is vinyl dead in Jamaica?

[Gee]

Since a lot of us on here have a deep love for the roots music, I don't think so because you will continue to see albums changing from hand to hand (selling/trading). A type of recycling so to speak and also rescue missions.

There are many bargains and finds out there for the taking but you have to invest time to locate them. Technology has helped provide a way for us to track down many titles on our want lists that we never would have found (This is very true for me).

Now with the new music coming out I think it will be in the future. I saw a lot of releases this year are only available as MP3 downloads or you can buy the 7" release. You then have to hope a compilation comes out with the tunes or it gets a proper release.

I think for the newer music coming out I may have to cross to the dark side and end up downloading the titles to the IPOD. Luckily I have kids who can school the old dinosaur on what is going on in the new Tech world!

None of this however will discourage me from listening to reggae till my dying breath!

[leggo rocker]

None of this however will discourage me from listening to reggae till my dying breath!

Gwaaan! Reggae music for I-ver!

[Rasteddy]

Gee wrote :
None of this however will discourage me from listening to reggae till my dying breath!

Gwaaan! Reggae music for I-ver!

this will not bring up any discussion!!

[ruff]

I went to JA recently for the first time and i was amazed at just how little vinyl there was, i was expecting record shops all over the place yet most taxi drivers had problems naming more than 2-3 record stores in kingston and these are Derrick Harriots, Aquarius and Studio One, the first 2 are small shops especially derricks thats got a tiny selection of vinyl, studio one is big but they only sell there own label plus they all re-issues. All my time in Kingston i asked where are the big record shops or any record shops, everyone told me that in JA there is hardly any vinyl these days and all the vinyl they make gets exported for foreign markets.

Roots is pretty much dead over there from what i could see, which was a shame but i knew that this was the case althought u can find the odd bit of roots playing out sometimes.

I was hoping to find a shop that sold 2nd hand records maybe, but was told if you do find any it's not gonna be cheap as they are all to awhere of the prices it fetches abroad.

I'm gonna start a new thread on record shops in JA....

[bullit]

Madness, thought JA would of been the holy grail of second hand vinyl.

[stepping razor]

Most of the record presses are old, worn out and have not been maintained and need updating.
Thats why you get some bad pressing on new music from JA.

Peace

[leggo rocker]

leggo rocker wrote :Gee wrote :
None of this however will discourage me from listening to reggae till my dying breath!

Gwaaan! Reggae music for I-ver!

this will not bring up any discussion!!

So what? It is just an expression of joy!