The Return of Records?

Everything old is new again.

But in a rare case of cheerful news for the record labels, the latest phenomenon in a notoriously fickle industry is one nobody dared predict: a vinyl revival. Latest figures show a big jump in vinyl sales in the first half of this year, confirming the anecdotal evidence from specialist shops throughout the UK.

It comes as sales of CD singles continue to slide - and it is not being driven by technophobic middle-aged consumers. Teenagers and students are developing a taste for records and are turning away from the clinical method of downloading music on to an MP3 player.

The data, released by the UK’s industry group BPI, shows that 7in vinyl sales were up 13% in the first half, with the White Stripes’ Icky Thump the best seller.

Two-thirds of all singles in the UK now come out on in the 7in format, with sales topping 1m. Though still a far cry from vinyl’s heyday in 1979, when Art Garfunkel’s Bright Eyes alone sold that number and the total vinyl singles market was 89m, the latest sales are still up more than fivefold in five years.

Personally, I would like to unload my vinyl collection. I have hundreds of records in my garage. 

What! You haven’t gotten hardware to drop your vinyl onto mp3s? Shocked, I tell you! Shocked!

Posted by Macker  on  07/16  at  07:28 PM

I already have what I need in MP3

Posted by James Hudnall  on  07/16  at  07:58 PM

Two ideas.

1) Put ‘em up on eBay.

2) Make a secure page on your site, invitation with password only. List them all there, and let us loyal readers make offers.

Posted by Dave Marron  on  07/16  at  11:28 PM

The big problem there is I would have to catalog them. I never did that, and it would take too much time. I am moving next week, and I may end up hauling them again to another place. Sheesh!

Posted by James Hudnall  on  07/17  at  07:42 AM

You mean you haven’t already replaced your favorite LPs with CDs?  Yeah, I know, the bloody music industry got a lot of us to rebuy stuff we already owned on vinyl, but I’m not crying about it.  Eventually, I plan to convert those LPs that aren’t available on CD, or that I don’t want to bother rebuying, but like you called it: it’s a helluva time investment; the cost of the equipment and CD blanks is minimal.

Posted by  on  07/18  at  12:49 PM

The only ones I don’t have duplicates of on CD, I have all the MP3s I need of the songs I like. however, there is a few I wouldn’t mind a full copy of that probably aren’t on CD, like the Walter Murphy Band’s “A Fifth of Beethoven”

Posted by James Hudnall  on  07/18  at  02:18 PM

Hud, here’s the link to the “Best of Walter Murphy” CD, which contains the full version of “A Fifth of Beethoven” at Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Walter-Murphy-Fifth-Beethoven/dp/B000001QLQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-5929607-1891641?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1184890018&sr=1-1

Posted by  on  07/19  at  04:11 PM

I saw that, but I wasn’t sure if it was the complete slbum

Posted by James Hudnall  on  07/19  at  04:16 PM

Hi there! Your site is cool!

Posted by Nice  on  07/19  at  06:39 PM
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