Friday, October 25, 2013

Records (as in Vinyl) Making Big Comeback


Records (as in Vinyl) Making Big Comeback - Rooky's Records, Amoeba and others




 Remember 45s, LPs and 78s?  Remember Record Stores? Well, they're B-A-A-A-C-K! (Well, maybe not the 78s) And, to the tune of $152 million worth last year in the U.S. - a 52% increase over the previous year. We were just in Fry's Electronics today bringing in our computer to have repaired and here is this wall of Vinyl we'd never seen before. (Talk about Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.) 



 Music stores can be called Record Stores once again, like the above Rooky Ricardo's Records on Haight Street in San Francisco. Listen as he owner Dick tells the story how his prime customers are 24 year old kids buying vinyl now. And they said vinyl was gone for ever with the advent of CDs. Well, CD sales are way down, according to Dick. Amoeba Music, the supermarket of vinyl just down the street, is going great guns as are their other stores in Berkeley and Los Angeles.



 Why the comeback of vinyl? Apparently people realized that records and the impressive record jacket art  and labels that  along with them have sentimental value even to the younger crowd. They associate a record jacket with a memory of, say, a date they had, what two years ago? A little, tinny CD just doesn't have the staying power. And MP3s are just 'air.' Records are bigger and tangible, much like collecting books versus reading off an ereader. Let's see how long ereaders stay popular.



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Monday, October 7, 2013

Two Historic Icons - Mel's Drive-in and Amoeba Music - Buy Today, Use Later


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Historic drive-in diner seen in George Lucas's American Graffiti serves up fare such as homemade pies & grass-fed half-pound burgers - Multiple Locations (0.7 miles)

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 Two Historic Icons - Mel's Drive-in and Amoeba Music - Buy Today, Use Later

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Just like the organism from which it takes its name, Amoeba Music’s stock of tunes has no definite form. At each location, expert music gurus—many of them musicians themselves, all of them record-store veterans and dedicated sonic obsessives—amass thousands of new and used CDs and LPs from the most mainstream artists to the most obscure underground bands around. LPs, posters, and memorabilia surround the musical inventory, which, like Ringo Starr’s pants, changes every day. Amoeba buys goods from customers, meaning that on any given day the store might usher in a rare vinyl LP, DVD, VHS, or even LaserDisc. Visitors can sign up for any number of contests while admiring Amoeba’s enduring dedication to its green practices and community outreach. Amoeba couples its huge selection of entertainment with visits from the artists themselves, welcoming past guests such as Paul McCartney, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords, and Elvis Costello to play in-store


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