Is Vinyl and CD making a Comeback?

Duraddict · 06-19-2012, 12:55 PM

Vinyl is having a rebirth. CDs are dead. But at the same time... I like how cheap and affordable it's making new discs.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-20-2012, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Duraddict

Vinyl is having a rebirth. CDs are dead.

Yes you're right

A format that comprises 80% of all music sales is a dead format.

Duraddict · 06-20-2012, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Yes you're right

A format that comprises 80% of all music sales is a dead format.

Stack that against music sales as a whole. CDs are not as king as they used to be.

Holerbot6000 · 06-20-2012, 06:21 AM

Great stuff Geekoid. I couldn't agree more. Record hunting is not only fun, it has taken me to some very interesting places and I've met some really cool people, both young and old. Of course, the record store as a social center/hang out is another kind of generational thing that some folks just won't have a frame of reference for, but I still dig it and I think another benefit of the Vinyl resurgence is that it's allowed some of these places to hang in there a little longer.

Howard the Duck · 06-20-2012, 07:35 AM

still don't care much

as long as I get to hear something

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-20-2012, 08:04 AM

That is music sales as a whole. CDs have gone down from being 90% in 2007 to 80% in 2011.

It's going down but the collapse isn't happening. The only people buying digital downloads & vinyl are the 18 to 35 year olds, the older generations are sticking to the CD format like glue.

Just out of interest when you buy your parents or grandparents some music for a gift what format do you buy it on?

Duraddict · 06-20-2012, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

That is music sales as a whole. CDs have gone down from being 90% in 2007 to 80% in 2011.

It's going down but the collapse isn't happening. The only people buying digital downloads & vinyl are the 18 to 35 year olds, the older generations are sticking to the CD format like glue.

Just out of interest when you buy your parents or grandparents some music for a gift what format do you buy it on?

I don't. They make me torrent it for them. Otherwise, my mother uses AmazonMP3.

Howard the Duck · 06-20-2012, 10:24 AM

my parents still pretty much listen to the radio - they can't be arsed with diddling about with CDs

all my grandparents have gone to the hereafter

(i know, nobody asked me)

06-20-2012, 08:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	That is music sales as a whole. CDs have gone down from being 90% in 2007 to 80% in 2011. It's going down but the collapse isn't happening. The only people buying digital downloads & vinyl are the 18 to 35 year olds, the older generations are sticking to the CD format like glue. Just out of interest when you buy your parents or grandparents some music for a gift what format do you buy it on? __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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06-20-2012, 06:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
Holerbot6000 Music Mutant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: near a record store Posts: 327	Great stuff Geekoid. I couldn't agree more. Record hunting is not only fun, it has taken me to some very interesting places and I've met some really cool people, both young and old. Of course, the record store as a social center/hang out is another kind of generational thing that some folks just won't have a frame of reference for, but I still dig it and I think another benefit of the Vinyl resurgence is that it's allowed some of these places to hang in there a little longer.