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- Jul 25, 2011
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- Wellington, NZ
Hey guys, this is an interesting topic I have been harping on about lately.
Basically, with the 'dwindling' vinyl sales and, in some cases, selected pressings of certain tunes from a collection on a release, there have been a number of occasions when I have been like "who is choosing what makes it onto the vinyl??"
My question is: isn't it about time that the people BUYING the records got to choose what actually makes it onto wax? Wouldn't having polls/getting opinions from the actual market place to influence their decisions be better than the labels themselves deciding what those of us that are still buying the products will want?
And that brings up another point - some releases warrant a vinyl release (like the InsideInfo EP on Viper that I have mentioned on here) - wouldn't it be wise for labels to get a feel from their market if there will be interest in doing a pressing of some releases before concluding that no one is interested?
Basically, with the 'dwindling' vinyl sales and, in some cases, selected pressings of certain tunes from a collection on a release, there have been a number of occasions when I have been like "who is choosing what makes it onto the vinyl??"
My question is: isn't it about time that the people BUYING the records got to choose what actually makes it onto wax? Wouldn't having polls/getting opinions from the actual market place to influence their decisions be better than the labels themselves deciding what those of us that are still buying the products will want?
And that brings up another point - some releases warrant a vinyl release (like the InsideInfo EP on Viper that I have mentioned on here) - wouldn't it be wise for labels to get a feel from their market if there will be interest in doing a pressing of some releases before concluding that no one is interested?