[net.audio] CDs vs LPs

scharf@cornell.UUCP (Gerald Scharf) (09/09/84)

up where artists have more say that usual, have
gotten started and survived until fame found them if CDs were the distribution
medium? I doubt that a friend who produces albums of Chicago jazz and blues
artists could afford any more overhead.
     What percentage of the 10s of thousands of vynil records currently in
print will ever be produced in CD format? I can't imagine my older jazz
albums, bought in trade stores, will ever be pits in a CD.
     I am considering buying a CD in a year or so, but it will be another
40-50 years before I get rid of my mechanical albatross. Unless someone out
there really get inspired about mastering CDs with runs of 200 prints.

     I love when someone proudly announces another 10 or 20 CDs are available.

Jerry Scharf