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I’ve noticed a real resurgence of CDs here in Canada. One of the results of this is the price of the CD is increasing. There are no longer $10 new or $5 used CDs in the shops. I expect the prices to continue to rise as the resurgence continues to grow. Even prices at thrift and charity shops are increasing.
I'm here for the CD revival! CD sales are also doing great in the US midyear report as well as vinyl. Great news for vinyl, CD all of the physical media in the UK & US.
Just do what I do and buy the CDs, rip them yourself onto your own music server and then copy them to a phone or MP3 player to play in the car using Bluetooth audio. I rip them to a lossless format called "FLAC" which creates quite big files, but I then just convert them to MP3 and put albums on a MicroSD card - I can get somewhere in the region of 700-1000 albums on a 128GB card, which then sits in my phone.
@@terrydaktyllus1320I know that works, but I just don't want to do that, i want to buy a cd and put it in my stereo. It worked for decades, why change that?
You can still buy car head units that include a CD player. Alternatively, you could pick up a cheap one from a car wreckers and install it yourself or professionally. I bought a new car in 2014 that, unbelievably, came with CD/radio/AUX/bluetooth. It was odd at the time but I'm happy about it now : )
I do mostly the same thing, using PowerAmp through a tablet to play hundreds of albums I have on a microSD card. I recently had to upgrade the card from 128 GB to 256 GB.
I switched over from vinyl to CDS, and it’s the best decision I’ve made in collecting music. decent size collection for not too steep of a prices, and the fact that I can rip the CD and own the music forever is a great feeling.
I do the same (and without any assistance from Apple or iTunes, they don't need to know my musical tastes) and my CDs end up being a backup of themselves on a shelf.
@@terrydaktyllus1320I rip them, store them on a usb flash drive (which is my emergency back up drive), tag the files, then convert them to be able to listened on my iPhone it’s a great system. The CDs stay locked and tucked away but I’ll look at the cases and liner artwork when I’m listening to the album.
The cd is alive and well… hurrah!! I switched from vinyl to cd (not that I had much choice in the mid 80’s 😏)and have never regretted it. Like you Phil, I love box sets… roll on more Beatles back catalogue, Rainbow remasters, Yes remasters (Going For The One, Tormato?🤞) A special thank you to Now Spinning Magazine and to you Phil for all you do in the name of music, your videos are a true tonic to lift the heart 👉👍☺️
I have bought 25 CDs this month alone. Cost me $40 for all of them. Everything from Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, Smashing Pumpkins, Devo to Wilco. If I bought them all on vinyl, I would be broke. I may have been able to buy 1-2 LPs for $40. CD is king!!!
I more or less gave up buying new vinyl records when they started taking the mickey with the prices and I’m not really into buying records just because they’re in a pretty coloured plastic. CDs for me are what I’ve been collecting since about 1987 and no way am I going to start replacing my CDs with records again like some people seem to be doing!
I've recently started buying CDs again due to the increasing price of vinyls . Case in point , the new Orange Goblin album is around £38 on vinyl which I'm not willing to pay , preordered the CD for £13 .
I remember vinyl during the 70s oil crisis when they became paper-thin. Easily scratched, hiss, got dirty, etc. Yeah, i know that i should take great care, but i was a teenager! CDs all day everyday especially now the music is mastered for the CD.
I worry what this means for prices, but it's still great to hear. I've been collecting CD's all along, for decades, since for me they are the best combination of physicality, sound quality, durability, ease of use, and size. I'm happy to say I've never paid for any sort of digital download and likely never will. And streaming is only valuable for finding new music I will then buy on disc.
I love cds I grew up listening to vinyl. Cds was a breath of fresh air. Easy to store. I dont gotta wipe them everytime I want to play them. No popping and cracking when played a number of times. A decent cd player and I can listen years to come. Don't get me wrong I appreciate vinyl but I prefer cds.
Onya Phil. May I please add that modern DACs put into quality CD transports / players can bring out sensational quality sound from (especially) the older CDs. Newer CDs are usually digitally recorded so quality will usually be high anyway. Great times too for us original collectors who kept our record collections and bought the CD format when it arrived. Cheers from Oz.
Informative update. Lets hope this trends spreads across Europe and North America. It's been great seeing the return of CD singles as well. In fact, Deep Purple has just released one for "Pictured Of You" that includes two bonus live tracks. Maybe this will be up for review? Take care Phil.
