Underwater Sleeping Society's latest album, The Dead Vegas, is vinyl-CD-hybrid-thingy.
Upper side is playable with a turntable.

wow

I don't see the point of vinyl. I never buy them if there's a CD option. As far as sound quality goes, I couldn't care less.

Although, I do enjoy buying cassettes for no reason. Just because they're fun to own. So I can see that. But that doesn't mean they're better, it's just a random aesthetic preference that I don't understand.

That's pretty cool

What's on the vinyl tracks? Remixes/B-sides/outtakes?

Same.
Yet, a 7" is a nice object.
I can handle it with one hand, but it's not convenient.

CDs. It's easier to get, less expensive. Most people don't understand my need to have my music on CD. They always ask "Why don't you just download it? Then it wouldn't cost anything." I occasionally download, as a last resort, when I don't want to pay more than $50 for an import.

people who buy vinyl treat it as an aesthetic object, the cover, the printed sleeves, the vinyl platter itself.
It has been called a fetish. It's fun. There are probably over a million times more things recorded on vinyl over the last 80-90 years than are available on CD.

Your pros are my cons.

No answer.

Honestly any music I have goes straight to my computer, audio player, burnt CDs, or whatever anyways.

I care about the music and the winner goes to that which provides the least path of resistance between me and it. You can keep your nostalgia, fetishes, rituals, rationalizations, etc.

Cover art has never been anything more than a secondary concern to my music listening.

B-side(s).

In the last 2-3 years, the only reason I've bought any CDs has been for ease of ripping - my CD player isn't even plugged in these days. I probably buy about half-a-dozen records every week.

Vinyl looks nicer. It's more fun to collect. And it makes you cool (Rob, add THAT to yr list!)

CD's are more convenient though.

Truthfully, I listen to mp3's more than anything. I buy a CD, rip it to iTunes and my PSP and generally the CD stops spinning there.

CD's i guess, because it's more practical/easy to find, etc.
still, plastic jewel cases are the worst invention ever.

Both have their uses, and I have a long history of vinyl fetish, but I made the decision about ten years ago that I couldn't haul around 1,000+ records through my life and have been primarily digital ever since. Cds are a hell of a lot easier to dj with too, despite all of the purists who would recoil at anyone saying that outloud. The crowd can't hear the difference once it's gone over the radio or through a club PA either. I have my regrets, but none of them involve renting mini-storages. Nowadays, cds are starting to seem too damn bulky...

Vinyl is sexy yet expensive. Cd's are convenient and cheap(er).

I'm going to struggle in a one bedroom apartment with a cd collection.. fuck knows what I'd do if the same were in vinyl.

maybe one day.


my partner is still trying (and failing) to convince me that I need not ever buy another cd/record/tape/physical form of music again now there is itunes!!1

I enjoy taking wrappers off and perusing over artwork whilst having a nice drink thankyou. With friends or on my own. Nothing replaces this! not even freaking itunes.ffs.

Used vinyl is cheap as fuck.
new vinyl is the same price as CD's, and lately comes bwith coupons for full high bitrate downloads

it is not really about one versus the other. it is after al just media.

however, when referring to passionate collevcting, it seems that vinyl heads collect vinyl for all the reasons I stated above, and that CD people collect them for the music contained within, solely. which is cool. the music is the most important thing for sure.

I have over 1,000 cassettes, over 1,000 CD's and over 2,000 LP's and over 1500 7" singles. it is a well rounded pile of crap!

hahahhaahh!

like I said though, as far as finding the biggest range of music, vinyl is the way to go. Millions of recordings will never be released on CD or digitally.

this is kind of hot. maybe. I am undecided.

be interesting to have a look at..

this argument not true when you are in my country.

new release vinyl here I will pay $40 for, new release cd anywhere from 10 to 25.

I dont know whether it is shipping issues or production issues, but yeah.

similar with used. Cheaper, but still nowhere near equal.

that sucks.

the real problem with digital files for me is that every 5 years or so you have to m,igrate all your files to a new hard drive or whatever new operating system comes up, or whatever new music player comes up.
to think that the Itunes MP3 standard is here to stay is ridiculous.

completely :(


uh yeh, it's ridiculous. I believe in having access to digital files for music, but I don't believe it should replace hard copies entirely. In all honesty I believe purchasing a record/cd should give you the rights to evermore request the music in digital format for free, and digital only purchases should be far cheaper than they currently are, but this will never happen.

Just out of curiosity(putting it out there question), what DOES happen after you've 'verified' your five allowed computers with the one itunes account? No more playing the music?? hmmmm. I'm up to four already.