the health of vinyl as a medium is strong and getting stronger...

From: Gen Kanai (gkanai@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Feb 01 2001 - 17:28:50 CET

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    This is a link to an SF Examiner interview with Amoeba Records co-owner
    Marc Weinstein. Amoeba is one of the top, if not the best, independent
    records stores in the United States. It's not a perspective we hear from
    often and I think Weinstein is in a unique position to give an experienced
    opinion on the health of vinyl as a medium and the obvious growing
    popularity of electronic and dance music.

    http://www.examiner.com/news/default.jsp?story=QA.0131

    The most interesting quote is this:

    "The vinyl market has grown tremendously in the last 10 years. The record
    industry systematically tried to destroy the market for vinyl and, to a
    great extent, did. But a lot of hard-core collectors and DJs and avid
    listeners still stand by vinyl as the superior medium. I believe vinyl
    sounds better to this day and it has a lot more romance. CD media is kind
    of a hoax. A CD in a jewel case with all the printed matter can be produced
    for about a dollar and they list for about $18.98. Vinyl records cost a lot
    more to produce and typically list for about $8.98."

    Gen



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