Even if I have everything twice over, I am starting to buy physical music (CD mostly) for younger family members,which I did when I was in HMV on Saturday.
Hi Phil, have you noticed the increase in CD prices on most of the online providers. Amazon seem to be the benchmark which other sellers use to price against. New CD releases are now £17.99 on Amazon. I know CD sales have increased in recent years but unfortunately exactly as with vinyl the industry is now exploiting the consumer. The mark up has once again become ridicoulous due to profiteering. I kind of preferred it when the CD was in decline!
Unfortunately CD production costs have quadrupled in recent months and prices have risen accordingly. I am in touch with many independent artists and they are putting the prices of their CDs up as well.
I'm still a big believer in CDs, especially if the music was originally recorded digitally. I still have a fairly large record collection, but I usually find myself reaching for the CD as I feel the overall sound is superior in the CD format.
Not a big fan of the CD. Have not bought one in over 10 years. Every time I compared the CD to the vinyl version the vinyl version sounded better. But I will agree that CD's are better than streaming any day. Thanks for the info.
Phil, I have just done the first 400 "conversions" from hard CD cases to the clear sleeves and I cannot believe how much storage space I have got back (as well as a dustbin full of hard cases). I keep my CDs alphabetically and got halfway through the letter "G" before running out and having to order another 400!
Thats great news Phil - I do collect both but its probably 80 / 20 CD's - they're just a lot more affordable, and I LOVE those box sets, just fantastic value. Cya
The quality of most new vinyl pressing is shocking, but who cares if you're going frame it? A lot of money to pay for a bad quality (I check to see where it's pressed before I buy it). I have a large vinyl collection since 1974 and have vinyl evenings. However, being restricted to one room also limits my choices of what I'd going to buy on vinyl. So, I've gone back to CD's since I finished work. I can rip to play on my Sonos system and even play it my car on the CD player (Yes, my car has one!) or a USB stick. I might buy a 'first time one vinyl' if it's by and artist I really like, but other than that, today it's not my first choice again. Great article, thanks for sharing.
I was really annoyed when the last two Elton John anniversary reissues (Caribou and Don’t Shoot Me) were only released on LP format and not CDs, meaning that my collection will be incomplete as I had all the previous ones as 2CD Deluxe editions and now I won’t be able to complete the set!
I am still buying CDs more than ever but I am now having to do some space optimisation like you did and start replacing plain plastic CD cases with the plastic sleeves. I am running out of space with the amount of purchases I am making, and it's all your fault!
I think it is interesting to note that Sam Rosenthal, who runs Projekt Records out of Portland, Oregon, has been remastering his own band's output (Black Tape For A Blue Girl), on vinyl, CD and..........fanfare, please........MINI DISC!!! He happens to like that format (I used it 25 years ago), but as far as I know, he is an island unto himself at this time with the Mini Disc. Is anything possible? Maybe. Food for thought. Always enjoy your check ins on physical media sales. Thanks, Phil!
I buy 100's of CDs every year. I have definitely noticed an uptick in pricing online on CDs the past few years, especially on Amazon. The CD is still very cheap pricing wise compared to wax. If you want a good bang for your buck, with music that sounds great, buy CDs!
