OTV: I’m Hunting Vinyl Again
OrangeTV:
Interestingly, sales of new vinyl record albums keeps increasing
exponentially each year as record companies reissue old titles and
bring out more and more new releases on the once-dead format. Even the
big chains like Best Buy have a little section of records again. I had turned my attention to CD collecting for a long time, but with
the advent of mp3s, I haven't bought a new CD in years. Thing was, I
missed the thrill of the hunt that comes with music shopping so I
decided to re-fire my vinyl hobby. Slowly but surely I'm building my
collection up again.
Question: Do you have a working turn table in your home?
If this guy decides to have a yard sale, someone better clue me in.
At one point, I had about 3,000 albums. I got tired of moving them around so I had an e-bay craze and actually managed to support myself just by selling records for about 9 months. I figured they would just continue to become obsolete and gather dust. Now, five years later, I could kick myself as I've gotten really back into the obsession.
Interestingly, sales of new vinyl record albums keeps increasing exponentially each year as record companies reissue old titles and bring out more and more new releases on the once-dead format. Even the big chains like Best Buy have a little section of records again.
I had turned my attention to CD collecting for a long time, but with the advent of mp3s, I haven't bought a new CD in years. Thing was, I missed the thrill of the hunt that comes with music shopping so I decided to re-fire my vinyl hobby. Slowly but surely I'm building my collection up again.
New vinyl isn't cheap however, with sealed, new records running between $18-25 each. I took about 100 CDs into Hastings the other day for store credit and got enough for a nice little pile of records including Silversun Pickups, Sigur Ros, 2 Pixies titles, and the latest by TV on the Radio. Of course, I come across a ton when thrifting, but it's hard to find anything that isn't Easy Listening in decent shape.
I'm like Escapee, I could babble on this subject all day.
