Sony plans to make vinyl records again
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Sony plans to make vinyl records again
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#2I must saw I am mystified by this - I grew up with LPs, singles and cassettes in the 70s and 80s and I can't say I miss them.
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#3I must saw I am mystified by this - I grew up with LPs, singles and cassettes in the 70s and 80s and I can't say I miss them.
hipsters and fan-signalling. Its a means of being "more" of a fan.
Not to say I disapprove just looking for means of explanation.
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#4I must saw I am mystified by this - I grew up with LPs, singles and cassettes in the 70s and 80s and I can't say I miss them.
Giant-sized artwork, liner notes, inserts, etc.
I grew up with CD's. The vinyl primarily just feels like a collectible to me--something I can look at, turn over, read the liner notes while listening to the music, etc. I don't even really listen to the vinyl's I have, I use the digital rips instead.
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#5>Philips invented the cassette tape in 1962, first introducing it to music fans a year later. Thanks to its compactness, portability and sound quality, it quickly began to surpass the vinyl record in popularity.
This seems suspect...
According to this figure (going back to 1973 only) vinyl still far outpaced cassette sales until the mid-80s.
http://blog.thecurrent.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/9/files/2014...
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#6I must saw I am mystified by this - I grew up with LPs, singles and cassettes in the 70s and 80s and I can't say I miss them.
Giant-sized artwork, liner notes, inserts, etc. I grew up with CD's. The vinyl primarily just feels like a collectible to me--something I can look at, turn over, read the liner notes while listening to the music, etc. I don't even really listen to the vinyl's I have, I use the digital rips instead.
Exactly. I listen to music on Spotify, but if I really like a musician/album I'll buy it on vinyl to give them more money, have a nice piece of artwork, and also have something to give to my kid someday (I have albums my mom listened to when she was 16).
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#7I must saw I am mystified by this - I grew up with LPs, singles and cassettes in the 70s and 80s and I can't say I miss them.
I think the tactile-ness of vinyl makes it really enjoyable. The act of selecting a record and putting the needle down, finding the track you were after - it's satisfying. Get someone who's never touched a record before to do it and they are instantly hooked.
Much more of pain than just playing a spotify playlist, but I understand why people still get into it!
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#8The large format of vinyl makes a great placeholder for art, notes, lyrics, etc. Fans respond when you give them something physical to connect with. Especially if you combine the physical object with a digital download, it seems like a net win.
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#9I feel like this is what happens when you reach the enlightenment stage with technology. I have a phone with eight 64-bit CPU cores built with 10nm lithography, and I cook on cast iron. "New" or "old" doesn't matter. We have things that do things. Pick one.
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#10>Philips invented the cassette tape in 1962, first introducing it to music fans a year later. Thanks to its compactness, portability and sound quality, it quickly began to surpass the vinyl record in popularity. This seems suspect... According to this figure (going back to 1973 only) vinyl still far outpaced cassette sales until the mid-80s. http://blog.thecurrent.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/9/files/2014...
Man, these two charts side by side really show the total financial abuse/great move (depending on POV) that was the music CD and selling an entire album at once to people who only wanted a few songs.
It was not the norm before nor after, just an outlier, but one that brought billions of dollars in. No wonder they fought so hard against downloading (both legal and illegal).