"malc" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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...so it must be true!

On the telly, earlier this evening, Paul Gambaccini was reported as
having said he thought the 7" vinyl single could outlive the CD!!

It depends on his definition of outlive.


Uh oh, this don't look good....


As I said here a long time ago - vinyl singles are on the up.
No they are not as most shops don't even stck them and haven't for years.


Gawd, thought as much....



Don't hold me to these figures but I believe the recent UK sales have
been along the following lines:

2001 - £178,000 (approx)

2005 - over a £million!


What a load of rubbish! I like the way you can just pluck a figure from
the air and qualify it by saying not to hold you to it.


I gave approximate figures as an indicator, I suspect the 'accurate' figures
are 178,800 for 2001 and 1.4 million for 2005 but who's to know?? You still
can't hold me to them......



Statistics say whatever
you want them to.


No they don't, not if they are genuine and accurate.....



It also depends on whether that was one shop, one chain of shops, one
area, across the UK or world.


Try working on the words 'UK sales'....



Naturally I am pleased to hear this because the sound quality from some
of these little buggers (at 45 rpm) can be very good indeed and I love
playing them myself! I have often said that a couple of kids playing a
stack of singles back in the 60s probably got more enjoyment from them
than some of the 'audiophiles' do today on the most expensive kit!

Two different unrelated arguments, you need to seperate the two.


???


(*Need*....???)



What was interesting was the young lad on the TV prog said what he like
about the singles was the physical aspect of having something to see and
hold! (As opposed to the 'virtual music' of the iPods!) PG also said
summat like playing a record involved the visual sense and watching the
record play was an important part of the experience!!

Was he taking any drugs at the time as a "young lad" would not say that !


???


Young people don't appreciate records as they have been brought up on CD
and MP3, so not many of them will have experience of records. They would
tend to class them as old peoples things - making them uncool to be
associated with.


WTF *are you going on about? I just told you - 16 year olds are buying 7
inch singles. It was on the bloody telly!! Do you think they would bother to
broadcast that if it wasn't true....??


Again, to get the answer you want, you have to phrase a question a certain
way.


Who TF is asking questions? What's that got to do with anything?



:-)


I don't see the point you were trying to make. Was it just that you like
playing records? If so then great, i'm happy for you. Try carrying a
record player and generator on a bus or train, or in the street. You
would probably be sectioned.


Stoppit already.....

Tell you what, chill out and read these:

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/netmusic/...526590,00.html

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index...ge=1&pagepos=2

http://www.bpi.co.uk/index.asp?Page=...file_938.shtml


And have a little think about it all......