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From:
Jeff Waye/Ninja Tune
To:
Michael Stein , 'idm@hyperreal.org'
Date:
Tue, 21 Mar 00 18:42:56 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) more on vinyl vs. CD
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Just a left over reaction really from vinyl purist days. Obviously both formats are quite 'collectable', but in this day vinyl formats of releases (especially older ones) are usually the harder to get in comparison to the amount of CD reissues, therefore they have a more 'collection' value to me. Pointing to say David Axelrod LP's are more desirable to collection whereas the CD reissues are readily available. I like big artwork. Packaging is as important to me as what's inside. It's why I can't be bothered to download music. I can't think of anything I've wanted to own that I havn't been able to locate eventually.... Really I've got nothing against CD's...I've got thousands of them, but when I look at the thousands of records at my house it gives me the more geek rush of the two. Yes, I know...very sad, but it gets me through the day. Jeff
quoted 7 lines As much as I hate to drag this on... I consider myself to be one of these>As much as I hate to drag this on... I consider myself to be one of these >collecting geeks. But I don't understand why the collectibility is always >associated with the vinyl. I buy both vinyl and CD, but prefer CDs - I >generally buy the vinyl (if vinyl only) and put it to MD. It's not so much >about convenience but about ruining the product. Everytime I play the >vinyl, it deteriorates the product, i.e. it becomes worthless. So what >makes the LP/12" more collectable? Just the bigger size?
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