all their songs are actually misremembered hits of other bands -- you know, where someone plays you a handful of songs and you're like "yeah, that one is by the Eagles, this one is by Foreigner, this is Lynyrd Skynyrd" and it turns out you were completely wrong and they're all by this band you've never heard of
― mh, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
So... out of business in six months?
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 29 June 2017 02:25 (six years ago) link
first rule of this record store is you don't talk about the record store
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 29 June 2017 12:41 (six years ago) link
Done!
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 29 June 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
God, that Limited to One thing. I checked out the Instagram and it's, like, posting Alkaline Trio 45s and third rate Morrissey albums.
If that shit is "Fight Club, but for records" I hope it's one of those super violent fights where there's not a clear winner because all the participants died in the fight.
― Austin, Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
Just reading that article and looking at the Instagram profile. Yuck.
I need to wash my hands or something. I feel gross now.
― Austin, Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
Good god, I shut down my computer and went to play guitar, but all I could think of was how infuriating that Limited to One bullshit is. Through their various outlets, they're all like, "be punk, be DIY." But then they go on to regurgitate the ethos of the exact opposite of that philosophy.
I mean, jeez. This is like scum of the earth level status as far as I can tell. Fuck these people.
― Austin, Thursday, 29 June 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
it's Flight Club not Fight Club. I was informed its a 'sneakers store'
― Odysseus, Thursday, 29 June 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
another thing that has made my blood boil lately is that the VINYL ME PLEASE editions of some records are becoming more valuable than other pressings. i think the record collecting community should all come together and agree that blacklist any and all of these n00b editions.
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 29 June 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
but.... are they better pressings, or just some dumb "limited" release? genuinely curious, not familiar w/them
― sleeve, Thursday, 29 June 2017 22:46 (six years ago) link
If they're pressed on colored/picture disc vinyl, they are inherently inferior. Doesn't matter about the size of the pressing run.
― Austin, Thursday, 29 June 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
war on drugs: https://www.discogs.com/The-War-On-Drugs-Lost-In-The-Dream/release/5990802panda bear gets a remaster: https://www.discogs.com/Panda-Bear-Person-Pitch/release/9649225
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 29 June 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
generally ltd run colored, but sometimes special like the remaster
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 29 June 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
So it looks like they're using the same matrix #/plates on the War on Drugs... so nice, worn out plates and inferior grade vinyl. Noice!
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 30 June 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
haha good catch
― sleeve, Friday, 30 June 2017 00:22 (six years ago) link
I'm down with the 45 rpm thing but fuck a colored vinyl
― sleeve, Friday, 30 June 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
see also: 4 different color vinyl options for the Snowy Red/Carol reissue 7"
― sleeve, Friday, 30 June 2017 00:24 (six years ago) link
Every time a new release comes out on colored vinyl, I go out of my way to make sure I don't get the colored version. Colored/picture disc vinyl is one of the biggest shams of all time. Anybody who claims to be into vinyl "because it sounds better" and then goes on to seek out these colored and picture disc pressings is so fucking bamboozled. I'd feel bad for them if they didn't create their own quagmire.
― Austin, Friday, 30 June 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
where does it end? how long till vinyl me please offers hot stampers?
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 30 June 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/30/vinyl-records-are-so-popular-that-sony-plans-to-make-them-again/
In 1989, Sony Music decided to stop producing the outdated, cumbersome records. Since then, music has enjoyed many formats, including the compact disc, the digital MP3 and, finally, streaming.Somehow, though, the vinyl record hung on. Now, after a 28-year hiatus, Sony announced it will resume production of the vinyl record.The details are scant, but the pressing plant will be in a factory southwest of Tokyo, CNN Money reported. It’s unclear what genres of music the company will be producing....Vinyl record sales have been skyrocketing. More than 9.2 million records were sold in 2014, according to Time. In 2015, that number reached nearly 12 million, Hugh McIntyre wrote in Forbes. That year’s sales were the highest since 1988, pulling in $416 million, Fortune reported.They even gave digital a run for its money. As The Post’s Thomas Heath wrote in December, “In Britain, vinyl sales ($3.02 million) — those petroleum-based discs that you hold gingerly by the edges — eclipsed digital music downloads ($2.6 million) for week 48 of this year.”“That a format nearly a century old generated 3.6 percent of total global revenues is remarkable,” wrote NPR’s Andrew Flanagan of the vinyl record’s performance in 2016. And “vinyl could account for up to 18% of all physical music revenue this year,” CNN Money said, citing a recent report by consulting firm Deloitte.
Somehow, though, the vinyl record hung on. Now, after a 28-year hiatus, Sony announced it will resume production of the vinyl record.
The details are scant, but the pressing plant will be in a factory southwest of Tokyo, CNN Money reported. It’s unclear what genres of music the company will be producing.
...
Vinyl record sales have been skyrocketing. More than 9.2 million records were sold in 2014, according to Time. In 2015, that number reached nearly 12 million, Hugh McIntyre wrote in Forbes. That year’s sales were the highest since 1988, pulling in $416 million, Fortune reported.
They even gave digital a run for its money. As The Post’s Thomas Heath wrote in December, “In Britain, vinyl sales ($3.02 million) — those petroleum-based discs that you hold gingerly by the edges — eclipsed digital music downloads ($2.6 million) for week 48 of this year.”
