WaynerN
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I just finished watching Tucker myself.
Here is my theory on the possible record sales decline as of late: IMO, much of the resurgence of vinyl was caused by people who had vinyl, then opt out when the CD medium sprouted, only to return to vinyl after it appeared to have gained some foothold as a returning music source. The initial surge in sales was by this same group, replacing discarded record albums tossed after the CD revolution, not finding their album in the condition they wanted it in, so they bought new. I say this because there is no way to track used LP sales. This group now has purchased (new stuff) the records that they used to have and are now satisfied that their collection has been restored. That is one group.
Another group is the children of baby boomers who were exposed to the LP format because of their parents influences, and now they have decided that ma and pa really had something, so they have bought turntables and new (and used) vinyl. I'm not sure how big this group is in a pie chart.
The third group is very interesting. It's the grandkids of the baby boomers. I know this because we have a local (Twin Cities) station that is really into new and progressive music, and most, if not all is available on vinyl. This tells me that people that are making new music know that vinyl is a very credible music medium, otherwise they would have just been satisfied with downloads.
I also think turntable sales may follow a similar pattern with boomer sales accounting for maybe half of all sales, a less then 1/4 by the offspring of the boomers and a greater then 1/4 by the grandkids.
But this is just my gut feel, based in zero statistics.
Here is my theory on the possible record sales decline as of late: IMO, much of the resurgence of vinyl was caused by people who had vinyl, then opt out when the CD medium sprouted, only to return to vinyl after it appeared to have gained some foothold as a returning music source. The initial surge in sales was by this same group, replacing discarded record albums tossed after the CD revolution, not finding their album in the condition they wanted it in, so they bought new. I say this because there is no way to track used LP sales. This group now has purchased (new stuff) the records that they used to have and are now satisfied that their collection has been restored. That is one group.
Another group is the children of baby boomers who were exposed to the LP format because of their parents influences, and now they have decided that ma and pa really had something, so they have bought turntables and new (and used) vinyl. I'm not sure how big this group is in a pie chart.
The third group is very interesting. It's the grandkids of the baby boomers. I know this because we have a local (Twin Cities) station that is really into new and progressive music, and most, if not all is available on vinyl. This tells me that people that are making new music know that vinyl is a very credible music medium, otherwise they would have just been satisfied with downloads.
I also think turntable sales may follow a similar pattern with boomer sales accounting for maybe half of all sales, a less then 1/4 by the offspring of the boomers and a greater then 1/4 by the grandkids.
But this is just my gut feel, based in zero statistics.