Vinyl is back for good and that’s exciting

I have been investigating the resurgence in Hard Media for a quire a while now and have formed a view that is founded on info like the stuff seen in the Link, bit also by listening to those who work as a support to the music industry through supplying its sales material. 

Firstly if one wants to legally own Recorded Music that is offered through mainstream marketing channels, my understanding is that the only real option on the table is to purchase Hard Media. Any other mainstream methods of supply is to Hire/Rent recorded music only. 

Mega Stars from the music Industry are always quoted as having huge Hard Media Sales. This is a inevitability if one digs deeper to learn why?

Streaming remuneration is totally loaded in the favour of the Record Company and Streaming Service, this is the Business Model Full Stop. Remuneration to performers for their work via the Streaming Model is very very poor.

In general the Band/Group as a whole will need the remuneration of approx' 3000 Stream revenues to receive the same remuneration as a sale of 1 x CD or 1 x Vinyl LP sale.

Performers, Bands, Groups, are totally switched on to the remuneration value of supplying Hard Media, for many it is their own Merchandise sold at Live Performances and via their Web Site.

Mega Stars have a slightly different approach to Hard Media, it is nit uncommon for these individuals to have a 'clause' in place. The 'clause' being that none of their work will be offered via a streaming platform until a minimum quantity of Hard Media - CD or Vinyl Sales have been realised.

In general a Record Company is very keen to get the marketing onto the Streaming Platform, as a result of contractual obligations with the stream service. A Heavy promotion will be in place to realise the minimum sale.

When the minimum sale is achieved the Maga Star will have received in remuneration X amount of $000000's or similar in other currencies, as per their contracts that are in place for Hard Media sales percentage of entitlement.

Hard Media percentage of entitlement is much much more than the typical 3% - 6% of entitlement made as a remuneration of streamed media.

It is a pure need to express survivalism in the market for some who supply Hard Media, it is the only way along with Live Performances that may enable them to be able to create a ling term career as a musician.

For another select bunch, the type that go on World Tours as non-domiciles using select periods of time in any one Country as a means to avoid Tax. For these Types the remuneration from Hard Media Sales is very very nice, sought of owning a Bahamas Island Nice.

With the above views formed, I intentionally buy throughout the year a selection Hard Media purchases, made available from New Performers trying to get established. I am no stranger now to Crowd Funding Purchases or Purchases direct from a Web Site, of either Vinyl or CD.

My latest purchase arrived a few days ago, it will be debuted today at a social get together with Tube Rolling as the main activity on a Audio Note CD2.

I hope the attendees enjoy their first musical encounter with the all girl Group 'boygenius' as much as I did.                   

Buying Recorded Music is a luxury, there is no limitation on how a individual treats themselves to something they class as special to them.

Buying Hard Media to Stash Away or Play, Buying used or new Hard Media, or buying virtual Media, each option is for the individual to decide.

It is not really a winnable situation, when those who own music as a result of a purchase and those who use music recordings as a result of a hire agreement are suggesting their methods are the better one. Better for the individual not better for all. 

A Vinyl LP I purchased in my mid' teens' and have kept until this day, has had a early period of its life, being taken to parties and has been exposed to very unhealthy substances either air born or spillage.

Later in the LP's life it had undergone a few cleaning methods, using solutions produced to purposely clean Vinyl LP's.

This Album was kept for sentimental reasons, as it was a concern when being replayed, the sonic produced was uncomfortable and the Styli was seemingly in a worse case interface. The Album was not played for more than a decade.

Neil Antin's PAVCR become available to myself, using the info in this instructional, and a few other methods seen in use around the methods in the instructional. I set about carrying out using the Manual Cleaning Method, using a Solution that was a mixture of substances suggested available in the UK.

The Album above having undergone one clean only, has become totally usable.

I have described the cleanliness of the Album as being purified, I had a new experience where I perceived the cleanliness as a addition to the sonic produced.

There are methods available for Vinyl care, that are not too expensive to put in place, that will produce the cleanest Vinyl LP, either as a used or new LP. Setting aside the tools to clean and any methods adopted for LP drying, the solution produced using the guidance in the Instructional if fully utilised, will be approx' $00.05 per LP cleaned.

As far as I understand, this cost of .05c for a solution to clean a single LP, that when applied as per the Instructional, will produce a LP that can have a minimal contaminant residual left, especially a contaminant residual that does not get amplified in the RIAA and become a sonic at the Speaker end.

Can a Vinyl LP user buying both new or used LP's want any more available to them as a cleaning method (purification process) ?  

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I have in the past, with no restrictions to the work area, managed in 1 hour to have 10 x Vinyl LP's cleaned using the PAVCR Manual Method.      

Markets are created within Markets.

Vinyl has had its day as the go to method to experience recorded music, but that said, it is still able to function as means to supply entertainment very satisfactorily.

Those who buy Vinyl for this purpose are in general Single Album Purchasers, as well as particular about recording quality, returns to Vendor are quit common.

Then there is the different approach, Vinyl LP's are known to appreciate in value.

Those with collections used solely to be replayed and with a usage history know this, they have raised an eyebrow on occasion when a value of a LP has become known. Take my original 'Pulse' Album as an example, still in its cellophane wrap. 

Those with Vinyl collections, with no intention to be replayed, where the LP is still wrapped in cellophane and maybe even provenance such as a purchase receipt, are the backbone of the New Production markets. These types of buyer are happy to buy in multiples, they know the investments and the likelihood of appreciation, as well as knowing all about the appreciation that is already realised. It is these types  of enthusiast that are the New Release Markets, Coal on the Fire, they are the Stokers.

Making Money is a stimulus, everybody wants a piece of the action. Getting in early is the buzz, the thrill of the chase. As long as this activity keeps making profit, when will the activity cease, if there is seemingly nothing speculative for the use of ones monies. There is not a secret anymore about appreciation, the stories are commonly heard, there is a growing trend, participants are increasing, it is better than some of the Trends and certainly nothing Ponzi. 

A couple of years past during Covid, I met teen in the workplace and after having a talk about the strange world we were in, learnt that they collected/Invested In  Trainer Shoes and Vinyl, with a combined collection in multi thousands of £'s. I used to get him to show a few other work friends Photo's of his display of Trainers that have never been worn outside of the home.

I know one case where a first edition Album pressed in 2017ish was out of Presses. I held of the purchase of the Album as a Xmas gift, with the intention of having it as Easter gift. When picking up with the idea at Easter the same £30 Album could only be found for close to £700. Very recently a second addition pressing has been marketed and things have normalised.

I think it is safe to say that a user of the Vinyl LP for entertainment through a replay, did not come up with the value of £700. For the purchaser such a price will have been very speculative.