All label owners please read

[Aratron]

well Tocsin i havent really got a clue as to the state of the vinyl industry.
its all about the law of supply and demand in the end.
why can't things be marketed more intelligently.
like vinyl, and cd being packaged together , that represents the best of both worlds. multi-format items. with a code so you can download the MP3 off the website. i dont know im blue sky thinking

What you've just come up there is format independent music.
Something for everyone.

Otherwise known as digital.

Burn it onto a cd. Cut it as a dub. Play it on tape. Buy final scratch. Its all the same.

Vinyl sales are dropping off towards the deeply unprofitable end of the scale. Legal downloads are skyrocketing.

CDs are a much better format than vinyl. Much better sound quality, and there will always be a demand for a physical format. Vinyl is rapidly becoming a kitsch niche market for people who love it more than the music thats on it.

well you seem to have pasion for vinyl. but i feel its unfair to say that people who buy vinyl are a kitsch niche market.
i have a pair of record decks, i dont have the money to buy top quality pioneer cd decks. i do enjoy the aspect of using vinyl and mixing with it.
why can't we have both formats, it doesn't have to be one or the other it should and can be both.
i don't think the argument is about whether people would buy more cds than they would vinyl, i think the issue is changing tastes as a whole.
The way the vinyl industry is marketed and supplied. i don't know i really think there should be both so there can be genuine choice and then the market can take it from there.

[Aratron]

passion for cds i mean

[dan the acid man]

i think thats the idea here, not getting rid of vinyl just yet for the labels who want to sell cd's, but having an avenue to be able to sell cd's through the new site, and also continue to sell vinyl in the record shops

[Scott Kemix]

i think thats the idea here, not getting rid of vinyl just yet for the labels who want to sell cd's, but having an avenue to be able to sell cd's through the new site, and also continue to sell vinyl in the record shops

spot on. Vinyl sales might be alot smaller than they were, but i have just started a new techno label and have managed to shift all the units and even if we didnt, i would not go moaning and complaining etc.