This album is gonna sell 200,000 copies to only 50,000 people with all the ways and delays and variants. I'm responsible for 3 of em already.
With the last Manic Street Preachers album I, eventually, bought 6 “variants”/versions! 😬😳(justified to myself by the fact that they scored a UK No.1 record 😂). Let’s just be glad PJ don’t do picture discs, alternative artwork, several colours, zoetrope discs & deluxe boxes etc etc every time an album comes out.
Of course they still give us plenty of opportunities to part with our dosh, but I think one limited, different edition LP on top of the regular formats is relatively restrained.
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Back in 2011 I purchased lost dogs vinyl from a guy who was looking to trade his opened copy for 4 bottles of the Dogfish Faithfull Ale. He didn't get the trade so I offered $180 which was a little less than the going rate. Always surprised he never got his trade
I got mine by trading a used legit copy of TOOL Aenima which I got for $40 about a month earlier... this was back in 2011 or so the trade was on the boards too - thankfully I passed on someones offer to trade Avocado and took LD instead.
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A true test pressing is limited to a handful of copies. Fresh pressed is just clever marketing inspired by the idea of a test pressing. A cool idea and something a little different than changing the color of the vinyl. Instead they changed the cover. Clever.
Clever would be the regular LP edition having a gatefold that can accommodate both LP’s
I’ve already thought about storage of this one
Indeed. Like some kind of vinyl Voltron where the two records combine into one super album.
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
With how things are going it could be something as stupid as they can’t get the correct ink color. I’ve given up trying to figure out what specific elements of the supply chain are affected as it’s always something totally random
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
I think they couldn't do colored because of pressing issues, so this is the next best think to do a unique run.
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
I agree. I definitely notice how young the crowd is that's browsing the vinyl bin. Kids are discovering our music again and loving it.
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
I agree. I definitely notice how young the crowd is that's browsing the vinyl bin. Kids are discovering our music again and loving it.
Nostalgia, collectible, anything vintage, owning a physical recording all plays on everything people value these days
doesnt hurt that the music is also great.
Vinyl is a ton of work to maintain but I think people are coming back to appreciating that.
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
I don't really see the function of CD's anymore. I can replicate the audio quality of CD with my flac collection. I can listen to those in really good quality in my truck, on my phone, and basically any time I'm not home. If I'm at home then I prefer to spin vinyl.
The Vinyl for home, digital for the road is such a sweet setup, but I feel like CD's don't really have a home in there anymore. I still buy PJ/EV cd's for collecting purposes, but I don't often spin one.
I have thought about trying to to find a narrow width cd player for my office stereo so I can spin cd's while I work.. but I never do seem to get around to that.
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
I don't really see the function of CD's anymore. I can replicate the audio quality of CD with my flac collection. I can listen to those in really good quality in my truck, on my phone, and basically any time I'm not home. If I'm at home then I prefer to spin vinyl.
The Vinyl for home, digital for the road is such a sweet setup, but I feel like CD's don't really have a home in there anymore. I still buy PJ/EV cd's for collecting purposes, but I don't often spin one.
I have thought about trying to to find a narrow width cd player for my office stereo so I can spin cd's while I work.. but I never do seem to get around to that.
I ripped all of mine years ago and stored them. I don't have a proper CD player. There's no use for them.
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
I don't really see the function of CD's anymore. I can replicate the audio quality of CD with my flac collection. I can listen to those in really good quality in my truck, on my phone, and basically any time I'm not home. If I'm at home then I prefer to spin vinyl.
The Vinyl for home, digital for the road is such a sweet setup, but I feel like CD's don't really have a home in there anymore. I still buy PJ/EV cd's for collecting purposes, but I don't often spin one.
I have thought about trying to to find a narrow width cd player for my office stereo so I can spin cd's while I work.. but I never do seem to get around to that.
I still listen to CDs at work. We can’t get a cell signal inside our building, so I can’t stream. I just put a CD in my PC and listen to it on desk speakers.
