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"new LPs are ... expensive/elitist, almost exclusively re-issues" - Wrong!

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Rob Doorack

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In Reply to: Maybe, or maybe not. posted by sser2 on May 14, 2007 at 23:43:53:

I don't know exact numbers but it's likely that reissues comprise only a small part of the many new LPs being issued. There are plenty of new recordings on vinyl and many of them cost less than the same music on CD. A quick look at a couple of online LP vendors shows new LPs from Wilco, Bloc Party, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire, Rush, Archie Shepp, Bright Eyes, Artic Monkeys, Tori Amos, Elliot Smith, Feist, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Depeche Mode, Mark Knopfler and Emmy Lou Harris, Ween, Interpol, Rickie Lee Jones, Maximo Park, Los Straitjackets, The White Stripes, Amy Winehouse, The Stooges, Bjork, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton and JJ Cale, Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon, and Madeleine Peyroux. You can even get the soundtrack to The 300 on vinyl. That doesn't look like an elitist list to me.

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I agree that my statment was too general. - sser2 11:41:58 05/15/07 (0)
I listen to classical music, and this was what I meant. Esp. price wise. SACDs end where new LPs start.
from what music genre are these LP's? - docw 08:42:26 05/15/07 (2)
I recognize 3 names only, and one is classical (Peyroux)?
- Re: from what music genre are these LP's? - Rob Doorack 09:07:50 05/15/07 (1)
  All of them (including Peyroux) work in various genres of popular music. Nobody disputes that there is almost no new classical music on LP any more, but assertions that "new LPs are special interest merchandise (expensive/elitist, almost exclusively re-issues of old material)", while "SACD is more vibrant and general public-oriented format" are just plain wrong. According to the RIAA's 2005 statistics (the last year that they broke out SACD and LP as seperate data elements), unit shipments of SACDs were less than half of LP. Since many small LP - issuing indie labels aren't members of the trade association the RIAA's stats understate the real numbers of LPs shipped.
  - thanks for your post - docw 10:56:52 05/15/07 (0)
    I checked your picture gallery. What occasion led you to Guangzhou?

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