Hi Phil - another good episode! I enjoy the industry analysis as much as the musical items I guess I have a different view of HMV - I'd prefer they disappear unless they sort out their business model. They DID go out of business until bought out by the guy who runs Sunrise records in Canada. In both company cases, the business "recovery' has been on the back of vinyl, but with ridiculously inflated prices. As an example, bog standard reissues of easily available LPs (e.g., AC/DC) at 50 quid a pop (Belfast HMV, this March 2024). I've written HMV and noted that I would buy 3-4 LPs at 21 quid each, but generally none at 30-40 quid each (nevermind the asinine prices aforementioned). I doubt very much that I am alone. My issue with HMV is that, as one of the main chains, they have the power to slow or stop the price surges from the suppliers by objecting to the prices and not stocking ridiculously overpriced items. Instead they just shrug and say "well, its a market issue". That may well be true, but it ignores the fact that the prices are strangling new music releases. Who will take a chance on a new band's LP or CD if they are 40/25 quid each? (a lot fewer than if prices were 30% lower). I maintain that the 'recovery' of HMV was on the back of die-hard enthusiasts for physical media (esp vinyl), and that their current pricing is killing the goose which laid the golden (recovery) egg. You point out that the average price for an LP is now 27 quid, whereas it was 5-6 quid less even 2-3 yrs ago. There is no backlog in production, there is continuously increasing production capacity, so why the ever increasing price (besides greed of course)? Very few things are more than 25% more expensive than in 2021 (and salaries have not kept that kind of pace) OK, sorry, a bit of a rant, but the take home is that HMV have the power (and I would say responsibility given how they were rescued) to put the brakes on the price increases. Certainly I don't expect Amazon to do it (too diverse a retail base to micromanage a small sector), and the indie stores don't have the buying power (unless they band together), so it falls to HMV and the like. Really, its in their best interests, as once all the vinyl newbies have bought their standard reissues, what will entice them to "keep going"? (endless reissues? God, I hope not....but its hardly going to be new bands at 40 quid an LP, is it?). At the end, I am kind of depressed. I am about the same age as you, with a decent salary. I used to buy an average of 1 LP a day, but, now, if i go in a shop and see the lowest price is 27 quid, I just leave empty-handed, disappointed that my passion is being killed off by pricing. If someone as lucky as I can't really afford to keep going, I kind of wonder what the point of the 'vinyl/CD revival is". Sorry to be a bummer, Peter
Hi Luke, thank you for watching and for sharing your very insightful thoughts. In some ways the prices of everything, energy, olive oil, a pint of beer, a meal out has gone exponentially and the musicians making the music are having to put up their prices. I have noticed independent bands are also now having to charge £40 + postage from their Bandcamp pages. The grass is always greener in some ways and I am envious of you being able to potentially buy an album a day ! Unfortunately I don’t have any salary at the moment and I am working hard to see if I can make Now Spinning Magazine pay for itself in the next 12 months. Doing this has reintroduced a sense of wonder and excitement to playing and enjoying music. I do relate to how you feel but I take encouragement from the fact that it is a younger dynamic that is driving this uptick in physical sales. Thank you again for being part of this journey. Phil :)
Great video, and great news. Where I live here in the US, there is only one shop (that I know of) within 120 miles of me that sells even a small selection of Cherry Red boxed sets. I go there 2-3 times each year, and I do support them every time - but it would be nice to have some other closer options (besides Amazon).
Being 53years I should be exited for vinyl/cd,but in 2024 we should be envisting for the enviroment .Plastic should be banned of the plannet,so I can't be exited as you !😢😢❤
I love CDs and cassettes and vinyl I grow up on cassettes listening to them first and then I got into CDs and then I got into vinyl back in the 1990s. I hope CDs will be a resurgence not just in the UK but in the US and around the world I love CDs because I can put more music on it and vinyl records and cassettes I love the hits the tape piston all the surface noise because it’s so nostalgic and awesome. streaming has nothing on physical media especially CDs cassettes and vinyl I just love those three formats and I love box that’s there are the best ever including super deluxe box that and I will always love CDs and vinyl and cassette tapes. what is your favorite format of music to listen to Phil?
as soon as the music industry stop 'signed' and 'autographed' copies of CD and Vinyl releases qualifying for a chart position, the slump in physical sales will be massive.....
I've had quite some CD's suffering from CD rot and are unplayable now. That problem does not exist with vinyl obviously. How does Phil or anybody here deal with cd rot? Part for this reason I'm only being vinyl nowadays.
Cd rot is way overestimated...I have more than 3000 cds, starting from the first one bought in 1987, well only one has bronzed but it's still perfectly playable... Cd rot has been an issue for a very limited time and for one particular manufacturer. Cds are very robust and durable. Vinyl is still more fragile and in any case even if you keep it perfectly, each single play degradates a bit of its sound quality. My first Cd bought in 1987 after 40 years still sounds like the first day.
In the 1000s of CDs I have bought over the decades only two have this problem and they still play absolutely fine. It was one pressing plant I believe (PDQ ?) but it is very rare. I do know some people had had issues with this but it seems to stem from very early pressings from PDQ
@@NowSpinningMagazine I seem to remember that cds manufactured at the PDO factory (Blackburn, UK) in the period 1989-93 do/can suffer from disc rot. Nearly all the other factories around the world do not have/had issues with rot.
