OMG, People Buy Records? Vinyl In The News Thread

CBS News video with interviews with Neil Young, the Civil Wars, others:

''For more than a half century, it's how we listened to music. Now it's back!''

forgot to post this here. talked about it on the ile craftsmanship thread. or wait the nyt quiddity thread...one of them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/technology/personaltech/how-to-enjoy-turntables-without-obsessing-over-them.html?_r=3&ref=music

He’s a new devotee of jazz and David Bowie, thanks to LPs. (For the youngsters, that stands for long playing, as in long-playing record; there were also small records called 45s).

The irony being that one of the ultimate markers of the lol old is that they don't understand that pretty much all the youngsters know basic vinyl terminology, if for no other reason than from song lyrics.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/technology/personaltech/the-secrets-of-a-high-quality-vinyl-record.html

“The swirly colored stuff is also not going to sound good, but the transparent color vinyl can,” he said. “They released Nirvana on 180-gram blue and it’s unbelievable.”

sigh

that mr. fremer guy's not always completely insufferable. as audiophiles go. at least he's into it.

...Mr. Fremer recommends Recordsbymail.com...

http://www.salon.com/2012/06/13/down_with_fascist_ipods/singleton/

Different tone to this but the comments are the usual ones.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/ScreenShot2012-08-14at124237PM.png

Mom, Dad!!!

Weird Uncle Davey!!!

That looks almost exactly like the GE portable record player I had in my late childhood, and was handed down to me when my dad got a hi-fi. I had an earlier phonograph, an ancient one, but this one was STEREO! Only thing missing is the stack of pennies my dad taped to the back of the tonearm over the pivot point so there'd be less tracking force on the needle so the records would last longer.

Then click "like"!

back in the groove

Renton, who is 49, says the issue of sound quality is almost incidental. “I don’t even have a record player. But I am buying more and more vinyl. Go figure.”

they just try to drive me insane with the crackle part. fuck a crackle.

i also don't understand the "slow-moving virtues of vinyl". can you listen to songs faster on the internet? are there sped-up versions on the web? i understand people can have 5 million songs on their ipods, but they still have to take the time to listen to them.

sux to take 20 seconds to get off the couch and flip a record tho, u know it

if you have a big box of 45s and you are sitting in a chair by the turntable you can listen to a ton of music in a short amount of time. nothing slow about it!

my friend bruno told me a funny story about a period where he was only listening to his 45s cuz all of his LPs were still in the UK, and after that for a while whenever he would put an LP on he would reflexively stand up after each song.

xD

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443696604577647870908169992.html

vinyl's back...again!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/01/22/vinyl-appreciation-at-a-new-high/1821601/

interesting nugget in there....the new jack white album sold 34,000 copies on vinyl! o_O

St Louis got in on this hot new trend earlier this month

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/a-new-generation-discovers-vinyl/article_e04fdbc1-a9e9-5b7c-a3ac-733eb394763e.html

Sam Wolter, a freshman in college, returned home to Kirkwood for the holidays, determined to go back to school for his second semester with something he had left behind.

A record player.

“I missed it too much,” Wolter said, while sifting through albums at Vintage Vinyl in University City on a recent Sunday. “All my friends are bringing theirs, too.”

A record player? That plays vinyl records? A college student?

My god, that last one has so many misconceptions I don’t even know where to begin.

"vinyl is coming back -- even becoming popular with people who weren't alive when records were being made."

So people who died before 1890 are even on board! Very interesting.

the funny thing is, I saw that article because one of St Louis' better record stores posted it on Facebook with no irony

Which one?

Vintage Vinyl

(now I'll probably get zinged for calling them one of STL's better record stores, I haven't been there in years)

I guess they posted it cause they were quoted

Man, I have such good memories of being a dorky little teenager and going into Vintage Vinyl. I think they're still pretty alright, haven't gone in a while.

yeah I liked it too. nowadays if I'm ever in Missouri I usually only have time to hit one store and it's usually Euclid. or Record Exchange.

Subject: Vinyl Records
Date: Jan 24, 2013 3:29 PM
We saved article from yesterdays USA TODAY regarding Vinyl record sales- Vinyl up over last five years 5000%- CDs down 13%.FYI DAD

is that really true? I would love to see a Billboard weekly chart of vinyl sales.

LP/Vinyl Albums Sales(LP/Vinyl Records)

Title / Artist

Units Sold

1.

BLUNDERBUSSJACK WHITE

18,000

2.

EL CAMINOBLACK KEYS

17,600

3.

ABBEY ROADBEATLES

15,700

4.

BLOOM
BEACH HOUSE

14,100

5.

21ADELE

10,300

6.

PORT OF MORROWSHINS

9,600

7.

SIGH NO MOREMUMFORD & SONS

9,600

8.

BOYS & GIRLSALABAMA SHAKES

9,400

9.

FOR EMMA FOREVER AGOBON IVER

9,200

10.

BON IVERBON IVER

8,900

http://www.scoopmarketing.com/2012/07/the-nielsen-company-billboard-2012-mid-year-u-s-music-industry-report/

my dad doesn't actually know what he's talking about. but vinyl sales rise a little bit every year. a whopping two percent of sales last year.

UggGgHHharhghgh there's going to be a segment about the "resurgence of vinyl" tonight on NBC nightly news with Brian Williams

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/51013811/#51013811

Chuckled a little at the token indie nerd at United, dude looks like Paul Rudd.

oh man the first thing i see is my pal nina playing violin!!!! so cool. her and willy are both from MVI. she's amazing.

they just HAD to add some crackle to that album at the end!

why do they ALWAYS have to start with: HEY REMEMBER THOSE BIG ROUND THINGS WITH THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE?

is it, like, a law or something.

― scott seward, Sunday, October 11, 2009 7:10 PM (3 years ago)

Still true, apparently!

In this case, "Yeah those rounds things with the grooves in them!" or something.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/has-the-vinyl-revival-gone-too-far,93610/

Finally, a (mild) backlash against the (mild) increase in vinyl sales!

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/queens-woman-seeking-buyer-large-vinyl-record-collection-article-1.1290208

that ridiculous article led me to this scott neuman clown's twitter feed which is equal parts hilarious and infuriating. that guy must be a gigantic fucking crook. please show me the two classical lps you appraised at 20k each, sir. how is "vinyl appraiser" even a viable occupation in 2013? he's pissed at stores for allegedly ripping off grandmas because he thought he'd cornered that market
himself.

"Our current fee is $20.00 for the first item of the appraisal and $5.00 for each additional item."

https://twitter.com/forevervinyl

Even if it were true, the chances that a classical record is worth money is that much rarer due to the piles of them the target reader likely has covered in mold in their basement/garage. Given that, it would be protocol for most people to offer not much more than 10 cents per clean copy as a blanket rule.

For $20, I'll happily look up your records on collectorsfrenzy.com and even cross reference with discogs for an extra $10.

record appraisal is going to be my new business, thanks

Looking at my proprietary vinyl appraising software, a laptop with forevervinyl.com decal stickers an equipped with the latest google databases, it looks like this record sold last year for $15, but I analyzed the description against your copy and it seems yours is not "MINT white label promo shrink RARE!!!!!!! CLASSIC ROCK T. REX KANSAS BEATLES PEARL JAM", therefore it is worth upwards of $5 at peak.

That'll be $20 please.