"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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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. :-)



Sure, why not - and tins of baked beans as well...??

I'm sorry, but seeing those figures/graphs based on BPI data has me reaching
for the salt cellar - elsewhere, I have seen nothing but reports of rapidly
falling CD sales and the manufacturing arm of the MI having to shed
shedloads of jobs as a result....?? (Or have I imagined all that - I'm sure
yer auld mate NK said summat to that effect..??)

Incidentally, the phrase "The right-hand plots is for albums, and the
left-hand plots for singles." is the wrong way round, according to the
graphs! ;-)


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!

I heard a report about this on R4 last night. The report included a
comment
attributed to a BPI spokesman to the effect that, "They may be buying them
for 'fashion' reasons as many of the purchasers probably have no way to
play them."


Again BPI.....???

I've no doubt that 'cool' and faddishness will play a big part, but the fact
remains that at least one 16 year old made the comment about having
something *physical* to play...??