I wish!! If vinyl were mainstream, it would be cheaper and widely available!!
I'm not a fucking hipster (can't stand em). I just love vinyl. I would love it if everyone appreciated it as much as I do so that more record stores would open, vinyl would no longer be limited edition, and new vinyl and good turntables became easy to find and cheaper. It would be awesome if every single album put out by every band or artist was on vinyl because it would be u heard of for them not to be.
Unfortunately, this is not at all the case. I believe vinyl only makes up something like 7% of all music sales, and that's a huge jump from 5 years ago. And just recently London Drugs started selling a limited amount of vinyl in their music section... that is an interesting sign! Although it could just be that the guy in charge of music sales for London Drugs is an audiophile.
How many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
It's a pretty obscure number. You've probably never heard of it.
You see, it's comments like these that pull me towards your point of view. It totally WOULD be awesome if vinyl was everywhere and never went through such a decline in sales. That way, it'd be all you said ... cheaper, more accessible and people would actually be listening to high quality sound on cheap and readily accessible Hi-Fi systems. However, that's not the reality in which we live, as you stated.
As for London Drugs offering vinyl; check out these prices:
AC/DC - Highway To Hell: $18
Pearl Jam - Backspacer: $25
Pink Floyd - The Wall: $50
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin: $55
Roy Orbison - All Time Greatest Hits: $60
Smashing Pumpkins - Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness: $90
Genesis - 1976-1982 Box set: $200
King George VI - The Kings Speech to His People: $350
As for my opinion not making sense... I get that. I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.
Are they pressed on gold? Jesus.
If I don't walk out of the record store with at least 12 to 15 albums for 100 bucks (including a new one or two) something has gone very, very, wrong.
The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08
What's the king's speech thing?? Like, the actual historical king's speech on vinyl???
Limited edition copy of King George VI’s September 3rd, 1939 speech, packaged in a reproduction goat skin leather, silk and velvet-lined case with detailed foil-blocked royal crest and a reproduction of the original 78RPM record. Also includes a re-mastered CD and a 72 page hard cover book containing the story of the speech and the Royal Family along with rarely seen EMI archive photo’s/memorabilia and a numbered certificate of authenticity, all approved by Buckingham Palace. This package is a duplicate of the two copies originally made in 1939, one is housed in Buckingham Palace the other is in the EMI archives.
What's the king's speech thing?? Like, the actual historical king's speech on vinyl???
Limited edition copy of King George VI’s September 3rd, 1939 speech, packaged in a reproduction goat skin leather, silk and velvet-lined case with detailed foil-blocked royal crest and a reproduction of the original 78RPM record. Also includes a re-mastered CD and a 72 page hard cover book containing the story of the speech and the Royal Family along with rarely seen EMI archive photo’s/memorabilia and a numbered certificate of authenticity, all approved by Buckingham Palace. This package is a duplicate of the two copies originally made in 1939, one is housed in Buckingham Palace the other is in the EMI archives.
haha. that's so ridiculous
78rpms...Classic. I have a ton of 16 and 78 rpm records. I know that the one above is probably on 33...hmmmm I wonder if they make a player anymore that plays the 16 and 78's.
The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08
What's the king's speech thing?? Like, the actual historical king's speech on vinyl???
Limited edition copy of King George VI’s September 3rd, 1939 speech, packaged in a reproduction goat skin leather, silk and velvet-lined case with detailed foil-blocked royal crest and a reproduction of the original 78RPM record. Also includes a re-mastered CD and a 72 page hard cover book containing the story of the speech and the Royal Family along with rarely seen EMI archive photo’s/memorabilia and a numbered certificate of authenticity, all approved by Buckingham Palace. This package is a duplicate of the two copies originally made in 1939, one is housed in Buckingham Palace the other is in the EMI archives.
haha. that's so ridiculous
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Are they pressed on gold? Jesus.
If I don't walk out of the record store with at least 12 to 15 albums for 100 bucks (including a new one or two) something has gone very, very, wrong.
The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08
Limited edition copy of King George VI’s September 3rd, 1939 speech, packaged in a reproduction goat skin leather, silk and velvet-lined case with detailed foil-blocked royal crest and a reproduction of the original 78RPM record. Also includes a re-mastered CD and a 72 page hard cover book containing the story of the speech and the Royal Family along with rarely seen EMI archive photo’s/memorabilia and a numbered certificate of authenticity, all approved by Buckingham Palace. This package is a duplicate of the two copies originally made in 1939, one is housed in Buckingham Palace the other is in the EMI archives.
haha. that's so ridiculous
2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!
78rpms...Classic. I have a ton of 16 and 78 rpm records. I know that the one above is probably on 33...hmmmm I wonder if they make a player anymore that plays the 16 and 78's.
The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08