the curious resurgence of vinyl
0 Comments Published by Ronaldo Evangelista on quinta-feira, 17 de dezembro de 2009 at 2:05 PM.
J&R Music, at 23 Park Row southeast of City Hall Park, now carries 21 different turntables at prices ranging from $85 to $875. Some are traditional analog record players; others are designed to connect to computers for converting music to digital files.
Rachelle Friedman, the co-owner of J&R, said the store is selling more vinyl and turntables than it has in at least a decade, fueled largely by growing demand from members of the iPod generation.
“It’s all these kids that are really ramping up their vinyl collections,” Ms. Friedman said. “New customers are discovering the quality of the sound. They’re discovering liner notes and graphics.” In many instances, the vinyl album of today is thicker and sounds better than those during vinyl’s heyday in the 1960s and 1970s.
Sales of vinyl albums have been climbing steadily for several years, tromping on the notion that the rebound was just a fad. Through late November, more than 2.1 million vinyl records had been sold in 2009, an increase of more than 35 percent in a year, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Pronto, depois do LA Times e da Billboard (e tantos outros, but who's counting?), o NY Times anunciou: o vinil voltou. // As vendas de LPs (contando só prensagens novas) subiram 37% em 2009. As de CDs caíram 20%. Te diz alguma coisa?
(foto daqui.)
Marcadores: abre aspas, Think Tank, vinilândia
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