is vinyl dead in Jamaica?

[Lion]

Vinyl is still growing see the latin jazz and reggae.
Only ina Jamaica they have to change there plan.
they are only looking and working for to day.
Old time music is the answer and not the Dancehall sound of to today.

Lion

[darewon]

While in Jamaica past July, I went to Derrick Harriot's shop in Kingston (Halfway Tree). He had a slim selection of old re-presses of his productions along side recent R & B hits from the US. What was surprising was that on the street, literally, were numerous people selling CDRs of the latest riddims etc. This is nothing new, since before CD burning there was the illegal bootleg cassette tape phenomena!

[Freddy C]

I think when you consider the quality of vinyl and CD you have to deal with it in terms of each individual release you experience, rather than one format vs the other. Both have great potential but it only takes one weak link in the chain (from recording all the way to pressing)to cause the sound to be mediocre. It's late and I can't be bothered listing the factors as you'll know them already - and I'm no expert.






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[Ranking S]

I believe there's more to it than just rational causes of sound quality and such. Why do people buy expensive books? Why don't just buy pocket books, borrow at the library, read on line or whatever? I believe in part it's because a nice, hardcover edition, of a book is more than just the same letters in another format.
It's also a question of feeling. The LP cover, the pure weight of 180 g of black plastic, the look of the label - is something very different from a CD or bits on your computer. I stick to vinyl because it's something more than just the sound. And I'm happy to find releases from Auralux, Basic Replay and also newer productions recognising that perspective. That's what I'd like to believe anyway, admit I might be partial.....

[bullit]

typical of me to of missed this thread, shouldnt of gone away for a week!

[daCENSOREDone]

vinyl becomes a happy few rich guys format... unless you're a professional.

I wrote it on another thread but music is what comes thru your ears. I understand people loving covers and wax and so on but it's a kind of fetishism that has nothing to do with music itself.

just check how people plays music in the third world and you'll find out that vinyl is making his way to museums. I guess it makes collectors and speculators happy

[B]

hip hop dj's the good ones at least still embrace turntabilism and vinyl..off a bit from the subject...

[Ernie B's Reggae]

I love the posts regarding how MP3 and CD sound lousy compared to vinyl. I agree.

We vinyl buyers will rejoice in 5-10 years when we go to sell off vinyls and make a mint...I wonder how much MP3's will sell for in 5-10 years.

Vinyl is a better investment than real estate any day. More importantly, it sounds way better. And the more you spend on the turntable and needle the better it sounds.

The way to go is own the vinyl then transfer to MP3 for convenience (but keep the vinyl).

[daCENSOREDone]

Vinyl is a better investment than real estate any day. More importantly, it sounds way better. And the more you spend on the turntable and needle the better it sounds.

The way to go is own the vinyl then transfer to MP3 for convenience (but keep the vinyl).

that's exactly what I do! but using better files format than mp3. archiving reggae history this way is a warranty for the future.

about speculation and investment I would feel a little bit in a contradiction mixing money and reggae's message. but everyone has his own way to "survive".

anyway internet has probably done the greatest job ever for spreading jamaican music and the message whether money is involved or not.

arguing about sound quality of cd's and mp3 is just negligible for those who aren't comfortably off.

[Ernie B's Reggae]

This newspaper article fits perfectly into the way that "news" is fashioned by the media these days. IMO, they tell stories, not news.

Here's their formula:

1) Come up with an idea for a story (hey, I know...someone said 7s are dead so it must be true!!!)

2) Research the story and get all the facts.

3) Now SELECT some certain facts that fit into the "story"..(hey I know, some of the more popular DJs started using MP3 instead of 7s! And, a couple of 7" distributors said that business is lousy!) Important: be sure to ignore all the facts that don't fit into the "story".

4) Brilliant..now that we have SELECTED the facts that fit the "story", we can go to print.

5) Bingo, you now have a story that gets read a lot of because it is big "news" and controversial to boot.