Anyone still spinning vinyl?

GuidoK wrote

But I can understand high ticket prices. The way artists now can make money is virtually only through concerts. Online streaming has made it much more difficult to make a good living as an artist through album sales alone.
And concerts is of course is their profession, playing music

Music sales (albums, online) is also something that mostly labels profit from.

Agreed, and if it is a somebody that I really want to see, I will pay…. If it is over $300 it requires a bit of thought, and I better have a darn good seat, though.

Visited Uncle Aldo’s Attic again today. It’s like crack man.

GuidoK wrote

But I can understand high ticket prices. The way artists now can make money is virtually only through concerts. Online streaming has made it much more difficult to make a good living as an artist through album sales alone.
And concerts is of course is their profession, playing music

Music sales (albums, online) is also something that mostly labels profit from.


If you look at it that way it's true, but physical goods in general (whether being TV's or kitchen appliences or clothing etc etc, and I count a vinyl record or a CD in that class too) are nowadays much cheaper (inflation corrected), and it's mainly stuff like housing and services (like eating in restaurants etc) have become more expensive.

BTW if I put $9 in 1986 in your calculator, I get $25.83 in 2024. Lots of albums are now considerably more expensive.

Yes! I didn’t hit the calculate button (thought it was automatic). So same price on the low end, but ~ 25% more expensive on the higher end.

Yup... still play my records time to time , glad I didn't throw away records I collected back in the seventies n eighties.

hubbahubba wrote

Visited Uncle Aldo’s Attic again today. It’s like crack man.

Good to some Alan Parson’s there, well done!

Speaking of Direct to Disc, I have three from Sheffield Lab. The technology was a real PITA for the performers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-disc_recording#:~:text=The%20first%20commercial%20release%20of%20Direct-to-disc%20microgroove%20LP,entitled%20%22Columbia%2045rpm%20Direct%20Cutting%20Series%22.%20%5B%201%5D

Listened to this while preparing and eating dinner tonight

Interesting thread! Good to see good people actually still have these!

My awesome father'day classic boxset

No idea how they will turn out, but I'm in the process of getting a bunch of 8-track studio demo stuff my brother and I recorded with our band or just us in my 4-track basement studio, made into vinyl for both of us.

I'll probably only play it once or twice before doing something to display it

Amazon just delivered. Starting with Escape right now, and going counter clockwise.

Oh my, I think I found my favorite new thread! Few that came in in the last few weeks.

Went a little bonkers at Uncle Aldo’s Attic this morning. When some are in the $5-$8 range, it’s hard to pass up!

Great album!

Probably the oddest couple of records to arrive together, but hey — that's my "ecclectiveness" at work

Picked this up last Thursday at the show.

I’ve just ordered The Cure’s latest album on white vinyl.

It’s number 1 in the UK and their first number one album for 32 years!

So I have a friend with one of those little suitcase type turntables from Target. I was asking him about it, and he commented that he was surprised I wasn't into vinyl. So I opened up eBay, set myself an arbitrary budget of $200 and started browsing...

I just got a Technics SL-Q200 for 99 cents. Seller was kinda salty when I met up with him, he was like "I was hoping to make some money on shipping." I wasn't about to pay $55 to have this thing shipped 15 miles, so after I convinced him to enable local pickup as an option, I bid... I was actually the only bidder.

No clue if it works, seller gave the wrong power cable. So I've got another one on order and I'll find out soon if this thing works. I preemptively ordered a new cartridge for it too, so I'm actually closer to $50 for this thing... still though for the price of one of those little suitcase players I think I have a decent machine.

Going through some of my dad's collection



TRIVIA:

Alice Cooper's 1972 album "School's Out" was originally packaged with a pair of panties. This packaging was subsequently pulled from shelves, however, as it violated the Flammable Fabric Act.

Visited Uncle Aldo’s Attic yesterday in search of Christmas music. Picked up a few other things, too. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

In a strange promotion for 2024, KFC Canada is offering limited edition Christmas chicken buckets with a vinyl record in the lid. From our local radio station conglomerate's web site:

https://hudsonvalleypost.com/ixp/341/p/kfc-bucket-top-record-contest/