"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.
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.
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