As I understand it, If a CD isn't manufactured properly, the metal can react with atmospheric gases & oxidize (i.e. "rust"). I haven't had much problem at all. I've lost a total of 4 I think, 2 of which were from Nimbus in the UK & were pressed in the early 1980's. The other 2 (both 1980's era discs) had playback issues from day one & they got worse over time. This is out of several hundred discs in my collection, many over 40 years old. Perhaps your discs are from the 1980's by a manufacturer that had quality control issues in its early days?
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I’ve noticed a real resurgence of CDs here in Canada. One of the results of this is the price of the CD is increasing. There are no longer $10 new or $5 used CDs in the shops. I expect the prices to continue to rise as the resurgence continues to grow. Even prices at thrift and charity shops are increasing.
I'm here for the CD revival! CD sales are also doing great in the US midyear report as well as vinyl. Great news for vinyl, CD all of the physical media in the UK & US.
I just hope they bring back cd players in cars. Fed up with all those unreliable streaming options
Just do what I do and buy the CDs, rip them yourself onto your own music server and then copy them to a phone or MP3 player to play in the car using Bluetooth audio.
I rip them to a lossless format called "FLAC" which creates quite big files, but I then just convert them to MP3 and put albums on a MicroSD card - I can get somewhere in the region of 700-1000 albums on a 128GB card, which then sits in my phone.
@@terrydaktyllus1320Way too much work just to listen to music.
@@terrydaktyllus1320I know that works, but I just don't want to do that, i want to buy a cd and put it in my stereo. It worked for decades, why change that?
You can still buy car head units that include a CD player. Alternatively, you could pick up a cheap one from a car wreckers and install it yourself or professionally. I bought a new car in 2014 that, unbelievably, came with CD/radio/AUX/bluetooth. It was odd at the time but I'm happy about it now : )
I do mostly the same thing, using PowerAmp through a tablet to play hundreds of albums I have on a microSD card. I recently had to upgrade the card from 128 GB to 256 GB.
I switched over from vinyl to CDS, and it’s the best decision I’ve made in collecting music. decent size collection for not too steep of a prices, and the fact that I can rip the CD and own the music forever is a great feeling.
I do the same (and without any assistance from Apple or iTunes, they don't need to know my musical tastes) and my CDs end up being a backup of themselves on a shelf.
@@terrydaktyllus1320I rip them, store them on a usb flash drive (which is my emergency back up drive), tag the files, then convert them to be able to listened on my iPhone it’s a great system. The CDs stay locked and tucked away but I’ll look at the cases and liner artwork when I’m listening to the album.
The cd is alive and well… hurrah!! I switched from vinyl to cd (not that I had much choice in the mid 80’s 😏)and have never regretted it. Like you Phil, I love box sets… roll on more Beatles back catalogue, Rainbow remasters, Yes remasters (Going For The One, Tormato?🤞) A special thank you to Now Spinning Magazine and to you Phil for all you do in the name of music, your videos are a true tonic to lift the heart 👉👍☺️
I never stopped buying CDs. I haven’t purchased a new vinyl since around 1986.
I have bought 25 CDs this month alone. Cost me $40 for all of them. Everything from Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, Smashing Pumpkins, Devo to Wilco. If I bought them all on vinyl, I would be broke. I may have been able to buy 1-2 LPs for $40. CD is king!!!
I more or less gave up buying new vinyl records when they started taking the mickey with the prices and I’m not really into buying records just because they’re in a pretty coloured plastic. CDs for me are what I’ve been collecting since about 1987 and no way am I going to start replacing my CDs with records again like some people seem to be doing!
I've recently started buying CDs again due to the increasing price of vinyls . Case in point , the new Orange Goblin album is around £38 on vinyl which I'm not willing to pay , preordered the CD for £13 .
It is great news that CD is making a comeback, but I have always supported the format for its size and durability. Box sets are the way forward.
Phil, Good news all around it would seem. Thanks Phil and good afternoon from the U.S.A.
Great news Phil. I am spending a lot of time in records stores and I am meeting so many great people all sharing the same love for music. .
