even read it

foul bachelor frogbs (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2011 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link

What a weird and unreadable style that's written in.

Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 8 April 2011 11:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Wow, NZ news is all about the 'vinyl is back' at the moment:http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/have-your-say/news/nostalgia-trip-to-the-days-of-vinyl/3947756/

Bill E, Monday, 11 April 2011 04:32 (thirteen years ago) link

haha the comments on that NZ Herald article are merciless

sleeve, Monday, 11 April 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link

A Mamaku man says vinyl records are still worth buying - they have a better sound and bring back nostalgia.

Craig Roberts bought three records at the Rotorua Record Fair at Ngongotaha Hall yesterday.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgbj6dMOzl1qf8yek.gif

omar little, Monday, 11 April 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link

r.i.p.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/40-sad-portraits-of-closed-record-stores

scott seward, Monday, 11 April 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link

except for tower and virgin kinda.

scott seward, Monday, 11 April 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link

remember moving to philly in the late 80's and thinking how cool it was that there was the tower on south street and over the years slowly watching it turn into a dark pit to be avoided.

scott seward, Monday, 11 April 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link

that's for sure! also, let's not forget the awesome 3rd Street Jazz.

nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link

spent many an hour in 3rd street. my friend john who worked at 3rd street for years moved near me recently! hadn't seen him in a long time.

scott seward, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link

i wonder if it's the same John i remember...lived around the corner from me in Fitler Square.

A N Y H O O

http://www.icaboston.org/custom-html/index?item_id=19199001

not only is vinyl in the news, people make ART WITH IT!

nerve_pylon, Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link

fuck a vinyl metaphor.

scott seward, Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link

or maybe not. i don't even know anymore.

scott seward, Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link

fuck a baby boomer though. kill their pony-tailed asses. fucking grill me about records they haven't listened to in 25 years. for hours. idiots. "oh i had all these oh i had as much as you've got in your store even more than that can you still find records who buys them blah blah blah" fuck you old man. yer either on the bus or off the bus. get out!

scott seward, Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link

AIN'T GOT TIME FOR YOUR SAD NOSTALGIA OLD MAN OR YOUR SMIRKY FUCKING INSINUATIONS THAT I'M AN IDIOT FOR SELLING RECORDS OR YOUR CONSTANT NATTERING ABOUT HOW I'M TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER ANYTHING THAT EVER HAPPENED EVER I GET IT YOU WERE THERE WOULD YOU PLEASE GO THE FUCK BACK THERE.

government really fucking slipped up by not going after these assholes and shipping them to the big muddy.

scott seward, Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link

hahahha. god skot, how do you think it is for me?? i get "you weren't even born when i saw this band!?!?!!" all the time.

one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link

i love it when ss turns into the lex.

40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 14 April 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link

ha! good thing i'll never be able to grow a pony tail. zeppelin in '72. tellin' you guys.

Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 14 April 2011 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link

http://www.amazon.com/Record-Collecting-Girls-Unleashing-Inner/dp/0547502230/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1303250156&sr=8-1

lolz. womyn'z be buying vinylz too

jaxon, Saturday, 23 April 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link

"In Record Collecting for Girls Courtney Smith takes the mic and explores what music can tell women about men"

um, okay...

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link

girl tip books probably still sell well. what do i know?

need some actual ilx girlz to weigh in here...

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link

omg, not ACTUALLY weigh in, i know the gals are sensitive about their weight! lol!

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link

years ago i told myself i would try to marry the first hardcore female record collector i met. i never really met any. i settled for a music lover who started radio stations in her spare time.

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link

"And who is going to tell you what you can learn from your crush’s music collection? (If he’s an overzealous Smith’s fan, send him packing.)"

cuz he's probably.....gay

i was always looking for a girl who could enhance my record collection, not merely copy it

herbal bert (herb albert), Saturday, 23 April 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link

hmmm, okay, but how do we get the women of ilx to come to this board and then click on this thread? this is a puzzle...

i could change the thread title to something about cats or james franco, i guess.

oh well maybe the two or three laydeez who DO post on ilv will share their thoughts.

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link

i just got home minutes ago from buying some records and I am female, but I'm pretty sure I have nothing to add to the discussion here.

i bought

OST Cat People (Moroder!)
OST Thief (Tangerine Dream!)
Salsa Boricua de Chicago comp (numero group, don't judge)
Best of Michi Sarmiento (soundways, again, where else am I going to get this stuff on vinyl?!)

Spent too much, but hey that's what we women do amirite

housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Saturday, 23 April 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link

i was typing that as you were summoning the ladys of ilx

housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Saturday, 23 April 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link

i just sold records to a very nice young woman. she wanted david bromberg records. and the orson welles war of the world radio broadcast. and the point by harry niiiiiiilllllllson.

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link

"numero group, don't judge"

everyone loves numero group! or i do anyway. how can you not love them?

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link

hey, i dunno! i love them too -- esp the cult cargo series, and esp anything salsa related -- i know that some people are crazy/snobby about it for some reason, but i guess it's like "hey a shelf-ful of numero releases doesn't make you a RECORD COLLECTOR, maaaan" thing? i dunno. either way, i am excited about this set. it's really beautiful, and the book is going to be so much fun to read as someone who lives in chicago, loves caribbean salsa, and knows/works with a bunch of clemente grads whose grandparents might have been involved in this scene. somewhere i posted a scan of a clemente yearbook i have stored away somewhere in my piles of crap.

michi sarmiento was sizzlin btw

housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Saturday, 23 April 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link

"because girls get their hearts broken and make mix tapes about it, too."
lol
i think this book is a fine idea, sure
i'm already getting kind of tired of "nerd" being the new "hipster" tho

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link

there was a time when nerd meant something, and we liked it

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link

well, to be honest, i often pass on cool new reissues cuz i'm thrifty and i usually would rather get 5 or 10 old records for the price of one new reissue or new release. most of the numero stuff i have i got in trade when i lived on marthas vineyard. i rarely buy new stuff. i did get the recent german oak reissue and i did recently buy the deep wound comp on vinyl. some stuff is just essential to have for me.

x-post

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link

another glorious lady of ilx heard from!

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link

i love when women shop in my store. i basically am all for more women making music and buying music and being obsessed by music cuz i dig women a lot. i prefer them in most cases to men.

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link

http://www.317x.com/albums/j/jonahjones2/enlargement.jpg

scott seward, Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link

haha yeah i was also about to say that the only reason i didn't shop in your store when there was because of tight schedule - i didn't want to get all absorbed in looking at records and not get to actually chat with you for a bit! another time obv!
xp
hahaaa awesome

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link


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