Re:Vinyl record sales hit 18-year high
by midhir on Monday December 01, 2014 @06:18AM
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I spent my early 20's pressing vinyl in the Czech Republic (anyone who ran a niche label will know the place :) and shipping it around the world.
To this day it's my favourite format. There's a ritual; going to the vinyl shelf or bag, taking it out the right way, placing the needle - it primes your mental state in a way that pointing and clicking just can't.
The margins were super tight on vinyl though. It cost more to produce, package and ship than CDs - and costs were compounded if you were trading with other labels. I quit when the music industry went into disarray. One day our French distributor cleared out their warehouse and we got a shipment and a note saying sorry - they were selling T-Shirts now.
But it seemed to me that vinyl would endure, maybe even grow as people looked for something more. I'm so glad to see it has!
To this day it's my favourite format. There's a ritual; going to the vinyl shelf or bag, taking it out the right way, placing the needle - it primes your mental state in a way that pointing and clicking just can't.
The margins were super tight on vinyl though. It cost more to produce, package and ship than CDs - and costs were compounded if you were trading with other labels. I quit when the music industry went into disarray. One day our French distributor cleared out their warehouse and we got a shipment and a note saying sorry - they were selling T-Shirts now.
But it seemed to me that vinyl would endure, maybe even grow as people looked for something more. I'm so glad to see it has!