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Title:	Welcome to the CD Notes Conference
Notice:	Welcome to COOKIE
Moderator:	COOKIE::ROLLOW

Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1517
Total number of notes:	13349

1443.0. "Death Knell for Vinyl" by AKOV13::SALLOWAY (Jeux Sans Fronti�res) Wed Dec 21 1988 11:33

    Rolling Stone reports that Sony/CBS will suspend sales of vinyl
    records for the Japanese market.  Some special-interest LPs may
    be produced in vinyl, but lack of demand has made this format
    untenable for the Japanese.
    
    I wouldn't be surprised if some new releases (perrhaps on CBS)
    are only released in CD and cassette in the USA in 1989.  Except
    for the mass market megasellers, there is simply no demand for
    12" LPs of catalogue and minor labels/artists.
    
    What does this do to US vinyl import-buyers who look  for Japanese
    versions of their favorite records?  This is the first coffin nail
    for black vinyl music.
    
    -Brian  (Cross-posted to RECORDS)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1443.1		COOKIE::ROLLOW	The thing dreams are made of.	`Wed Dec 21 1988 17:43`	11
	You'll probably see some company (Mobile Fidelity comes to mind) try to fill the gap. Licensing costs for the master tapes will probably go up if they ever become available. This will in turn drive up the costs of the records. People that want records will pay even more for the priviledge. This assumes that companies will let other companies press the records. If not, then the vinophiles will have to put up with shoddy American pressings or go to CD.
1443.2		VMSSPT::NICHOLS		`Thu Dec 22 1988 10:53`	3
	re .0 Ahah, we begin to see why Sony bought the CBS record club!
1443.3	Bye Bye snap, crackle, pop...	HUSKER::HENDERSON	Let it Snow, Let it Snow...	`Fri Dec 30 1988 08:07`	5
	The first nail was the cd itself. This is about the 4th or 5th nail in the coffin. Marty
1443.4	A Nit	DIRK::LUST	REALITY IS WHEN YOU CAN'T HANDLE DRUGS	`Tue Jan 03 1989 12:00`	6
	RE: .2 SONY did not buy the CBS Record Club. Sony bought CBS Records. The CBS record club is owned by the same wonderful people who own the RCA record club - BMG inc. (a German media conglomerate).
1443.5	LP's even deader for classical music	4GL::GOOD	Michael Good	`Tue Jan 03 1989 12:19`	5
	CBS is also going to stop releasing vinyl LP's of their classical recordings, and delete the records in stock over the next year. This is for the US market, and there may be exceptions for very popular recordings. I think Angel stopped releasing new classical recordings on LP a couple of years ago.
1443.6	re .4	VMSSG::NICHOLS		`Wed Jan 04 1989 06:42`	1
	thnx for clarification.
1443.7	buying trends	SKYLRK::POLLAK	Counting trees, in the Sahara.	`Wed Jan 04 1989 09:14`	7
	According to TIME magazine, last week, the market shares are: 54% cassette 34% CD's 12% LP's and we all know what happens to products that have a low marketability.