OMG, People Buy Records? Vinyl In The News Thread

Val's halla Records in Oak Park

in Oak Park

Oak Park

https://pulseradio.net/articles/2014/05/north-america-s-biggest-vinyl-manufacturer-plans-expansion

that's pretty interesting - I wonder if those are really "new" presses, or just refurbished ones cobbled together from old ones?

http://westerndigs.org/vinyl-records-excavated-at-famous-60s-commune-challenge-hippie-stereotype-study-says/

lol of course the only contemporary records were Super Session and a Vanilla Fudge LP

better than usual article:

http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9467-wax-and-wane-the-tough-realities-behind-vinyls-comeback/

http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/longform/88/P4K_Features_072314_WaxAndWane-BarGraph02%20copy.png

i laughed at the anecdote about how many bands want to put blood in their records.

apparently the perfect pussy album actually did, maybe it was a different plant to that quoted

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/magazine/the-brazilian-bus-magnate-whos-buying-up-all-the-worlds-vinyl-records.html

that story is completely insane.

it really is

haha yeah it was wild. I liked it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/style/international/music-technology-comes-full-circle.html?mabReward=RI%3A12&action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0

local newspaper reporter came in and told me he wants to do a store on vinyl is back. full circle. like a record.

“There is a cultural slowing-down where people can sit in the same room at the same time and have something playing that they all can listen to.”

b/c there's no way to do that with any other music format!

these articles almost make me want to burn all my vinyl records.

the circle...she is complete...

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/553300_10153553484027137_1924275975726362520_n.jpg?oh=121c6ef863ebe82eba721c7f51fd8b6c&oe=54FB4FC5

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10857932_10153553484322137_7702228515221090533_n.jpg?oh=f8636de364b8bbe9fc731282d3ec185f&oe=54FB33EE

You look disappointed with the article surrounding you.

"Lovers of vinyl have their reasons"

aw, congrats on that story scott!

What the heck is an album and why would I want one?

I think it's part of an egg

This is good news: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/03/quality-record-pressing-vinyl-demand/24289315/

its the HOT STAMPER dude - http://www.wired.com/2015/03/hot-stampers/

fuckin' audio oenophiles

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130209140042/house-of-cards/images/6/6a/Doug_page.png

here come the hot stamper

I've seen two medicine commercials with record shoppin' scenes.

http://jesseengland.net/index.php?/project/universal-record/

That's rad. Feel like I could make a better one. Would anyone buy it?

Stereo would be tough.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/we-get-that-fcking-vinyl-is-back-says-everyone-2015041597356

record libraries are newsworthy now? this is a strange place in as much as it's a beautiful building containing not really all that many records:

http://www.factmag.com/2015/05/28/seoul-music-library-understage-vinyl-library/

aaaaaagh kill me now

"the warm and wonderful crackle of vinyl was finally fighting back against cold, compressed MP3s"

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/dec/09/vinyl-record-sales-up-but-indie-labels-dont-see-benefit

(article is actually OK imo)

In April 2015, when Sonic Cathedral joined forces with Bristol agent provocateurs Howling Owl to begin our Record Store Day Is Dying campaign, we flippantly suggested that every day should be a record store day.

hmm, where have I heard this before?

it's over, y'all

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-vinyls-boom-is-over-1500721202

When is the "hiding your dumb vinyl story behind a paywall" boom gonna end tho

Repost here (scroll down a bit):

http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/6oxff7/why_vinyls_boom_is_over_gillian_welch_david/?st=j5gv5hhr

https://www.channelnews.com.au/vinyl-sales-slump-quality-blamed/

In the first half of 2015, sales of vinyl records jumped 38% compared to the same period the prior year, to 5.6 million units, Nielsen Music data show.

A year later, growth slowed to 12%. This year, sales rose a modest 2%. “It’s flattening out,” says Steve Sheldon, president of Los Angeles pressing plant Rainbo Records. While he doesn’t see a bubble bursting—plants are busy—he believes vinyl is “getting close to plateauing.”

Old LPs were cut from analog tapes—that’s why they sound so high quality. But the majority of today’s new and re-issued vinyl albums—around 80% or more, several experts estimate—start from digital files, even lower-quality CDs. These digital files are often loud and harsh-sounding, optimized for ear-buds, not living rooms. So the new vinyl LP is sometimes inferior to what a consumer hears on a CD.

“They’re re-issuing [old albums] and not using the original tapes” to save time and money, says Michael Fremer, editor of AnalogPlanet.com and one of America’s leading audio authorities. “They have the tapes. They could take them out and have it done right—by a good engineer. They don’t.”

As more consumers discover this disconnect, vinyl sales are starting to slow. In the first half of 2015, sales of vinyl records jumped 38% compared to the same period the prior year, to 5.6 million units, Nielsen Music data show. A year later, growth slowed to 12%. This year, sales rose a modest 2%. “It’s flattening out,” says Steve Sheldon, president of Los Angeles pressing plant Rainbo Records. While he doesn’t see a bubble bursting—plants are busy—he believes vinyl is “getting close to plateauing.”

is this really the reason vinyl sales are slowing, that newer vinyl consumers are realizing the source is digital, not analog? i doubt it. later on it says another reason is the high cost of vinyl and that maybe seems more likely to me. people maybe getting tired of paying $30-$40 for an album

I do think more people are aware of the "4 Men With Beards" style of crap CD-sourced pressings. But I'd imagine the stupid prices factor into it as well. Also, not as cool as it used to be, thankfully.

lol

Resurgence Of Vinyl Is Secret IKEA Conspiracy To Sell Storage Units, Claims Former Employee

(not a serious article)

"This At-Home Vinyl Record Cutting Machine Could Change Mixtapes Forever"

Likely nothing more than a novelty, but a fun idea.

https://www.okayplayer.com/music/world-first-home-vinyl-record-cutting-machine-set-2020-release.html

everything is so fucking expensive and it’s getting worse. Fuck this shit.

yeah the bubble's never going to pop it's awesome

secondhand-wise i'm still finding great &/or interesting stuff at decent prices, but new releases/reissues no thanks (with the odd exception)

Still gonna be a while yet before the Earnest New Vinyl Collectors of the aughts start getting divorced, downsizing, and/or dying