the joy of vinyl records
In this story from the Oregonian this morning, it appears that grocery chain, Fred Meyer, has accidently discovered the joy of vinyl and the passion that people show for a good record. The accident, according to the story, came when an employee at the store accidently ordered a R.E.M. vinyl record instead of the CD he should have been ordering. The vinyl arrived in the warehouse and was shipped off to the stores and lo and behold they started selling. Of course DJs and vinyl purists have kept sales alive for years and indie music stores such as Music Millennium have had great success selling vinyl, but it’s good to see vinyl back in the mainstream stores.
Update: Newbury Comics’ Mike Dreese says - We are selling about $100,000 worth of vinyl a month.
June 4th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Everything old is new again. Yay vinyl.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
when i (if ever) put out an album, i will seriously consider vinyl.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I Miss Newburry Comics. BTW, sub the @ for . in email, it’s really a webform.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
squirleywrath sub the @….?
September 21st, 2008 at 10:46 am
What’s funny is that in the picture you posted that DJ isn’t even spinning vinyl. He’s using serato, which is a “vinyl” controller for a computer used to play mp3s.
September 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I think you are right, I can’t quite make out if the disc is a serato disc or not….I see no laptop..