Vinyl in JA is NOT dead

[daCENSOREDone]

don't get me wrong the thing about ONE turntable is quite rare as I said it before...
and they called themselves soundsystem the same...

trojan soundsystem boneheads used 2, blood&fire if I remember used a lot more stuff,...

I saw alcapone, lone ranger, eek a mouse,... the soundsystem had always at least TWO turntables.

the exception between the famous guys was king stitt...

[leggo rocker]

don't get me wrong the thing about ONE turntable is quite rare as I said it before...
and they called themselves soundsystem the same...

trojan soundsystem boneheads used 2, blood&fire if I remember used a lot more stuff,...

I saw alcapone, lone ranger, eek a mouse,... the soundsystem had always at least TWO turntables.

the exception between the famous guys was king stitt...

The two deck system seems to be used more nowadays. I guess many DJs have the twin 1210 set up that is the norm now.

You see it a lot now. But I NEVER once saw two decks pre- 1984, not once at many many shows.

A good friend of mine who used to hang with Fatman in Tottenham was horrified when he saw I was using two decks! But I am on my own, so I have to use two.

But If I ever had the chance to build a Sound System and get a team together, I think i too would got the single deck route. Why? Because having seen it done this way I've concluded that it looks and sounds better somehow. It's great to hear the MC chant as the selector flips the disks!

[kalcidis]

The sound system V-Rocket had two turntables ... and that was in the early 60's.
http://reggaelicious.pbwiki.com/V-Rocket

But yeah, the norm was one turntable.

Personally I have no preference. As long as the music is coming out with full pressure then I'm having a good time.

[daCENSOREDone]

I know in South Florida, you can see exactly what Leggo is talking about...and let's not forget Jamaica itself. So I would say "Museums".

trust me I wrote "museumS"...
and even if speak poor english, I think it's museumS not museA...

never went to south florida so you surely know more than I

[Fanny]

Once again Ernie, I'm glad things are good for you but they are not for many, many other people

During the course of my daily life, I am lucky enough to get to speak to a very large number of people involved in the distribution of Jamaican vinyl - be they record label execs or regular street-corner store owners - and many collectors and fans. We are all experiencing similar problems and the story has been backed up to me time and time again over the past 18 months, not least by the highly respected members of the global reggae community to whom I did speak.

yup ! my business dived too (Blue Moon/Bakchich - Paris)

Hey Ernie - what do you think about the VP/Greensleeves buy-out ?

[Gee]

Hey Dacensoredone I wasn't correcting youir spelling. In my post I forgot to end the sentence with a question mark?

I meant you can still widely see this and not just in a museum as you said.

[bullit]

Most of my preference is pre 1985, but i dont judge a book by its cover (or date) so to speak; i know the archives are for pre 85 but i dont limit myself to only music before that date.
I myself have quite a few tunes from the 90s that i have enjoyed and many stepper and roots from the last few years.
People shouldnt be forced to buy music because of a fear that the genre may die out, its about preference but i feel its a little close minded to believe all music since 85 is bad, theres always a few good tunes to be found in every era.

[Ernie B's Reggae]

Hey Ernie - what do you think about the VP/Greensleeves buy-out ?

Hi Fanny...VP must know more than me because their isn't much point in paying big money to run a record label these days...where's the revenue? Maybe the publishing arm that came with the deal is a lot...who knows. I am speechless on the price...What a wicked back catalog, but CD sales are so bad I don't see how they will make it profitable. More power to them...VP definitely runs things as far as reggae labels go. #1 in content now, but still less than 5% market share.

I have to admit VP is putting out some killer oldies, like Jah Guidance, Randys etc...they are my last competitor (well and Sound Quake, a very well-run company) but I gotta give credit where it's due for VP...VP is massive. It's a real feat to pull off a purchase of that magnitude.

If it's worth $6 million today I bet it was worth $15 million 6 years ago...

[Maxi Trojan]

So have VP bought Greensleeves?

That pretty much means that there is only one major contempoary Reggae label left, they have a monopoly.

I do think that Reggae is going through a stale period; Kingston Town by Alborosie is about the only tune that I’ve heard on the radio that I’ve needed to order from Dub Vendor on the spot.

I think the One Drop Riddim revival has got boring, and Dancehall needs another big riddim like Diwali to shake things up.

Another point, Reggae usually mirrors Black American music, and Hip Hip is pretty dull right now too.

[Guest]

Maxi,

hey since don pop up whole roots section went down, i dont rate Don Corleon at all doing so called roots tunes, pure sell out. so since he get ALL promotion Kiana riddim never get none, Livity Nuh Nice neva get promotion, Pow pow get the promotion instead, Corleon, people weh rich ANYWAY already, ghetto people come as usual too damn short in this time while THEY produce the REAL music still, nuttn bout sell out an ting. so it a guan nowdays.