[billorites]

Well, there's the thing. "Physical format"

People download. Either legit and pay for it, or they torrent.

[C210N]

I'm going to hold out for the cylinder.

[Repeal The 17th]

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Vinyl Is Selling So Well That It’s Getting Hard to Sell Vinyl
10/21/2021 7:55:15 PM PDT · by algore · 30 replies
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/4005695/posts

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I had albums i bought on vinyl...then 8trac...then cassette...then CD. Digital is all for me now.

[lee martell]

I would get some vinyl LPs, but they would require a good pair of speakers to get the most from, while I live in an apartment complex. I can hear the neighbor’s puppy leg bopping on the floor when he scratches his ear. At least I think that’s what it is.

[Mermaid Girl]

I got rid of tons of vinyl, but I kept my “sacred” albums (first KISS album, rare punk/new wave, etc.) I’m not that much of an audiophile that I claim to be able to tell the difference between cd and record, but I do have a nostalgia for vinyl.

Downloading an mp3 just doesn’t have the same nostalgia factor that buying your first record did (which was David Bowie’s Scary Monsters lp, 1980.)

[poinq]

The problem is there is good old vinyl was good. Especially in the sixties. The late seventies had light flimsy discs that often warped and ruined the songs especially the first few outer tracks.

[Howie66]

I have a very large collection of vinyl LPs of the Beatles, most of which have been on a turntable only one time.

[fidelis]

Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers - Vinyl Record

[GingisK]

...and to think I tossed my Garrard Linear Tracking turntable.

[Gay State Conservative]

I've had a serious love of music...just about every kind of music...since I was a kid. I've spent tons of $$$ on equipment and LPs. But with the advent of CDs,CD burners and my area's library network I've amassed a collection of about 6,000 songs,all in perfect fidelity (with no pops),most of which I love. And I can play them in my car and on my phone!

LP's? No thanks! CDs are one bit of modernity that I love.

[entropy12]

Now you tell me! I gave away my collection of 500+ vinyl records to a church donation place, 10 years back.

[Fledermaus]

Duh NY Times, vinyl went dead so pressing companies went bye bye.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Here is a republished copy of the same article without a paywall.

Vinyl Is Selling So Well That It's Getting Hard to Sell Vinyl

[CivilWarBrewing]

I still cherish my Hendrix ‘Electric Ladyland’ double LP with the naked ladies on the cover by Polydor, hehehe

[ThunderSleeps]

Makes sense. CD really is just digital. Vinyl is analog. If people are willing to go with digital they’ll go with online sources. If they want analog, it is going to be Vinyl. I believe cassette and 8 track are dead and gone.

[Larry Lucido]

Probably because it's Don Ho and Sergio Mendez. Just being vinyl isn't enough.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I’ve got lots of vinyl records. Now I need a record player that I can stack 5 or 6 records on to play them as used to be made.
I have to stop what I am doing every 15-20 minutes to change records.

[wastedyears]

I have some vinyl.

[Fiji Hill]

It would be nice if shellac came back. I have over 1,000 78 rpm discs and about as many 45’s.