Gimme Some Truth

Some friends in the music business told me earlier this year that 7" singles were 'the new black' - record stores were clamouring to stock them, they were selling like hot cakes.

Say what?

I can't be the only person in the world who hasn't needed a record player for some considerable time - I know I'm not because most of my friends either don't have one anymore, or if they do, it isn't working. To be honest, I gave up buying physical singles (CD or vinyl) a couple of years ago except in the case of a couple of favourite bands. Most singles are on albums anyway, and I download any decent b-sides digitally.

But now my favourite bands are releasing vinyl singles, so I bought a small record player just so I could hear them. And being blonde, it took me ages to figure out why the music industry is so keen on vinyl ......

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BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT IT IN YOUR COMPUTER AND RIP IT.

Well, ok, some people can hook up their record players to the pc and use software to capture the recording, but let's face it, it's a pain in the behind even if your computer happens to be anywhere near your record player.

I should make it clear I'm not taking a swipe at musicians here - I believe most of them get just as raw a deal as music fans.

I'm SO not a fan of the music industry.