I enjoy all the formats streaming lp and cd but I am enjoying the cd format more and more especially the cd box sets
I remember vinyl during the 70s oil crisis when they became paper-thin. Easily scratched, hiss, got dirty, etc. Yeah, i know that i should take great care, but i was a teenager! CDs all day everyday especially now the music is mastered for the CD.
I thought I was alone in this! Good to know! It might be higher if you account for sale of used CDs
Im constantly buying CDs whenever i can. I have over 2000 CDs now 😊
Your reviews of several CD box sets were the impetus for my contribution to the CD bump 😊. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Greg
Thank you 🙏
I worry what this means for prices, but it's still great to hear. I've been collecting CD's all along, for decades, since for me they are the best combination of physicality, sound quality, durability, ease of use, and size. I'm happy to say I've never paid for any sort of digital download and likely never will. And streaming is only valuable for finding new music I will then buy on disc.
I love cds I grew up listening to vinyl. Cds was a breath of fresh air. Easy to store. I dont gotta wipe them everytime I want to play them. No popping and cracking when played a number of times. A decent cd player and I can listen years to come. Don't get me wrong I appreciate vinyl but I prefer cds.
I've gone to cds many years ago.I like boxsets especially 5.1.Get more bang for my buck with cds
Great to hear of a Cd upswing but I can see the prices of Cds going through the roof like vinyl. My local HMV is stocking more cds.
Music for soul and mind, L.P.s and C.D.s are tactile and makes spinging so much more enjoyable.
Onya Phil. May I please add that modern DACs put into quality CD transports / players can bring out sensational quality sound from (especially) the older CDs. Newer CDs are usually digitally recorded so quality will usually be high anyway. Great times too for us original collectors who kept our record collections and bought the CD format when it arrived. Cheers from Oz.
Informative update. Lets hope this trends spreads across Europe and North America. It's been great seeing the return of CD singles as well. In fact, Deep Purple has just released one for "Pictured Of You" that includes two bonus live tracks. Maybe this will be up for review? Take care Phil.
Even if I have everything twice over, I am starting to buy physical music (CD mostly) for younger family members,which I did when I was in HMV on Saturday.
Love Cd's!!! Always will be my favorite format. Thanks for the updates Phil.
Thanks for listening !
Hi Phil, have you noticed the increase in CD prices on most of the online providers. Amazon seem to be the benchmark which other sellers use to price against. New CD releases are now £17.99 on Amazon. I know CD sales have increased in recent years but unfortunately exactly as with vinyl the industry is now exploiting the consumer. The mark up has once again become ridicoulous due to profiteering. I kind of preferred it when the CD was in decline!
Unfortunately CD production costs have quadrupled in recent months and prices have risen accordingly. I am in touch with many independent artists and they are putting the prices of their CDs up as well.
Thanks for the info, explains the sudden increase.
I'm still a big believer in CDs, especially if the music was originally recorded digitally. I still have a fairly large record collection, but I usually find myself reaching for the CD as I feel the overall sound is superior in the CD format.
Not a big fan of the CD. Have not bought one in over 10 years. Every time I compared the CD to the vinyl version the vinyl version sounded better. But I will agree that CD's are better than streaming any day. Thanks for the info.
Phil, I have just done the first 400 "conversions" from hard CD cases to the clear sleeves and I cannot believe how much storage space I have got back (as well as a dustbin full of hard cases).
I keep my CDs alphabetically and got halfway through the letter "G" before running out and having to order another 400!
Hi Terry, the amount of space you get back is stunning. Lots of people are doing this now.
Thats great news Phil - I do collect both but its probably 80 / 20 CD's - they're just a lot more affordable, and I LOVE those box sets, just fantastic value. Cya
Great video. Thanks 👍
Thank you 🙏
Would love it if singles returned to physical media on mass, used to love having rare b-sides.
The quality of most new vinyl pressing is shocking, but who cares if you're going frame it? A lot of money to pay for a bad quality (I check to see where it's pressed before I buy it). I have a large vinyl collection since 1974 and have vinyl evenings. However, being restricted to one room also limits my choices of what I'd going to buy on vinyl. So, I've gone back to CD's since I finished work. I can rip to play on my Sonos system and even play it my car on the CD player (Yes, my car has one!) or a USB stick. I might buy a 'first time one vinyl' if it's by and artist I really like, but other than that, today it's not my first choice again. Great article, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing - Phil :)
Hi Phil: Cool video! 😃👍⭐.