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It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
I don't really see the function of CD's anymore. I can replicate the audio quality of CD with my flac collection. I can listen to those in really good quality in my truck, on my phone, and basically any time I'm not home. If I'm at home then I prefer to spin vinyl.
The Vinyl for home, digital for the road is such a sweet setup, but I feel like CD's don't really have a home in there anymore. I still buy PJ/EV cd's for collecting purposes, but I don't often spin one.
I have thought about trying to to find a narrow width cd player for my office stereo so I can spin cd's while I work.. but I never do seem to get around to that.
I still listen to CDs at work. We can’t get a cell signal inside our building, so I can’t stream. I just put a CD in my PC and listen to it on desk speakers.
My 18 year old has a used Jeep with a CD player for his first car. He has all my CDs and gets a lot of use out of them.
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It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
A close friend of mine works in music distribution for a major retailer, does ordering of supply and such, so sees all of the sales numbers/reports of the different releases. I believe for at least a few years now (maybe more), vinyl sales had already surpassed CD sales each year. Another small perk is getting a heads up on release info of upcoming albums before they're publicly announced.
I work in manufacturing and the delays are very real. We have taken on so many additional suppliers just to try to meet demands & forecasts. It’s been a shitshow for the last 18 months or so. The idea that a manufacturer had enough for a small batch LP run makes complete sense to me.
Jacket production actually is the most common bottleneck in vinyl production right now
At least in terms of Stoughton tip on jackets...no idea if standard printed jackets like I assume would be used for the EV record are also impacted
Would explain the poor jacket quality I discovered in the Ornette Coleman Tone Poet boxset.
That sucks, the box looks pretty awesome been thinking of picking it up for a bit.
It is! The replacement was far better, but not as stellar as the other 9 TP releases I own. It seems like the glue wasn’t setting properly along the spine. The first copy had holes in 3 of the 4 gatefold records.
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
A close friend of mine works in music distribution for a major retailer, does ordering of supply and such, so sees all of the sales numbers/reports of the different releases. I believe for at least a few years now (maybe more), vinyl sales had already surpassed CD sales each year. Another small perk is getting a heads up on release info of upcoming albums before they're publicly announced.
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
They may surpass them in volume made, sure. Depends on the band. Grateful Dead Daves picks sells like 10k copies of each release on CD four times a year and a few months after they’re released they go for double $. Check out Dead releases if you dare see how expensive things can get for CD’s. $1500 for 30 trips, $1000 easy for Fillmore west 69, $1000+ Europe 72. Sacd’s and hdcd’s aren’t a convo PJ are included in unfortunately, but audiophiles search for certain cds like they do for original vinyl pressings or mofi re issues.
Personally the Dave’s picks and mofi vinyl are the releases I most look forward to every few months, and the subscription is cool as can be. CD’s are still in the game. (check out the doors gold discs for example too, they’re amazing)
edit- and as far as dynamic range, some sacd’s and older hdcd’s are plain superior to their vinyl counterparts. I love both forms of media, but there’s a place for each- be it streaming, physical cd’s and vinyl
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
They may surpass them in volume made, sure. Depends on the band. Grateful Dead Daves picks sells like 10k copies of each release on CD four times a year and a few months after they’re released they go for double $. Check out Dead releases if you dare see how expensive things can get for CD’s. $1500 for 30 trips, $1000 easy for Fillmore west 69, $1000+ Europe 72. Sacd’s and hdcd’s aren’t a convo PJ are included in unfortunately, but audiophiles search for certain cds like they do for original vinyl pressings or mofi re issues.
Personally the Dave’s picks and mofi vinyl are the releases I most look forward to every few months, and the subscription is cool as can be. CD’s are still in the game. (check out the doors gold discs for example too, they’re amazing)
Are you saying these don’t end up ripped and in the trader community within a week?
