The Vinyl revival is a renewed interest in and increasing the sales of phonograph records, or phonographs, that have occurred in the Western world since about 2007.
The analogue format made of polyvinyl chloride has been the main vehicle for the commercial distribution of pop music from the 1950s to the 1980s and 1990s when largely replaced by Compact Discs (CDs). Since the turn of the millennium, partial CDs have been replaced by digital downloads. However, in 2007, sales of vinyl experienced a small increase abruptly, began to return, and in early 2010 the growth was very fast. In some areas, vinyl is now more popular than it has been since the late 1980s, although the LPs still make up only a marginal percentage (& lt; 6%) of overall music sales.
Along with the ever-increasing vinyl sales, the revival of vinyl is also evident in renewed interest in record stores (as seen by the creation of Annual Store Day Records worldwide), the adoption of dedicated music charts for vinyl, and increased film output (mostly independent ) dedicated to recording and vinyl culture.
Although many sales in vinyl are modern artists with modern styles or musical genres, the resurrection is sometimes considered part of a retro-style revival, as many vinyl buyers are too young to remember vinyl as the main music format.
In June 2017, Sony Music announced that in March 2018 it will produce an in-house record for the first time since it stopped producing in 1989. Reporting the decision, the BBC noted that, "Sony's move comes a few months after it equipped Tokyo studios with engines lathe cutter, which is used to produce the master discs needed for making the record "but added that" Sony is even struggling to find older engineers who know how to make recordings ".
Video Vinyl revival
History
In Canada and the United States
In 1988, the Compact Disc went beyond the LPs in popularity. Vinyl recordings experienced a sudden drop in popularity between 1988 and 1991, when major label distributors limited their return policies, which retailers have relied on to maintain and trade stocks with relatively unpopular titles.
First, distributors start charging more retailers for new products if they return unsold vinyl, and then they stop giving credit altogether to return. Retailers, afraid they will be stuck with whatever they order, just order a proven title, popular that they know will sell, and devote more shelf space to CDs and cassettes. The recording company also removed many vinyl titles from production and distribution, further damaging the availability of formats and leading to a pressing factory closure. The rapid decline in availability of records accelerates the decline in popularity formats, and is seen by some as a deliberate way to get consumers to switch to CDs, which is more profitable for record companies. But since 2007, the popularity of LPs has increased. The largest online retailer of records in 2014 is Amazon with a market share of 12.3%, while the largest physical retailer of LPs is Urban Outfitters with 8.1% market share.
In the 'Delivery and Income Statistics' report for 2016, the Recording Industry Association of America noted that "Vinyl album shipments rose 4% to $ 430 million, and accounted for 26% of total physical shipments with retail value - their highest share since 1985".
In the United Kingdom
Similarly in the United Kingdom, compact discs went beyond the record in popularity in the late 1980s. It started a gradual decline in record sales throughout the 1990s. But also in the UK having the number of LP vinyl tapes sold increasing every year between 2007 and 2014 In December 2011, BBC Radio 6 Music started the occasional Vinyl Revival series where Peter Paphides met with musicians who revealed, and playing a selection from their private, vinyl record collection. In November 2014, it was reported that over a million records have been sold in the UK since the beginning of the year. Sales have not reached this level since 1996. The UK Phonographic Industry (BPI) predicts that Christmas sales will bring the total for this year to around 1.2 million. However, vinyl sales are still a very small proportion of total music sales. Pink Floyd's The Endless River became the best-selling UK vinyl release of 2014 - and the fastest selling since 1997 - despite selling just 6,000 copies. By 2016, 3.2 million vinyl cassettes were sold in the UK, the best quarter-century sales.
In 2016, revival continues. In January 2017, the Official UK BPI recorded the report of the music market for 2016, using Official Charts Company data, noting that "While it is still niche in terms of its size in the overall recorded music market, vinyl enjoys other star years, with more than 3 , 2 million records were sold - 53 percent increased in the past year ". BPI also reported that "The vinyl artist with the biggest sales is David Bowie, with 5 albums posthumously featuring over 30 of the best sellers, including his selected Blackstar รข„¢, the most popular vinyl award in 2016. recording ahead of Amy Winehouse's Back To Black , more than doubling the number of best 2015 seller copies on vinyl - Adele's 25 ".
BBC Radio 4's Front Row discusses the increased vinyl color release in October 2017 behind the latest album in a format by Beck, Liam Gallagher, and St. Vincent.
Maps Vinyl revival
Sales
NOTE: Many of the quotations below include CD sales, not just vinyl sales. This chart should be reviewed and revised for its accuracy.
LP vinyl 2012 chart
The annual top selling LP in the US
Graph
Vinyl in media
Movies
Television
Radio
On New Year's Day 2012, the British radio station BBC Radio 6 Music, only broadcast music in vinyl format, with recordings coming from a collection of presenters and DJs.
Day Record Store
Record Store Day is an internationally celebrated day on the third Saturday of April every year. The goal, as understood by employees of independent record store Chris Brown, is to celebrate the art of music. The day brings together fans, artists and thousands of independent record stores around the world.
Record Store Day was officially established in 2007 and is celebrated globally with hundreds of recordings and other artists participating that day by making special appearances, performances, meeting and greeting with their fans, organizing art exhibitions and special vinyl publishing and CD Release together with other promotional products to mark the event.
In 2013, for the week of Store Recording Day in the UK, 68,936 records were sold (an increase of 86.5% from 36,957 in 2012). It can be split into 1249 albums 7 ", 25,100 12", 27,042 7 "single and 15,545 12" single.
Diagram
UK Official Record Store Chart
The Official Record Store Chart is a weekly music chart based on album physical sales in nearly 100 independent record stores in the UK. It's compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), and the first one-week number was announced on Sunday night at the official OCC website.
The launch of this chart was first announced by OCC on April 17, 2012 - at the time, British record stores sold 4.5 million albums per year, and contributed 95% of the country's vinyl sales.
References
External links
- Al Jazeera's news report in the world's oldest record store
- The Daily Mail article on the revival of vinyl and the vinyl making process
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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