February 2, 200917 yr comment_202327 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 Report
February 2, 200917 yr comment_202337 Curiously enough, I do remember my first download. 1999, downloaded a .wav of the song "creep" off a website I found on askjeeves. Report
February 2, 200917 yr comment_202341 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. Report
February 2, 200917 yr comment_202344 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... Report
February 2, 200917 yr comment_202346 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. Report
February 3, 200917 yr comment_202548 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. Report
February 3, 200917 yr Author comment_202549 I remember Banana Cake. But that's kind of off topic. Given Anyone want to start a "I Remember my first download" thread? Report
February 3, 200917 yr comment_202553 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. Report
February 3, 200917 yr comment_202593 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" Report
February 3, 200917 yr comment_202595 Suggestions for a better advertisement: "You can't roll a joint on a download" We have a winner! Report
February 3, 200917 yr comment_202603 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. Report
February 3, 200917 yr comment_202694 Suggestions for a better advertisement: "You can't roll a joint on a download" Ah man, brings back a lot of good memories Report
February 3, 200917 yr comment_202717 Suggestions for a better advertisement: "You can't de-seed on a download." fify Report
February 4, 200917 yr comment_202741 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. Report
February 4, 200917 yr comment_202871 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. Report
February 4, 200917 yr comment_202898 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? Report
February 5, 200917 yr comment_203122 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. Report
February 5, 200917 yr comment_203126 I think my first download was an update package for an AOL CDRom. I think. Report
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