I can’t remember now when I last bought a vinyl. I love vinyl but it’s too expensive. CDs are wonderful as well so I just go with that format now.
I was really annoyed when the last two Elton John anniversary reissues (Caribou and Don’t Shoot Me) were only released on LP format and not CDs, meaning that my collection will be incomplete as I had all the previous ones as 2CD Deluxe editions and now I won’t be able to complete the set!
Still buying Cds but if it's a favourite band Vinyl as well 😂❤
I am still buying CDs more than ever but I am now having to do some space optimisation like you did and start replacing plain plastic CD cases with the plastic sleeves. I am running out of space with the amount of purchases I am making, and it's all your fault!
I think it is interesting to note that Sam Rosenthal, who runs Projekt Records out of Portland, Oregon, has been remastering his own band's output (Black Tape For A Blue Girl), on vinyl, CD and..........fanfare, please........MINI DISC!!! He happens to like that format (I used it 25 years ago), but as far as I know, he is an island unto himself at this time with the Mini Disc. Is anything possible? Maybe. Food for thought. Always enjoy your check ins on physical media sales. Thanks, Phil!
Has anyone notice that manufacturers are releasing new players as well.
Exactly 👍 this has to be good thing for CD fans
i'm in CD land at the moment as vinyl has just got too expensive
Cd lover for me phil always will be not brought any vinyl since 1985
I buy 100's of CDs every year. I have definitely noticed an uptick in pricing online on CDs the past few years, especially on Amazon. The CD is still very cheap pricing wise compared to wax. If you want a good bang for your buck, with music that sounds great, buy CDs!
I'll stick with my cd purchases, I don't like hiss and pop.
Clean your records n get a decent record player
Hi Phil -
another good episode! I enjoy the industry analysis as much as the musical items
I guess I have a different view of HMV - I'd prefer they disappear unless they sort out their business model. They DID go out of business until bought out by the guy who runs Sunrise records in Canada. In both company cases, the business "recovery' has been on the back of vinyl, but with ridiculously inflated prices. As an example, bog standard reissues of easily available LPs (e.g., AC/DC) at 50 quid a pop (Belfast HMV, this March 2024). I've written HMV and noted that I would buy 3-4 LPs at 21 quid each, but generally none at 30-40 quid each (nevermind the asinine prices aforementioned). I doubt very much that I am alone.
My issue with HMV is that, as one of the main chains, they have the power to slow or stop the price surges from the suppliers by objecting to the prices and not stocking ridiculously overpriced items. Instead they just shrug and say "well, its a market issue". That may well be true, but it ignores the fact that the prices are strangling new music releases. Who will take a chance on a new band's LP or CD if they are 40/25 quid each? (a lot fewer than if prices were 30% lower). I maintain that the 'recovery' of HMV was on the back of die-hard enthusiasts for physical media (esp vinyl), and that their current pricing is killing the goose which laid the golden (recovery) egg.
You point out that the average price for an LP is now 27 quid, whereas it was 5-6 quid less even 2-3 yrs ago. There is no backlog in production, there is continuously increasing production capacity, so why the ever increasing price (besides greed of course)? Very few things are more than 25% more expensive than in 2021 (and salaries have not kept that kind of pace)
OK, sorry, a bit of a rant, but the take home is that HMV have the power (and I would say responsibility given how they were rescued) to put the brakes on the price increases. Certainly I don't expect Amazon to do it (too diverse a retail base to micromanage a small sector), and the indie stores don't have the buying power (unless they band together), so it falls to HMV and the like. Really, its in their best interests, as once all the vinyl newbies have bought their standard reissues, what will entice them to "keep going"? (endless reissues? God, I hope not....but its hardly going to be new bands at 40 quid an LP, is it?).
At the end, I am kind of depressed. I am about the same age as you, with a decent salary. I used to buy an average of 1 LP a day, but, now, if i go in a shop and see the lowest price is 27 quid, I just leave empty-handed, disappointed that my passion is being killed off by pricing. If someone as lucky as I can't really afford to keep going, I kind of wonder what the point of the 'vinyl/CD revival is".
