Last year's 52 percent jump in vinyl sales has been fantastic for record stores — "and growing more important by the day," Carl Mello, senior buyer for New England music chain Newbury Comics tells Rolling Stone — but the record industry isn't quite so enthusiastic. The vinyl explosion has been so pronounced that pressing plants can't keep up with demand, putting retailers in the awkward position of running out of hit LPs such as Taylor Swift's 1989, Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour and even Jack White's Lazaretto, which sold more than 86,000 copies and was 2014's best-selling vinyl album.Read more of Steve Knopper's article @ Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/music-industry-execs-sees-vinyl-rise-as-more-fad-than-explosion-20150130#ixzz3QbPhLzqw
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Music Industry Execs Sees Vinyl Rise as More 'Fad' Than 'Explosion' (Rolling Stone)
Last year's 52 percent jump in vinyl sales has been fantastic for record stores — "and growing more important by the day," Carl Mello, senior buyer for New England music chain Newbury Comics tells Rolling Stone — but the record industry isn't quite so enthusiastic. The vinyl explosion has been so pronounced that pressing plants can't keep up with demand, putting retailers in the awkward position of running out of hit LPs such as Taylor Swift's 1989, Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour and even Jack White's Lazaretto, which sold more than 86,000 copies and was 2014's best-selling vinyl album.Read more of Steve Knopper's article @ Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/music-industry-execs-sees-vinyl-rise-as-more-fad-than-explosion-20150130#ixzz3QbPhLzqw
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