[kj] Vinyl

[Change]

Some of us REFUSE to download!

--- folk devil <folkdevil_23 at hotmail.com> wrote:


> Vinyl had a renaissance during rave...the late 80s

> thru the mid-90s was a 

> boomtime. However, many labels no longer release it,

> and there isn't really 

> much audiophile [virgin] vinyl around today. I still

> release on it myself, 

> but am seriously considering releasing CD only from

> now on, the sale of 

> which is dying out itself due to downloading.

> Back to Greenpeace: With the setting up of the

> Stockholm Convention and with 

> the UN banning dioxins will inevitably make vinyl

> production very difficult.

> 

> 

> >From: "B. Oliver Sheppard"

> <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

> >Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke

> (the 

> >band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

> >To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the

> band!)" 

> ><gathering at misera.net>

> >Subject: Re: [kj] Vinyl

> >Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:13:20 -0500

> >

> >It's been "making a comeback" since the mid 1990s,

> in the media. Austin has 

> >now and has always had a ton of vinyl shops. When I

> get something new I 

> >rarely get it on CD. I get remastered stuff, like

> the KJ re-releases on CD, 

> >but I can think of 3 places nearby that have, for

> ex., the new Bad Brains 

> >LP on vinyl.

> >

> >A related anecdote: There is an episode of the

> Simpsons from its sixth or 

> >seventh season where Homer goes into a music store.

> The original joke was 

> >to have Homer show his age by asking for a new

> release on vinyl. Then the 

> >Simpsons writers realized that that didn't actually

> show one's age, because 

> >"the kids" were actually into vinyl again (and this

> was, like, 1995/6). So 

> >they decided to make Homer show his age by instead

> making a comment about 

> >Apple Computer, which at the time was considered on

> its way to extinction. 

> >Obviously, neither joke has aged well, where Apple

> is in the news everyday 

> >and vinyl can be found in tons 'o places.

> >

> >-Oliver

> >

> >

> >Change wrote:

> >>Sounds better.

> >>

> >>--- nicholas fitzpatrick <gasw30 at hotmail.com>

> wrote:

> >>

> >>

> >>>I heard a radio programme the other day saying

> that

> >>>vinyl is making a comeback. I can't remember the

> reasons why it is,

> >>>though.

> >>>

> >>>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >

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