It is a bit interesting that they were able to press a significant number of vinyl, but the legitimate packaging was delayed? Crazy the things are backlogged right now
See I call bs. It's a gimmick. Everyone knows that pressings are delayed, but I have not heard that companies like Stoughton are struggling to print. They are still advertising for new business on their website
I think it’s a quantity issue. Getting a small run is probably way more doable. I have no idea what the print run of the regular LP is but I suspect it’s very large. Printing issues or pressing issues or a combination of both.
Well for the past 25 years it has been 10,000. But Adele pressed 500,000 so… It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
Brought a real smile to my face…. Independent record stores are the cool places to be once again.
Wouldn’t surprise me if at some point vinyl sales surpass physical CD sales as a general rule. I honestly don’t know anyone who still buys physical CD’s anymore but a lot who buy vinyl
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
They may surpass them in volume made, sure. Depends on the band. Grateful Dead Daves picks sells like 10k copies of each release on CD four times a year and a few months after they’re released they go for double $. Check out Dead releases if you dare see how expensive things can get for CD’s. $1500 for 30 trips, $1000 easy for Fillmore west 69, $1000+ Europe 72. Sacd’s and hdcd’s aren’t a convo PJ are included in unfortunately, but audiophiles search for certain cds like they do for original vinyl pressings or mofi re issues.
Personally the Dave’s picks and mofi vinyl are the releases I most look forward to every few months, and the subscription is cool as can be. CD’s are still in the game. (check out the doors gold discs for example too, they’re amazing)
Are you saying these don’t end up ripped and in the trader community within a week?
No, not saying that at all. Of course they are. All forms are eventually ripped.”, that’s why they’re sold in multiple formats. Just saying that cd’s aren’t close to dead- there’s a huge fan base that still loves the physical media. I brought up the dead because once or twice a year they release a box set (in cd format) with a companion vinyl box and streaming formats, but the cd set is the coveted format and eventually sells out every time with a pressing of around 12k
edit- also as far as the dead go, there’s really no shows newly released that aren’t already regularly traded. These box sets just tend to be soundboard multitrack releases vs what’s been passed around for years among tapers and available on archive.org
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Wembley Arena, London - 30/05/00
Wembley Arena, London - 18/06/07
02 Arena, London - 18/08/09
Hammersmith Apollo, London - 30/07/12 EV Solo
Bowl, Milton Keynes - 11/07/2014
Hammersmith Apollo, London - 06/06/17 EV Solo
O2 Arena, London - 18/06/18
O2 Arena, London - 17/07/18
It's an art to live with pain, mix the light into grey...
It is a new era of vinyl…. I see so many “kids” in the record stores around here. Nostalgic to see them looking at all the pressings. Overheard a couple high school kids marvelling at Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Rodeo and RHCP records yesterday, talking about the bands and how good they thought albums were.
I own 1 CD player and it came with the car
doesnt hurt that the music is also great.
For god sales people. You are part of the Jamily. Act like it.
At least in terms of Stoughton tip on jackets...no idea if standard printed jackets like I assume would be used for the EV record are also impacted
Would explain the poor jacket quality I discovered in the Ornette Coleman Tone Poet boxset.
A close friend of mine works in music distribution for a major retailer, does ordering of supply and such, so sees all of the sales numbers/reports of the different releases. I believe for at least a few years now (maybe more), vinyl sales had already surpassed CD sales each year.
Another small perk is getting a heads up on release info of upcoming albums before they're publicly announced.
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https://www.thelantern.com/2021/02/breaking-records-vinyl-sales-pass-cd-sales-for-the-first-time-since-1980s/
edit- and as far as dynamic range, some sacd’s and older hdcd’s are plain superior to their vinyl counterparts. I love both forms of media, but there’s a place for each- be it streaming, physical cd’s and vinyl
edit- also as far as the dead go, there’s really no shows newly released that aren’t already regularly traded. These box sets just tend to be soundboard multitrack releases vs what’s been passed around for years among tapers and available on archive.org