This deserves it's own thread.
Many people know I said CD's suck since I got my first CD player in 1981. It was a Sony and had a huge power supply that had both negative and positive output power at the time.
I hated the sound and said that vinyl will come back someday.
People miss not just the rich sound but the album covers as well.
My Grandfather and Uncle Lithographed most of the Album cover classics during the day such as the colorful Boston series, Lynrd Skynrd etc.
I have kept my extensive record collection that dates back to old 78's from the turn of last Century.
I have the original Steve Miller record mentioned below for example:
7-12-2008 Labels up volume on vinyl releases to meet demand
NEW YORK (Billboard) - It may have seemed like a fad at first, but the resurgence of vinyl is now turning into a nice niche business for the major labels. With EMI's announcement that it would reissue eight classic albums in the format, all four majors are now onboard the vinyl bandwagon.
EMI will release two Coldplay albums, four Radiohead titles and Steve Miller's "Greatest Hits" on August 19. Universal Music Enterprises will release 20 albums on vinyl this month and an additional 20 at the end of August, while Warner Music Group will issue 24 to 30 albums from its catalog and 10 to 12 new releases from September through the end of the year, according to executives at those companies.
In the independent camp, RED labels will have several hundred vinyl titles by the end of the year, half of which are new releases,
Indie retail started the party, but now some of the chains are carrying vinyl too. In addition to Fred Meyer and Borders, Best Buy has said publicly that it will experiment with carrying LPs.
Music is becoming a social action again," Ventom said. "The kids are now listening to music with their mates instead of on headphones." She added that vinyl allows them to "hear music in its true form."
"People are going back to reliving the way they used to listen to music and they realize that they missed the (album cover) artwork and what a pleasurable listening experience it is," Ventom said.
SOUND MATTERS
One of the most important elements to issuing vinyl is sound quality, especially in the MP3 age. That's why Warner Bros. will relaunch its becausesoundmatters.com Web site, which touts and sells vinyl and may start offering high-resolution MP3s
The increased interest in vinyl is putting a strain on the handful of pressing plants still left from the format's heyday. "Our vinyl is always late because it gets bumped," Redeye co-owner Tor Hansen said.
"I still have eight machines, and I am currently running at about 75 percent capacity," said plant manager Dave Jump of Nashville's United Records.
The limited pressing network often makes it hard to get vinyl out on the same release date as the CD
Many people know I said CD's suck since I got my first CD player in 1981. It was a Sony and had a huge power supply that had both negative and positive output power at the time.
I hated the sound and said that vinyl will come back someday.
People miss not just the rich sound but the album covers as well.
My Grandfather and Uncle Lithographed most of the Album cover classics during the day such as the colorful Boston series, Lynrd Skynrd etc.
I have kept my extensive record collection that dates back to old 78's from the turn of last Century.
I have the original Steve Miller record mentioned below for example:
7-12-2008 Labels up volume on vinyl releases to meet demand
NEW YORK (Billboard) - It may have seemed like a fad at first, but the resurgence of vinyl is now turning into a nice niche business for the major labels. With EMI's announcement that it would reissue eight classic albums in the format, all four majors are now onboard the vinyl bandwagon.
EMI will release two Coldplay albums, four Radiohead titles and Steve Miller's "Greatest Hits" on August 19. Universal Music Enterprises will release 20 albums on vinyl this month and an additional 20 at the end of August, while Warner Music Group will issue 24 to 30 albums from its catalog and 10 to 12 new releases from September through the end of the year, according to executives at those companies.
In the independent camp, RED labels will have several hundred vinyl titles by the end of the year, half of which are new releases,
Indie retail started the party, but now some of the chains are carrying vinyl too. In addition to Fred Meyer and Borders, Best Buy has said publicly that it will experiment with carrying LPs.
Music is becoming a social action again," Ventom said. "The kids are now listening to music with their mates instead of on headphones." She added that vinyl allows them to "hear music in its true form."
"People are going back to reliving the way they used to listen to music and they realize that they missed the (album cover) artwork and what a pleasurable listening experience it is," Ventom said.
SOUND MATTERS
One of the most important elements to issuing vinyl is sound quality, especially in the MP3 age. That's why Warner Bros. will relaunch its becausesoundmatters.com Web site, which touts and sells vinyl and may start offering high-resolution MP3s
The increased interest in vinyl is putting a strain on the handful of pressing plants still left from the format's heyday. "Our vinyl is always late because it gets bumped," Redeye co-owner Tor Hansen said.
"I still have eight machines, and I am currently running at about 75 percent capacity," said plant manager Dave Jump of Nashville's United Records.
The limited pressing network often makes it hard to get vinyl out on the same release date as the CD
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