Huh. Vinyl LP sales are 10% of all music sales!

[thewayne]

I know MP3 is a poor substitute for a full music CD. I know that in some cases vinyl records can outperform CDs. Arguably it can always outperform CD, but I don't have enough of a technical background to argue that one way or another. But I was quite surprised to see that "According to the RIAA, vinyl's percentage of overall sales doubled in 2004, grossing $110 million over 2000's $72 million. This growth came at a time when overall music sales dropped from $14.4 billion to $12.2 billion."

This is second of a three-part series on the future of music audio and MP3, the previous article can be found linked in the sidebar.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/audiophiles/0,2934,68891,00.html

Comments

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

That is interesting. I've still got my old turntable and some LP's, but I didn't know they were even still being made....especially not in those numbers. I do honestly like playing them (or tapes recorded from them) precisely because they still have a bit of the hiss and crackle/pop that I got used to when I was growing up.

It's the kind of thing I figure will be really hard to explain to kids, the nostalgia for a slightly degraded sound quality, as they'd have no similar experiences to help 'em understand.....unless they've been around long enough to get fond of a gaming platform that's now somewhat obsolete......

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

Weird. I have my turntable (actually it's my mom's) but sold all my vinyl a few years ago, either to Zia or to a jobber from Chicago who virtually hauled it off in bulk.

Anybody want a turntable?