Es gibt zwar nicht mehr viel Geld zu holen im Verkauf von physikalischen Tonträgern, doch da geht immer noch etwas: Vinyl-Verkäufe steigen laut diesem Artikel des Guardian:
[Vinyl Sales] virtually collapsed in the late 1980s with the advent of the compact disc. And despite the efforts of various subcultures of supporters — club D.J.’s, audiophiles, hardcore punks — to engineer a vinyl comeback, sales continued to wither as MP3s joined CDs as competition over the last decade. The industry had shipments of 3.4 million LPs and EPs in 1998 and just over 900,000 in 2006, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
But shipments jumped about 37 percent in 2007, to nearly 1.3 million records. Three years ago Warner Bros. Records returned to the format when it opened becausesoundmatters.com, an online vinyl store stocked with reissues and new releases. At first, any vinyl release that sold 3,000 copies was considered a success, said Tom Biery, who oversees vinyl sales for the company. By comparison, the 2007 Wilco album, “Sky Blue Sky,” surpassed 14,000 copies.
Vinyl is suddenly chic, he said, even among people too young to have grown up with the familiar crackle of a needle carving through the grooves of an album. “I have friends who have younger kids — 13, 15 years old, even 10 — and all those kids want turntables,” he said. “Their parents are like: Wait a minute. What are you talking about?”
Davon wird natürlich keiner mehr reich, doch die Tatsache, das Vinyl als selbstragendes und Profit-generierendes Medium weiterbesteht, dürfte jeden Musiker freuen. Denn schließlich ist die LP immer noch das Königsmedium, wenn es um die ästhetische Präsentation der eigenen Musik geht. Bei meinen eigenen Veröffentlichungen freu ich mich zumindest über die LP am meisten und wenn es „nur“ Dubplates sind. Wenn’s bei ITunes steht, ist das zwar praktisch und nützlich, doch lange nicht so sexy wie das gute alte schwarze Gold.
Gentlemen, sharpen your needles!
DasDAS
via nerdcore
