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To my knowledge, in small volumes vinyl is cheaper to produce than CDs. So, if you want to get a physical medium, it might be the only choice.
by yokaze 7y ago
To my knowledge, in small volumes vinyl is cheaper to produce than CDs. So, if you want to get a physical medium, it might be the only choice.
- newnewpdro 7y agoIt's also trivially recycled, AIUI vinyl records can simply be shredded to bits and put right back into the pressing process to make new ones. I saw a documentary a while back about a region where new local songs were pressed into records on a weekly basis, I think it was in Jamaica. The local music scene was highly ephemeral, and people's records were constantly being recycled for this week's new tunes.
- ScottBurson 7y agoThe vinyl gets noisier when it's recycled. The best pressings are on virgin vinyl.
- Symbiote 7y agoIn extremely small volumes, CDs are very cheap. Bands just burn CD-Rs. Digital files are even cheaper. I doubt vinyl is cheaper at any scale. At least in the UK, 250 packaged CDs are 60% of the cost of 250 unpacked vinyls.