Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?

[MatrixS2000]

radio??

And do you enjoy those interruptions?

 

[EJ3]

Full text on physical products:


I didn't believe the revenue numbers initially, but the unit sales seem to confirm this.

Some other things caught my eye:
Ad supported streaming service revenues are down, which explains the apparent slowing of streaming sales growth overall despite more subscribers. I'd suspected that ads brought more in than is sometimes considered and this looks like some evidence.

"Digital and customised radio music revenues" grew to the same amount as vinyl. However, the percentage increase was lower, so it looks like vinyl is set to reach more milestones next year: more revenue than ad supported services, and more revenue than internet radio services. SoundExchange services (SiriusXM) is on the up at close to the same rate as vinyl though. I guess I need to find out about SiriusXM then.

And it looks like the first chink has appeared in Spotify's armour, given that the people I know paying for Spotify started out as ad-supported users. Maybe the new user stream is slowing down for them, and that will affect streaming growth generally. Though I'd suggest that in the US, streaming has matured and will now only grow through price increases. Every household must have a streaming service in place by now?

No one I know personally has a streaming service and I'm in the USA, so...
Many don't have a stereo (of any type), either.

 

[EJ3]

And do you enjoy those interruptions?

Yes, as a matter of fact.

 

[deweydm]

This summary of the recently released RIAA 2024 annual report comes from slashdot.org (emphasis added):



The renaissance continues unabated, please continue discussing things that don't explain it.

Unit LP growth seems to be slowing compared to year over year from 2022 to 2023. 40.5 million units in 2022 and 43.2 in 2023. Per 2023 stats. Versus 43.6 in 2024.

 

[deweydm]

Unit LP growth seems to be slowing compared to year over year from 2022 to 2023. 40.5 million units in 2022 and 43.2 in 2023. Per 2023 stats. Versus 43.6 in 2024.

Not sure how reliable, accurate this is though. If you look at cd units for 2023 in the 2024 stats, it’s 32.4 million. But in the 2023 stats it’s 37 million CDs for 2023. LP units for 2023 match in the two most recent reports. CD units for 2023 don’t.

 

[MatrixS2000]

Yes, as a matter of fact.

Congratulations?

 

[EJ3]

Congratulations?

It's how I learn what is happening locally, bands, events, the weather. Stations are partially chosen by what they do not advertise.

 

[deweydm]

Might be of interest. Inflation Is Changing the Way We Collect Records.

 

[levimax]

Might be of interest. Inflation Is Changing the Way We Collect Records.

I have slowed way down on record purchases... might even start selling some of the "extra" ones I have if I ever get around to it. On the other hand I have increased purchases of CD's, they are a very compelling value compared to LP's and in general sound better and have an almost infinitely lower risk of being sonically damaged when purchased used.

 

[egellings]

Just saw this on Facebook. Forgot just how many of this specific inner sleeve I've owned. It was a lot as Columbia could put it in any genre of LP. In any case, note #2, seems like folks were encouraged to skip around tracks. Of course, I did as I made a lot of mix tapes:

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It's too blurry to read.

 

[Robin L]

It's too blurry to read.

Not for me - better check your prescription.

 

[egellings]

Not for me - better check your prescription.

Mt eyesight tests good according to my optometrist. The copy I saw on an earlier post of that was blurry. The link you provided was clear and easy to read, so I read it.

 

[levimax]

The inner sleeves can be a fun part of collecting records, especially old ones. This one explains "stereo technology" concisely and accurately.... were people better at reading and writing back then?

 

[egellings]

The inner sleeves can be a fun part of collecting records, especially old ones. This one explains "stereo technology" concisely and accurately.... were people better at reading and writing back then?

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It might just be that stereo sound was a novelty back then which benefited from information about stereo sound, and now we just take it for granted-no explanation needed.

 

[egellings]

The inner sleeves can be a fun part of collecting records, especially old ones. This one explains "stereo technology" concisely and accurately.... were people better at reading and writing back then?

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I'm getting just the upper inch or two of the picture on my screen, and the a bunch of empty space below it. Could it be that the file size is too large, above the max limit the site permits in an attachment?

 

[Robin L]

It might just be that stereo sound was a novelty back then which benefited from information about stereo sound, and now we just take it for granted-no explanation needed.

Gwen Verdon in "Redhead" happened in 1959. RCA Victor started issuing stereo LPs in 1958.

 

[Robin L]

I'm getting just the upper inch or two of the picture on my screen, and the a bunch of empty space below it. Could it be that the file size is too large, above the max limit the site permits in an attachment?

Looks fine on my screen.

 

[levimax]

Gwen Verdon in "Redhead" happened in 1959. RCA Victor started issuing stereo LPs in 1958.

You never know what you are going to get with old records. The RCA inner sleeve was inside a 1956 Decca Mono pressing of "Peggy Lee Black Coffee". So it was from the correct era but ended up in the wrong outer sleeve. I am surprised how many "posters" I find inside old records.

 

[J.M. Noble]

It might just be that stereo sound was a novelty back then which benefited from information about stereo sound, and now we just take it for granted-no explanation needed.

I think he was referring to the writing itself.

There is mounting evidence that humanity passed peak cognitive performance 15-20 years ago. Reading the well-written copy on 60+ year old record jackets and sleeves certainly supports the notion.

 

[VMAT4]

I think he was referring to the writing itself.

There is mounting evidence that humanity passed peak cognitive performance 15-20 years ago. Reading the well-written copy on 60+ year old record jackets and sleeves certainly supports the notion.

Speaking of decline in writing and cognitive performance, has anyone else noticed a growing lack of interest in subject verb agreement in today's journalism (English language & USA usage)?