billbradleyYou want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,905 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.
billbradleyYou want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,905 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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