Sorry to be a bummer,
Peter
Hi Luke, thank you for watching and for sharing your very insightful thoughts. In some ways the prices of everything, energy, olive oil, a pint of beer, a meal out has gone exponentially and the musicians making the music are having to put up their prices. I have noticed independent bands are also now having to charge £40 + postage from their Bandcamp pages. The grass is always greener in some ways and I am envious of you being able to potentially buy an album a day ! Unfortunately I don’t have any salary at the moment and I am working hard to see if I can make Now Spinning Magazine pay for itself in the next 12 months. Doing this has reintroduced a sense of wonder and excitement to playing and enjoying music. I do relate to how you feel but I take encouragement from the fact that it is a younger dynamic that is driving this uptick in physical sales. Thank you again for being part of this journey. Phil :)
Great video, and great news. Where I live here in the US, there is only one shop (that I know of) within 120 miles of me that sells even a small selection of Cherry Red boxed sets. I go there 2-3 times each year, and I do support them every time - but it would be nice to have some other closer options (besides Amazon).
Being 53years I should be exited for vinyl/cd,but in 2024 we should be envisting for the enviroment .Plastic should be banned of the plannet,so I can't be exited as you !😢😢❤
There is a lot work being done to make more sustainable vinyl and CDs
streaming music is even worse for the environmernt, servers use a looot of energy
Great that you report all this kind of information Phil 👍Some promising sales stats let`s hope it stays on the up!
Thank you 🙏
I love CDs and cassettes and vinyl I grow up on cassettes listening to them first and then I got into CDs and then I got into vinyl back in the 1990s. I hope CDs will be a resurgence not just in the UK but in the US and around the world I love CDs because I can put more music on it and vinyl records and cassettes I love the hits the tape piston all the surface noise because it’s so nostalgic and awesome. streaming has nothing on physical media especially CDs cassettes and vinyl I just love those three formats and I love box that’s there are the best ever including super deluxe box that and I will always love CDs and vinyl and cassette tapes. what is your favorite format of music to listen to Phil?
I play CDs the most and then vinyl
as soon as the music industry stop 'signed' and 'autographed' copies of CD and Vinyl releases qualifying for a chart position, the slump in physical sales will be massive.....
Stupid question maybe Phil, but are Discogs sales taken into account?
No they are not included. CD numbers would be even higher if they were!
Hello from France phil😊. I heard Sony says that cd and dvd are over for them😢 or is it à fake news?
At your next vidéo phil😊
They are moving in a different orbit I feel. They make good Blu-ray players but different niche HiFi companies have moved into the CD space now.
Rough Trade in Nottingham have stopped selling CDs altogether, much to my dismay
Clowns. It’s very frustrating.
Hopefully as they say in this video they are going to stock CDs again!
New cars are not made with cd players anymore, and most people like to listen to music in their cars
I've had quite some CD's suffering from CD rot and are unplayable now. That problem does not exist with vinyl obviously. How does Phil or anybody here deal with cd rot? Part for this reason I'm only being vinyl nowadays.
Cd rot is way overestimated...I have more than 3000 cds, starting from the first one bought in 1987, well only one has bronzed but it's still perfectly playable... Cd rot has been an issue for a very limited time and for one particular manufacturer. Cds are very robust and durable. Vinyl is still more fragile and in any case even if you keep it perfectly, each single play degradates a bit of its sound quality. My first Cd bought in 1987 after 40 years still sounds like the first day.
In the 1000s of CDs I have bought over the decades only two have this problem and they still play absolutely fine. It was one pressing plant I believe (PDQ ?) but it is very rare. I do know some people had had issues with this but it seems to stem from very early pressings from PDQ
@@NowSpinningMagazine I seem to remember that cds manufactured at the PDO factory (Blackburn, UK) in the period 1989-93 do/can suffer from disc rot. Nearly all the other factories around the world do not have/had issues with rot.
As I understand it, If a CD isn't manufactured properly, the metal can react with atmospheric gases & oxidize (i.e. "rust"). I haven't had much problem at all. I've lost a total of 4 I think, 2 of which were from Nimbus in the UK & were pressed in the early 1980's. The other 2 (both 1980's era discs) had playback issues from day one & they got worse over time. This is out of several hundred discs in my collection, many over 40 years old. Perhaps your discs are from the 1980's by a manufacturer that had quality control issues in its early days?