From: t-bird (djtbird1@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 05 2002 - 20:35:33 CET
--- John Book <johnbook9@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com> wrote:
> In short, vinyl is a
> > predominantly first-world
> > luxury.
>
> Very true. Think about what is on the market now,
> in
> terms of "world music". If you look, you can find a
> lot of older albums on vinyl, of course. But no one
> in these countries are producing them anymore,
> simply
> because of costs and the fact that a lot of people
> tossed out their turntables in the mid-80's.
why do you think that vinyl is still availible in the
1st world? they tried to kill the vinyl market here
(i live in the u.s.) too, but then the dj thing took
off...
> Even major labels are very selective. I had written
> to Blue Note about wanting a recent Greg Osby album
> on
> vinyl, and they said it's not feasible, and they
> would
> only release vinyl by an artist that would be
> accessible to DJ's. I thought wait, DJ's aren't the
> only ones using vinyl these days, there is an
> incredible amount of people who will still listen
> just
> to listen.
i'm surprised that you expected different. major
labels are so bottom-line oriented...
> But Blue Note have eaten their words, now that
> they've
> pressed up Norah Jones' album.
>
>
> p.e.a.c.e.
> -John Book
> http://www.john-book.com
would someone smack verve in the head, and tell them
that they would sell "feasible" amounts of jazz
(especially latin jazz) vinyl re-issues? the willie
bobo and verve re-mixed & un-mixed cds have flown off
the shelves, the dj/record collector thing is really
trendy now--DO THE MATH!!
<calming down>
late,
-t
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