billbradleyFor I & I know that all of the youth shall witness the day that Babylon shall fall! 2,929 Posts
It seems like there aren't as many people buying Doo-Wop these days. Rockabilly and Northern Soul have large followings but there isn't a big Doo-Wop movement. I keep wondering if that'll ever happen. I have a bunch of doo-wop records that almost never get played now. I'll bring some to the Austin Record Convention but they mostly go unsold each time.
my uneducated impression (i.e. never been to a record convention, don't have loads of collectro buddies) was always that doo-wop collecting was majority older-boomer kind of age dudes. is it kinda like beatles krust where the demographic will collapse over time and the values will dip?
somebody I know was talking about how certain non-record collector items seem to be slowly collapsing in value - she used the example of original Disney animation cels, which you'd think younger people would have some interest in since a lot of those movies are pretty timeless. apparently they're getting pretty cheap.
billbradleyFor I & I know that all of the youth shall witness the day that Babylon shall fall! 2,929 Posts
my uneducated impression (i.e. never been to a record convention, don't have loads of collectro buddies) was always that doo-wop collecting was majority older-boomer kind of age dudes. is it kinda like beatles krust where the demographic will collapse over time and the values will dip?
somebody I know was talking about how certain non-record collector items seem to be slowly collapsing in value - she used the example of original Disney animation cels, which you'd think younger people would have some interest in since a lot of those movies are pretty timeless. apparently they're getting pretty cheap.
Someone commented to me that the doo-wop collectors are dying off. I guess there is some truth to that. Beatles seem to be more timeless. Generation after generation go through a phase where they enjoy some Beatles tracks. One of my 10 year old twins was humming a Beatles tune yesterday and I don't ever really play Beatles records at the house. The Beatles as a band they evolved through some different sounds so I can understand that. Doo-wop is doo-wop though. You either love it or hate it. I can enjoy Doo-Wop but I don't out of my way to listen to it.
I think the key for us “Krusty fans” is to try to at least make sure people get some exposure to actual Do-Wop— just solid vocal group R&B, not modern acapella group retreads or Sha Na Na. Anybody with a penchant for Soul, R&B, Blues, etc. can’t really go wrong with Do-Wop; it’s in their wheelhouse. They just have to discover it...
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somebody I know was talking about how certain non-record collector items seem to be slowly collapsing in value - she used the example of original Disney animation cels, which you'd think younger people would have some interest in since a lot of those movies are pretty timeless. apparently they're getting pretty cheap.
Someone commented to me that the doo-wop collectors are dying off. I guess there is some truth to that. Beatles seem to be more timeless. Generation after generation go through a phase where they enjoy some Beatles tracks. One of my 10 year old twins was humming a Beatles tune yesterday and I don't ever really play Beatles records at the house. The Beatles as a band they evolved through some different sounds so I can understand that. Doo-wop is doo-wop though. You either love it or hate it. I can enjoy Doo-Wop but I don't out of my way to listen to it.
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