Anarchy In The UK....

[memepool]

(Some of you) gonna love this...

"According to Rob Campkin, the head of Music at Virgin Megastores, vinyl is now outselling CDs when it comes to the latest records.

“Up to 70% of sales of new releases are vinyl. The fans of popular new rock bands like Arctic Monkeys and The Raconteurs prefer vinyl to CD,” said Campkin. “When the Raconteurs’ latest single was released, 80% of high-street sales were for seven-inch vinyl and only 20% were for CDs.”

“We are not just talking about vinyl singles but also about albums – the format is just continuing to grow,” said HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo."




See the full article here. http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Sto...1-6335FDE21694

 

[hciman77]

Great that means that in 20 years time I can be one of the few fringe fans of CD stating that despite the huge sales of vinyl that CD just sounds better

 

[vpivinylspinner]

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Originally Posted by hciman77 Great that means that in 20 years time I can be one of the few fringe fans of CD stating that despite the huge sales of vinyl that CD just sounds better

Oh Yeah!! You know this is a Revolution don't you.

I have personally converted three co-workers now by giving them turntables and dragging them to vinyl stores while on business trips.

 

[caramelsoul]

I would suggest that by commenting that the sales are of new releases it will be the hard core fans of that certain group who want to buy the vinyl release of their favourite band. I would also suggest that by the second or third week this is no longer the case. I know you know what i mean....

 

[memepool]

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Originally Posted by caramelsoul I would suggest that by commenting that the sales are of new releases it will be the hard core fans of that certain group who want to buy the vinyl release of their favourite band. I would also suggest that by the second or third week this is no longer the case. I know you know what i mean....

You need to read the whole article and understand that the source is some dry buisiness journal which doesn't really have any music related agenda, for the import of this to sink in.

It merely confirms at the same time what many have said all along, that vinyl never went away it just went underground into the club scene and the alterantive record market and it's only the fact that these new indie bands have jumped on that bandwagon whilst at the same time enjoying very visible commercial success, which has caused it to pop up on the radar of the kind of people writing and being interviewed in this article.....

It's not an isolated occurence that is just some transitory marketing trend, it's the tip of a much larger iceberg. The truth is that people who are truly interested in music and in pushing the envelope in music production, both artists and consumers, have always preferred vinyl and continue to do so....

 

[Leporello]

Vinyl has been "making a comeback" since the day CD was introduced. Only it never really seems to materialize... It is very much like Marxist theories: Marx is always rumoured to be making a comeback, too, "more relevant today than ever" etc.

Regards,

L.

 

[memepool]

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Originally Posted by Leporello Vinyl has been "making a comeback" since the day CD was introduced. Only it never really seems to materialize... It is very much like Marxist theories: Marx is always rumoured to be making a comeback, too, "more relevant today than ever" etc. Regards, L.

Untrue. When CD was introduced it was a niche format very much the way SACD/DVD-A is today, for almost a decade before the prices dropped and it was ready for the mass market. Compact cassette was far more of a threat to Vinyl than CD was in the 1980's and sold more copies than vinyl ever did at it's peak.

Anyway equating this article with "Marxist theory" is absolute nonsense. It's not some sort of ideological navel gazing exercise written by a sociologist.

It's from an online business magazine like the Financial Times or Wall Street Journal which concerns itself with hard economic facts in the real world.

When 70% of all the singles sold by one of the most popular bands of the moment (in the UK anyway) like Arctic Monkeys are on 7 " inch vinyl, I think it's safe to call it a comeback by anyone's standards...