Grahame Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Be just like the Cool Kids, with their fancy Vinyl. "Why would anyone buy vinyl in this day and age?" "To be really cool," says Mark Wadhwa, one half of the pair behind the Vinyl Factory, which in 2003 rescued the EMI vinyl pressing plant in Hayes from closure. "Everyone can download. If you've got a vinyl record you're different." Vinyl: The business duo who believe it's got a big part to play in music's future - Telegraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Curiously enough, I do remember my first download. 1999, downloaded a .wav of the song "creep" off a website I found on askjeeves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Curiously enough, I do remember my first download. Me too. My wife had just gone to business school and gained access to our first ever broadband connection. Someone told me about this new thing called Napster and claimed it had "all sorts of weird stuff," so I searched for the first obscure song that popped into my head: Dream Academy -- Life In A Northern Town. Aheyanownownowwww-heyyyeheyyyeyaaa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 I think my first download was a band pretending to be a rare blink 182 song that I hadn't heard of. I was a huge blink 182 fan in 8th grade and still am a fan of their earlier stuff. Its nostalgic for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 my 11 yr old's first show was primus + blink 182 on the vans warped tour in like 98 or 99. He was 1 or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingwe Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 I remember Banana Cake. But that's kind of off topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I still have most of my first downloads. I got them off audiofind.com, which was I suppose just a big filesever. My first one was REM - Losing My Religion, the second was a dance remix of the Alton Towers theme (hall of the mountain king) and the third was a remix of the inspector gadget theme tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted February 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I remember Banana Cake. But that's kind of off topic. Given Anyone want to start a "I Remember my first download" thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 It is perhaps telling failure of the advert that it causes people to think about their first downloads rather than about vinyl. I can remember my first LP too if that makes any difference. In fact I think I can remember my first of every format I own except CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Suggestions for a better advertisement: "You can't roll a joint on a download" "No one knows you discovered the iPod" "We haven't figured out how to lose money on this yet" "Relive the night you were conceived" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Suggestions for a better advertisement: "You can't roll a joint on a download" We have a winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Yeah, that dog'll hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I love you and I want to have your babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 god, in my town vinyl is a social marker. I know over ten people that have a 5000 + record collection. I know a guy that has his vinyl collection insured for 50k. These are people that hover around the poverty line, not a bunch of rich kids. They are are all like jon Kussak's character from Hi Fidelity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnielee54 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Suggestions for a better advertisement: "You can't roll a joint on a download" Ah man, brings back a lot of good memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingwe Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Suggestions for a better advertisement: "You can't de-seed on a download." fify Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 This just in. Ingwe smokes stems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingwe Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 This just in. Sherwood crams stems up his ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 In my city, vinyl is being sold to a bunch of wannabes - hipsters and DJs. The market for "serious" vinyl purchases is eclipsed by the fadsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 It is perhaps telling failure of the advert that it causes people to think about their first downloads rather than about vinyl. I can remember my first LP too if that makes any difference. In fact I think I can remember my first of every format I own except CD. My first LPs were a Christmas present, along with a really cool GE record player. They were Elvis : Aloha From Hawaii Via Satelite & The Chipmunks. That Alvin had me in stitches. My first download was Bloodrock : DOA off of Napster. It was a trippy, psychedelic oddity from my past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 This just in. Sherwood crams stems up his ass. Zing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 In my city, vinyl is being sold to a bunch of wannabes - hipsters and DJs. The market for "serious" vinyl purchases is eclipsed by the fadsters. I'm not sure how you would even know this information. Maybe you just hang out with a bunch of wannabes, hipsters, and djs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingwe Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 ... wannabes, hipsters, and djs? Oh my! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 It's my work neighborhood (downtown). There are a lot of music and DJ stores in the area - there is some good stuff to be found, but the area is awash in poseurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I think my first download was an update package for an AOL CDRom. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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