Now it’s time for Time Magazine to write the same article which Wired (1, 2) and Yle wrote already months ago.
Still, 990,000 vinyl albums were sold in 2007, up 15.4% from the 858,000 units bought in 2006. Mike Dreese, CEO of Newbury Comics, a New England chain of independent music retailers that sells LPs and CDs, says his vinyl sales were up 37% last year, and Patrick Amory, general manager of indie label Matador Records, whose artists include Cat Power and the New Pornographers, claims, “We can’t keep up with the demand.”
Time: Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back
Thanks, Thomas!
Vaikuttaa vähäiseltä toi mainittu myyntivolyymi? Lie jonku tietyn ketjun lukema…?
“Vinyl records are just a small scratch on the surface when it comes to total album sales–only about 0.2%, compared to 10% for digital downloads and 89.7% for CDs”
Ton vois mainita kans highlitenä, nousuprosentti vinyylien myynnissä voi olla kova mutta kun varsinaiset määrät on pieniä niin ei se paljoa tunnu.