A lot of good thoughts posted. I think vinyl will never become main stream again. The vinyl revival will be short lived.Guys like me, picked the used record stores, garage sales, record fairs, private collections,years ago. I am surprised that used sale prices have skyrocketed as per reports on this thread. Reissues are: some good, most just OK.
Young people are still the same. Few will be serious, Most will lose interest and fall away. Taking care of records takes added time and costs. Not acceptable in the world of today. Rare that they have the room for a stereo system while they share an apartment with 1-3 others.
Vinyl is almost antique now. The thirty somethings that will stay serious need to wait for guys like me to pass and hope They will get a chance at my collection and that my wife will sell at reasonable prices. Good Luck with that ! I am starting to look at ebay, discogs and probably visit some record stores and start putting price labels on the plastic outer protection sleeves.
I only buy 3-6 records a year now. 3000 plus records in MINT condition.If you seek original pressings. Specialty collections. Rare and great audiophile pressings. My wife will be the one that they will want to find.
My 93 year old neighbor just donated his 9,000 to 10,000 Jazz collection to the local Jazz Museum. I knew of the collection and was waiting for the Estate Sale weekend. Two days before the sale, I saw 2 guys loading box after box of records into a truck. My heart sank.
Vinyl is still alive but Analog Recording is gone. Soon our generation will pass too. It is,What it is. Enjoy what you have.
Young people are still the same. Few will be serious, Most will lose interest and fall away. Taking care of records takes added time and costs. Not acceptable in the world of today. Rare that they have the room for a stereo system while they share an apartment with 1-3 others.
Vinyl is almost antique now. The thirty somethings that will stay serious need to wait for guys like me to pass and hope They will get a chance at my collection and that my wife will sell at reasonable prices. Good Luck with that ! I am starting to look at ebay, discogs and probably visit some record stores and start putting price labels on the plastic outer protection sleeves.
I only buy 3-6 records a year now. 3000 plus records in MINT condition.If you seek original pressings. Specialty collections. Rare and great audiophile pressings. My wife will be the one that they will want to find.
My 93 year old neighbor just donated his 9,000 to 10,000 Jazz collection to the local Jazz Museum. I knew of the collection and was waiting for the Estate Sale weekend. Two days before the sale, I saw 2 guys loading box after box of records into a truck. My heart sank.
Vinyl is still alive but Analog Recording is gone. Soon our generation will pass too. It is,What it is. Enjoy what you have.