“That a format nearly a century old generated 3.6 percent of total global revenues is remarkable,” wrote NPR’s Andrew Flanagan of the vinyl record’s performance in 2016. And “vinyl could account for up to 18% of all physical music revenue this year,” CNN Money said, citing a recent report by consulting firm Deloitte.
i actually had to stop collecting vinyl just as i was getting started because i ended up moving not once, not twice, but about half a dozen times across two different countries, which kind of makes me sad, as ever since i've lived with minimal things because i don't have a stable place and no place feels like home
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 30 June 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
I like the elision from "3.6% of total global revenues" to "18% of all physical music revenue". Very slick.
This is nicely done, too:
In 2015, that number reached nearly 12 million, Hugh McIntyre wrote in Forbes. That year’s sales were the highest since 1988...
What were the sales totals for LPs in 1988, though? I bet they were significantly more than 12 million.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 30 June 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
http://static.spin.com/files/140516-vinyl-riaa.jpg
― sleeve, Friday, 30 June 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
that looks like maybe 20 million? hard to tell
hey look what else I found
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revival
― sleeve, Friday, 30 June 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
Looks like about 50 million, compared to 150 million CDs.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 30 June 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
You GUYS, I just put out some rare Texas Is The Reason vinyls that I picked up on my buying trip to Jakarta last month. Get on over here!
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19510360_10156007504502137_2046837864419874975_n.jpg?oh=150aa9f643c45ce34b7e80af83a4f720&oe=59C49A23
― scott seward, Friday, 30 June 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
In 2015, that number reached nearly 12 million, Hugh McIntyre wrote in Forbes. That year’s sales were the highest since 1988...What were the sales totals for LPs in 1988, though? I bet they were significantly more than 12 million.― grawlix (unperson), Friday, June 30, 2017 9:52 AM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, June 30, 2017 9:52 AM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you're getting into more advanced math because you need to account for inflation, which in itself has different theories of ways of doing it
i mean...in 2015, i'm assuming that $416 million number is revenue
in 1988, revenue was $532 million and in 1989, $220 million, which is good enough for me (accounting for inflation, 2015 is up by ~$18 million); deal in cost of production/labour/wholesale and things get more complicated
revenue data: https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/
and if you want more fun, cpi inflation calculator: https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 30 June 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
why the heck doesn't that chart include cassette tapes?!
― mh, Friday, 30 June 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
the one sleeve linked, I mean
cassettes were ridiculously huge in the US by around 1990, I remember the midwestern shopping mall music stores having entire walls just covered in cassettes. unless there was a promo image, you'd have to get really close just to see what they were
― mh, Friday, 30 June 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
i was talking to someone and she told me a pressing plant is opening in athens (georgia)?
― maura, Friday, 30 June 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
Not just walls, mh.https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/99/a4/45/99a4458acd1e9f21d76b1fe6a0c8e6e9.jpg
― andrew m., Friday, 30 June 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
Kindercore Vinyl is the new pressing plant in Athens.
― Brad C., Friday, 30 June 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
i am the vinyl pressing center
― mh, Friday, 30 June 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
baaahahaha
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Friday, 30 June 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
well i was going to mention while it's worth mentioning that there are ~20 companies manufacturing vinyl records, they sound like they are small operations
sounds like sony wants to do this at a larger scale
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 30 June 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
Have you ever wanted to hear an entire book on vinyl?
ummm...no?
https://pitchfork.com/news/vinyl-audiobook-series-launches-with-david-foster-wallace-and-more/
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:05 (six years ago) link
aw i was hoping that url meant there was gonna be a vinyl infinite jest in a 900-piece set
― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:18 (six years ago) link
Heh same. Get an lp every day for three years.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:22 (six years ago) link
I've also never understood why anyone in 2018 would want to own stand up comedy on vinyl, but this is even stupider
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
I do love the poetry readings I have on vinyl tbh
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, February 28, 2018 6:18 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is the future liberals want
― mh, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 15:00 (six years ago) link
So many 180g reissues of dollar bin mainstays out there now... not talking about legit awesome Friday Music issues or the like, these ones I see know are just part of the "vinyl is hip/back" thing that is taxing the poor vinyl presses
― brimstead, Thursday, 1 March 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
It really is quite stupid.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Thursday, 1 March 2018 01:43 (six years ago) link
I started giggling when I saw Whipped Cream & Other Delights reissued and for sale at B&N
― mh, Thursday, 1 March 2018 02:11 (six years ago) link
Yeah B&N has so much of that junk! And everything is at least $25 and it makes me sad
― brimstead, Thursday, 1 March 2018 02:17 (six years ago) link
might not be a shady scam, but the amount of crap they package with these records is ridiculous. that guy from Nest Magazine should really have one of these artisan mixtape services. if he is still alive.
https://www.vinylmoon.co/
https://www.vinylmoon.co/thecollection/
― scott seward, Sunday, 18 March 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
i have no idea about the music but this one is kinda far out.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/cratejoy_vendor_images/65e9ffdd7c8749a0bf449ba2cc310fcd.jpeg
http://www.shop.vinylmoon.co/shop/product/1327023046
― scott seward, Sunday, 18 March 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
i do like that there are no words/type on the covers. they look cool. someone should do this kind of thing for music i like.
― scott seward, Sunday, 18 March 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
I made it through 18 seconds of one song on one of those vinyl moon comps. totally a scam insofar as you need packaging like that to sell these bands
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 18 March 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
Oh I think those look amazing and would love to own. Couple of those if the price is not insane.
I do not know any of the artists in there though, suspect all the artwork and packaging is compensating on the quality of the actual music.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 18 March 2018 23:34 (six years ago) link