CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

[cedmagic]

This has been a fairly big local news story here in Portland - the impending closure of the venerable Music Millennium record store. This store used to sell CED's, although I haven't seen any there in years. But it has always been a good place to buy obscure vinyl LP's. Here's an article containing an interview with Terry Currier, the long-term owner:

http://publicbroadcasting.net/opb/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1115137

The interview is interesting as it delves into things like analog vs. digital and the advantages of large cover art.

--Tom Howe

[Caroline]

In Europe, especially in the Netherlands and Germany, the vinyl sales
figures are climbing and climbing.
Some small music stores have even dropped all cds, because of a low profit
margin, and they sell vinyl only.

We have quite a lot of new - even mainstream - productions, who are released on LP.
( Some even made it into the charts, like the "Beatles Love" LP
or the "Elvis No.1" LP )

[RT9342]

So records are making a comeback in Europe too? I noticed that in Austin, TX, there's a record store that has a new vinyl section, though the last time I went, it wasn't as good as it used to be. There's another record store near my college that has some new vinyl, but not much. You can find it on eBay, though - I got a record of one of my brother's former bands on eBay - it was pretty cool hearing my brother play bass on my turntable. It's sad though to hear about a good record store (that carries CEDs as well) close down. Here in the Austin / San Antonio area, we have a used book store chain that carries a lot of used vinyl and laserdiscs, and occasionally some locations will get an entire CED collection from someone. I see CEDs in the thrift stores now and then as well, but those usually have cracked caddies with soda stains and other stains that I don't even want to know what they are.