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Re:50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player by godzillabrennus on Thursday January 01, 2026 @08:38PM (#46460409)
My wife and I both own vinyl, and neither of us has ever owned a record player. We put them on display for the most part. We have a song we got married to, and we bought a couple of album variations (each with different artwork) with that song; we also like the cover art on some vinyl releases as wall art.
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Re:50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player by onion2k on Friday January 02, 2026 @02:36AM (#46462382)
I'm curious - does the music content actually matter to you? Would you buy an album from an artist you've never heard just because the cover art was great?
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Re:50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player by bkanuka on Friday January 02, 2026 @08:01AM (#46464332)
Not who you're replying to (but I'm in the same camp). I use the album art as decoration, but the music is the first selection criteria. The music has to mean something to me first, and then the album art just needs to "pass".

I have young kids also, so I try to stay away from violent or scary album art.

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Re:50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player by freetanga on Friday January 02, 2026 @11:37AM (#46466510)
Why not just buy the cardboard cover?
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Re:50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player by mrWiz on Friday January 02, 2026 @09:58PM (#46472351)
Where can you buy just the cardboard cover?
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Re:50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player by microtherion on Friday January 02, 2026 @01:43PM (#46467935)
If you use the records as a display (and though I don't do that, I empathize; CD covers just don't generate the visceral reaction that LP covers do), wouldn't it make sense for publishers to offer record covers without the actual records?
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