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yoof of today and vinyl

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peter bj

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I was in Hmv spending a xmas voucher , hardly anyone looking at cds but the youngsters were alll over the vinyl . I heard them chatting and none of rhem had a " vinyl player " as they called it , one said their dad would get them a player some time in the future . One said he had a crossley cruiser to ruin his new vinyl . I saw them again at the till and the spend was £60 - £80 each and they seemed to choose by album cover rather than artist .
It really makes no sense but is increasing the sale of vinyl !
I bought cds by the way as I thought the vinyl was mostly a rip off at £20 +
 
Nothing wrong with discovering real music......
The physical thing and the artwork has always been a big part of the experience.
 
Hmm! I remember LPs being around 37/6 in the late fifties/early sixties and I thought that expensive then, having started work in '58/59 on little more that £4 a week in London. Half of that went to digs !

Wonder what that figure equates to today........
 
Mike Reed said:
Hmm! I remember LPs being around 37/6 in the late fifties/early sixties and I thought that expensive then, having started work in '58/59 on little more that £4 a week in London. Half of that went to digs !

Wonder what that figure equates to today........
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37/6?
You were lucky!
I used to have to pay 4 groats for mine, and then we had to play them with a rusty nail! And you try telling the kids today.....
 
Mike Reed said:
Hmm! I remember LPs being around 37/6 in the late fifties/early sixties and I thought that expensive then, having started work in '58/59 on little more that £4 a week in London. Half of that went to digs !

Wonder what that figure equates to today........
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That's about £40 in todays money.

I was too young then, but in my student days I could just about afford one or two so the price couldn't have been too bad by then.
 
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Joe
 
I think it is brilliant that youngsters are still spending money on music, the way they see it is they get the download code and for a few quid more they get a physical copy with nice artwork and they get to feel a bit hip, which is what it is to be young.
 
According to the OP they were buying a vinyl album they had no way of playing so how is that spending money on music?
 
Cav said:
According to the OP they were buying a vinyl album they had no way of playing so how is that spending money on music?
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Because every new LP has a download code for a digital copy, a digital lp averages 15 quid or so. So spend 20 quid on a vinyl LP with a free download and for 5 pounds you get a free bit of art for your wall and some teenage kudos.
 
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