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FreddieFerric 03-11-2023 11:56 AM

Vinyl Records Top CD's For The First Time Since 1987
 
What a comeback! :D

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vinyl-r...me-since-1987/

And the strangest this is, this past year I bought way more CD's than vinyl. Counter culture at work I suppose. :scratch2:

Maks 03-11-2023 01:29 PM

I'm not too surprised by this, but what did surprise me was that digital downloads are down. I assume most casual music listeners do streaming these days where you can bring up any song at any time, so no need for a download. I haven't bought too many CDs lately, but if there's an artist I'm not super into I'll grab a digipak CD instead of dropping $20+ on an LP.

Antonmb 03-11-2023 04:40 PM

Here's a great interactive chart of sales by format since 1973, from the RIAA website. It's pretty clear that album downloads never really caught on in a meaningful way, and were doomed once streaming started becoming a reality. Also if you look at vinyl sales adjusted for inflation, they're still a mere fraction of what they were in the 70s. Vinyl records have surpassed cd sales, but in the new streaming world it's about as meaningful as chariot sales catching up with buggy sales when most of the world is driving cars (and I'm a huge vinyl fan.)
https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/

Formerly YB-2 03-11-2023 05:43 PM

Do wonder how used vinyl sales compare? I probably purchase as many used as I do new.

Antonmb 03-11-2023 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2 (Post 1072631)
Do wonder how used vinyl sales compare? I probably purchase as many used as I do new.


Here's a Forbes article on used vinyl sales. According to their calculations, used sales volume may be slightly higher than new.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billros...h=6167fae41c9c

Ravens52 03-11-2023 07:57 PM

Interesting. I contributed to the figures though.

Formerly YB-2 03-12-2023 03:04 AM

Tony - thanks. Interesting read.

tima 03-12-2023 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonmb (Post 1072629)
Here's a great interactive chart of sales by format since 1973, from the RIAA website. It's pretty clear that album downloads never really caught on in a meaningful way, and were doomed once streaming started becoming a reality. Also if you look at vinyl sales adjusted for inflation, they're still a mere fraction of what they were in the 70s. Vinyl records have surpassed cd sales, but in the new streaming world it's about as meaningful as chariot sales catching up with buggy sales when most of the world is driving cars (and I'm a huge vinyl fan.)
https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/

Thanks.

Vinyl abides. :)

clpetersen 03-12-2023 08:01 AM

Thanks Antonmb (Tony) those are great RIAA charts.

Our Gen Z kids are lining up for the remaining manual transmission cars, asking to use my film camera (which luckily I saved), and buying vinyl. There is hope.

Fbgbill 03-12-2023 08:36 AM

I may have said this in another post but when I decided to get back into vinyl after 30 years I decided I would buy maybe 75 to 100 albums that I really enjoyed in the past. That was over 300 albums ago so....! It was like eating peanuts. Once you start it's hard to quit.


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