[Scott Dorsey]

James Price wrote:
On Friday, December 11, 2020 at 12:27:26 PM UTC-6, Scott Dorsey wrote:
James Price wrote:
Vinyl record sales have been steadily increasing year after year starting
around 2010. It rebounded from $36 million in 2006 to $700 million in
2019, and in the US, 2020 unit sales are up over 17% from 2019. A large
share of vinyl purchases still happen in stores, though the virus that
shall not be named has undoubtedly slowed growth this year. So, for
the moment, the vinyl industry is viable.

Unless you want new releases, because nobody is cutting anything new
because we can't get lacquers.

Does 2019's "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" by Billie Eilish
and Harry Style's "Fine Line" count?

No. The fire was in early February 2020 some time, as I recall. Most folks
have some stock on hand but you can't keep too much because it's somewhat
perishable. I was caught with about 20 lacquers left on the shelf when it
happened. So some people are going to be doing some cutting with what they
have on-hand but when it's gone, it's gone.

A few people with existing accounts at MDC can get a few of their lacquers,
but they were severely backlogged even before the disaster.
--scott
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