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Richardl60
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In theory yes but from the examples of turntables some of the supermarkets have been selling quite possibly not😢
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But, will the likes of Sainsburys selling a few 180 gram ( I'm assuming better quality here ) LPs tempt people back to vinyl, dragging out their old LPs from the roof space and then looking for equipment/better equipment to listen to them ?
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Suggs
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Last time that I was in the UK, just before Father's Day, Tesco was offering the same thing...one very neat and easily missable rack of very safe selling LP's clearly targeted as a "specialist" purchase for those with parents of a certain age.
Bet they all won't be doing it when current stocks are gone |
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Drewan77
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Hmm, I'm a bit wary about this.
The music industry has been here before where the buying power of national & multinational chains drove many independents to the wall. Not everyone will agree with me but there is value in the knowledge, enthusiasm and friendships forged by shopping in specialist stores. Often, prices can be lower than the mighty Amazon too....
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morris_minor
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For a Fathers' Day present I was given a copy of Legends - The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers. This was a Sainsbury's purchase. Good quality, mp3 download card - what's not to like? The issue would be how they dealt with faulty items. The stock varies from week to week, so they may not have a replacement copy in store.
They must be banking on impulse purchases since no "serious" collector would think "oh, I want xyz on vinyl - must go to Sainsburys" . . .
But I like the fact they do now have a bit of vinyl on offer . . . |
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Sainsburys. What! do I hear you say? I rarely go shopping but had to go to Sainsburys with my wife t'other day. I was amazed to see they had a small selection of 180 gram vinyl records for sale. I've not bought any because I already have the ones I like. Does this mean the vinyl revival is real? So, not a favourite record shop...but who knows in the future!
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DaveG
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Not a shop as such, but I've just been to my 1st ever record fair. They have one in Orpington on the 1st Sunday of every month and it was really good. Not huge.. maybe 20 stalls, but there was a lot of really interesting stuff that I never see anywhere else. Some excellent bargains and some expensive rarities.
I've known it existed for years but always forgot to go. Didn't stay long as it only took me about 15min to blow £100 and there was too much temptation. I got, amongst other things, a mint 1st pressing (allegedly) Wind & Wuthering for £5. This is certainly an early-ish Charisma pressing and will hopefully sound better than my ATKO version which sounds like it was recorded on a cassette outside while someone was playing the album indoors with the window open.. Also got a mint original Sab Volume IV, and same for Meddle - both £15. Also got some 80's- tastic stuff from Cure, Psychedelic Furs & Simple Minds for around £7-8 a pop and all look pristine! I was really after an early Floyd Animals, but the only one I could find was a mint 1st pressing for £60 and I wasn't gonna pay that. All in all a success - I'll definitely go again. Edited by DaveG - 03 Jul 2016 at 11:58am |
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