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This could be the end of vinyl in North America... (pg. 2)
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| stevebutabi |
The price disparity between electronic dl's and vinyl is already huge (usually over 100%). Vinyl probably won't 'die' per se because of the kitch factor, but the price gap will keep widening, as smaller manufacturers won't have the economies of scale to keep vinyl's at $10 per release.
That's just me looking at it from an ivory tower though, I'm sure someone who works in the vinyl industry would have a more accurate prediction. |
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| Dojomaster26 |
I made a reply, but it got deleted/didn't go through :conf:
steve said what I was going to in a nutshell. Basically there is a food chain of record distribution, and losing a "link" in that chain is going to hurt the business of everyone else on that chain... |
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| djimmersion |
| $10 per new release on vinyl?! try $12-15 over here in san jose CA |
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| DJChrisB |
| What worries me more than anything is that if all of the vinyl distributors and retailers start to crumble, the price of digital downloads is going to spike for lack of competition...especially since digital retailers like 3-beat are going out of business too. |
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| Sadface |
| I'm glad that the guys who run my local record store are also the biggest party promotion group in the bay area. They pretty much keep the store open to sell tickets to events, and maybe break even on vinyl sales. |
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| sleepydragon |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJChrisB
What worries me more than anything is that if all of the vinyl distributors and retailers start to crumble, the price of digital downloads is going to spike for lack of competition...especially since digital retailers like 3-beat are going out of business too. |
yeah that concerns me a bit aswell if everything goes digital they will be able to charge pretty much what they like but at the same time i dont think they can charge much more till people start telling them to of and getting stuff by illegal means. |
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| RJT |
Vinyl wasn't dead already?
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| DJ RANN |
well people, there's a very simple solution to do with supply and demand.
If you want to keep vinyl "alive", go out and buy it! The more you do that, the more need there is, and the more they will make it. That then results in lower prices due to mass production of more units.
Most people seem to forget that it was dance music that "resurected" vinyl in the first place.
It was always regarded as the best medium in terms of sound quality (bar analogue tape) and when the CD came along, it's "superior sound quality" all but killed mainstream vinyl sales, apart from enthusiast purchasing.
Club/Dance music comes along (combined with the technic's ability to adjust the pitch) and vinyl sales shoot up again to huge levels, and record stores catering to it pop up all over. As we, as consumers, start buying music downloads/online these stores sales dry up and vinyl along with it.
Sadly, nearly every dance music record store in London I bought from is now gone (MAD, Plastic Fantastic etc.) due to the low margin of records and london commerical rents.
But look at the larger stores like HMV and Virgin - the margin on even CD's is pathetic - they make their money from DVD box sets and merchandise now, not record sales.
Putting aside my nostalgia for vinyl, I am actually very sad to see vinyl not being so readily available for new releases. It sounds so much better, I like the tactile relationship you have with it and frankly the quality of some major digital releases would never have been accepted in their "release" state if they were to be pressed as vinyl. |
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| Dojomaster26 |
| RANN is right. Buy more vinyl! |
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| nerdgrl416 |
| quote: | Originally posted by djimmersion
$10 per new release on vinyl?! try $12-15 over here in san jose CA |
jeezus where are you buying in San Jose? |
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| DJ RANN |
| Talking of which, where can I buy latest vinyl releases in LA/Santa Monica? |
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| Existo22 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
.... and frankly the quality of some major digital releases would never have been accepted in their "release" state if they were to be pressed as vinyl. |
This is true ;)
Nobody wants to invest in music that nobody wants.
This is why most releases pressed on vinyl were better than your average digital net-label nonsense. |
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