New music - CD vs Vinyl
djkingotto
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so i went and picked up the new pete rock album the other day. i stood there pondering what format i should buy it in - cd or vinyl. opted for cd. i figured with the vinyl i would just make a cd of it to play in the ride or load into the laptop to seratofy it and then the vinyl would just be thrown on the shelve never to be spun again. this is a far cry from the days when i would be at tower the morning that "hard to earn" or something comes out to buy 2 on vinyl and one on cassette. are cats still picking up vinyl of new releases or cd? or maybe you just download the whole joint... 
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that would have been ideal! what labels are doing this?
not like its gonna be a classic but i would prefer to have the vinyl but not spend the money on both...
The new wired magazine has a fascinating article on the implications of FREE. Google, Myspace, Youtube, some of the internets largest companies all give away free stuff.
Now that the Music industry is swirling down the toilet, NIN and Radiohead are experimeting with the implications of Free. Even 20th Century Fox is jumping in letting people watch there movies for free with Hulu.com
It's an interesting time to see where this is going to lead.
Personally I'm good with people giving mp3's away. As long as they offer a valid product for people who indeed want to pay for it. I bootlegged the new Portishead, but I am definitely buying the vinyl.
The price of art needs to be re-evaluated.
- spidey
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-SIGN this is exactly what i do. i think its mostly because i like having re-issues and comps, but i dont like having them in with my original pressings. it might be stupid but thats just how i like it.
and not a second too soon either...
this is a great move.. I bought the new Quantic Soul Orchestra LP and the CD was inside the vinyl sleeve in a little plastic sleeve , simple enough and it lets you instantly add the music to your ipod or whatever digital method you prefer. I doubt it is too much more expensive for a label to incorporate that system into all of their new releases.
That's a really clever idea. I often opt for the cd becuase I can listen to it in the ride even tho I prefer to have the vinyl pressing. Cds can't be more than a few pennies and I would glady pay another dollar or so for new vinyl to include a cd pressing inside.
here's a perfect example...the P flash drive comes with the entire album (although this is in semi-limited quantity)
Portishead Box Set
It depends on the genre and artist.
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hmmm. Works for me. I think you might have the labcabin.exe virus. It was going around awhile back.
IMO there's a realyy easy way which would attract people to buy more vinyl. the labels have simply to add a code or something into the record sleeve and with that code you can download the release on their website.
that doesn??t cost the record labels anything at all!
The only thing I'll buy in any format other than vynil is DJ mix CDs.
The only mp3s I own are of people's mixes, always downloaded for free - I'd never pay actual MONEY for an mp3.
Buying music on CD or mp3 is for pussys
...it might sound a bit rough but you are right...
i hear you and it felt wrong, hence the post. but really it would just go on the shelve and the only use out of it i would get is to tell someone, "yeah, i got that on vinyl." and i can do that all day long as it is.
wow, a real man on soulstrut? and a damn good speller at that!
Well, that was a kind of joke post, as each to his own etc, but in my opinion if it's not worth owning on vinyl, then it's not worth owning.
I have considered that if/when I DJ mainstream gigs, then I would get all that chart crap on mp3.
If and when.
4AD did something like this with the Celebration record "Modern Tribe" -- bought the vinyl w/ a sticker on the outside saying that there was a free download inside.
Pleasantly surprised to open it and find that the download ticket was actually good for THREE downloads of the album.
I thought that was a classy move; it not only recognizes the realities of digital downloading, but also sharing, and implicitly says "we know you'll share this with others, but out of respect to artist and label could you limit it to 2 other people?"
i kind of took it as kind of a joke...
i just have a ton of records and the only joy i get out of them sometimes is to say, "yeah, i got that on wax." i think next time i am faced with this dilema, i'll just pick up the wax and convert it. i'll be getting rid of a bunch of bullshit records i don't need anyway - like all the 80s stuff i bought just to spin, convert them bitches and move on leaving more space for things i'd like to own on vinyl....
and that free download with purchase of vinyl is the move.... i wish they all did that.
yeah, I bought the last Blonde Redhead album and it had that download sheet inside. It said something like "you only get 3 tries, so if you do it twice then only one other friend can use it." Something like that. I bought the vinyl, got the digital for my ipod, and let my girlfriend download it and she passed it on to her sister. Awesome!
I would do this for my own releases, but I am not smart enough to offer any sort of download with a 3 person restriction.