[magnetowasright]

That’s a really interesting question! Anecdata n=1, I buy vinyl and spin it! I do it a lot more with working from home. (I use an iPod classic otherwise.)

It didn’t even occur to me that people would buy vinyl and not actually use it until an artist I like finally restocked their discography on vinyl and fellow fans on reddit said they don’t (and won’t) own turntables but were excited to buy the records anyway. The records don’t offer anything over the CDs (same booklets, etc) except their physical size. Kinda frustrating having to compete for limited copies with people who don’t even own turntables. Wish they’d reprint, there’s clearly demand.

Lorde’s newest album is released on vinyl, but not CD (to reduce waste, I believe?) To cover off the ‘see them on the shelf’ aspect of CDs, they’ve made a ‘music box’ that’s printed with the album art and has all the stuff you’d get in the CD case except the CD and gives a download code instead. I thought that was an interesting way to sell something to fans in the age of streaming.

Anecdata aside, this is a really interesting question and I’d be really curious for some data. I’m curious for how well Lorde’s thing sells, too.

[okareaman]

I remember a lot of people wanting to keep the album in pristine condition, so I bet those types are not spinning them. Spinning used to have surprises, like you'd fall asleep to an album and the artists would know this, so they put a bunch of blank time at the end followed by a burst of music to wake you up.