Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Keith G
wrote:

...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!!

Purely by co-incidence I just put up this page...

http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/AudioM...ndLPsales.html

If you wish to comment on 7" sales, then you might also like to consider
those for 12" singles as well. :-)


Is that music shipped or bought, and does it include independents? Other
sources include:

http://www.soundscan.com/about.html

Two key difficulties arise:

1. Pirate CDs. In China (apparently - I went to Shanghai recently) it's
positively unusual to buy a genuine CD (or genuine most things come to
that).

2. Second hand vinyl. Right now, about 100,000 (vs 170,000 CDs) on eBay
UK alone.

If anyone is trying to estimate the popularity of a particular music
format I'd be pretty wary of music industry figures. But a nice little
synopsis as it goes :-)

Rob