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[StingRay]

So what are the best selling 80s vinyl records now?

Rumours was 1977.

 

[audio_PHIL_e]

So what are the best selling 80s vinyl records now?

Rumours was 1977.

https://80sand90smusic.com/best-selling-albums-of-the-80s/
I was expecting to find War of the Worlds on that list as it did seem to be very popular (I never bought it though) but maybe it's a late 70s album?

 

[Lurch]

[URL]https://80sand90smusic.com/best-selling-albums-of-the-80s/[/URL]

I was expecting to find War of the Worlds on that list as it did seem to be very popular (I never bought it though) but maybe it's a late 70s album?

Yep 78.

 

[rabski]

So what are the best selling 80s vinyl records now?

Rumours was 1977.

1: All of them, as people are desperate to get rid of them. 2: None of them, because no bugger wants them

 

[chrisph]

I am very happy with my crystal radio set or wax cylinders.

 

[Andy Stephenson]

So what are the best selling 80s vinyl records now?

Rumours was 1977.

The Top selling albums of 2022 are:

1 Harry's House - Harry Styles
2 C'mon you know - Liam Gallagher
3 Wet Leg - Wet Leg
4 Will of the people - Muse
5 Skinty Fia - Fontaines DC
6 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
7 The Overload - Yard Act
8 Last Night in the Bittersweet - Paolo Nutini
9 The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
10 AM - Arctic Monkeys
11 Life is Yours - Foals
12 Nevermind - Nirvana
13 The Risa and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
14 The Tipping Point - Tears for Fears
15 Unlimited Love - The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

I don't believe any of these are 1980s albums.

Andy

 

[StingRay]

The Top selling albums of 2022 are:

1 Harry's House - Harry Styles
2 C'mon you know - Liam Gallagher
3 Wet Leg - Wet Leg
4 Will of the people - Muse
5 Skinty Fia - Fontaines DC
6 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
7 The Overload - Yard Act
8 Last Night in the Bittersweet - Paolo Nutini
9 The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
10 AM - Arctic Monkeys
11 Life is Yours - Foals
12 Nevermind - Nirvana
13 The Risa and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
14 The Tipping Point - Tears for Fears
15 Unlimited Love - The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

I don't believe any of these are 1980s albums.

Andy

I meant at record fairs, the comment was 80s records were the best sellers. Those are new records not used ones.

 

[Andy Stephenson]

I meant at record fairs, the comment was 80s records were the best sellers.

Ahh, I see.

Though surely it's just who happens to turn up on the day.

Andy

 

[StingRay]

Ahh, I see.

Though surely it's just who happens to turn up on the day.

Andy

Not just one day but over many days. This is the original comment "
You cant give CDs away at record fairs - same with classical vinyl. Most of the dealers dont even bring either as they are not worth the table space.
Best sellers are 80s vinyl, 'Rumours' continues to outsell any other single title,"

 

[I.D.S.]

You cant give CDs away at record fairs - same with classical vinyl. Most of the dealers dont even bring either as they are not worth the table space.
Best sellers are 80s vinyl, 'Rumours' continues to outsell any other single title, Elvis and R'nRoll are dead, Kate Bush is hotcakes since the hit U.S. series 'Stranger Days', Prog is OK, 7" inch singles quiet, 12" singles holding their own (DJ interest), Film soundtracks soso, Beatles ever popular (dependent on condition), Floyd, Bowie, Cure, reggae strong, jazz bit quiet unless you have an enthusiast in front of you.

However, the record buying public are not Audiophiles; and conversely Audiophiles are not record buyers.
Jack NSM (Non-Streaming Man)

Possibly due to many an audiophile have had their fingers burnt over poor condition second hand records Jack,so they stear clear

 

[naka]

Collecting records (vinyl or cd) is a great hobby in the most wonderful sense of the word. Although it is shifting from physical stores to online stores, I regularly go to good used record shops and keep that old habit alive.
But buying online could also be exciting because you can search deeper for what you want and for what you didn’t know that existed.
In music listening, the physical aspect is very important to me and it is good to see my young son be already involved in it, being surrounded by records, the covers art ... the whole ritual.

I couldn’t see all that happening if I were only used a streamer/ hard drive...

 

[bigrod]

So what are the best selling 80s vinyl records now?

Rumours was 1977.

Yazoo ,, upstairs at Erics

 

[chezi]

Records 95% , cd 4.85% , cassette 0.15%.
There's just something about vinyl that does it for me , always has done .
From an eleven year old piling 7" singles onto the spindle on an old radiogram with a coin on the headshell so they don't jump till only playing shiny, washed Lp's on my pride and joy , I'm hooked , and have a record collection to prove it.

chz

 

[bigrod]

Collecting records (vinyl or cd) is a great hobby in the most wonderful sense of the world. Although it is shifting from physical stores to online stores, I regularly go to good used record shops and keep that old habit alive.
But buying online could also be exciting because you can search deeper for what you want and for what you didn’t know that existed.
In music listening, the physical aspect is very important to me and it is good to see my young son be already involved in it, being surrounded by records, the covers art ... the whole ritual.

I couldn’t see all that happening if I were only used a streamer/ hard drive...

To get my granddaughter involved I have her going through the ritual of cleaning a record on the ultrasonic cleaner and project vacuum machine

 

[StingRay]

Yazoo ,, upstairs at Erics

Really, until fairly recently I had never heard of it, I did try after seeing on the "what are you listening to now" post but not my thing at all. There are a few 80s bands I quite such as Talking Heads and later Talk Talk but nothing compares to the 70s, just looking at 1970, so many great albums.

 

[bencat]

Been to a few Record Fairs and always on the look out for used CD,s . As has been mentioned most dealers either do not have any or price them at stupid levels so nobody buys them . At a more general market run once a month there is a stall that does used CD,s only . Prices are great and while lots of sales are for main stream albums Steve who runs the stall has about four sections for rare , odd ball and frankly I choice of music . None are over £5 and Steve says he sells about 100 plus every time he attends . The one closest to Christmas Steve says it is more like 200 plus .

So if selling to the masses then CD is fine Vinyl not so much. If selling to Audiophiles and big spending (ie over £10 an album ) collectors then forget CD only Vinyl will sell . Sadly Steve has decided to give up the markets next year so that's another place to buy CD for me gone .

 

[DomT]

And another vote for Streaming because today I had a very happy accident. I was listening to Haircut 100 and wanted to listen to some Nick Heyward. But I couldn’t remember how to spell Nick’s last name and in QoBuz typed Nick Heywood and found this amazing album. Just my sort of jazz. Could never have happened with a physical collection. Still loving my LPs but happy accidents can be wonderful.

 

[Linear]

I've done CD and vinyl but now I get all my music from QoBuz.
I like the convenience and the sound quality, although some of the recoding's are a bit iffy.

 

[hiesteem]

Nils Frahm new album is over 3 hours, how many lps is that?

May I ask what it's called? I like his stuff but he releases a lot and I can't keep up. I really like his dub album called 2x1=4 with F.S.Blumm.
I'd recommend Ludovico Einaudi, perhaps more classical but similar, beautiful piano music.

 

[Jezzer]

May I ask what it's called? I like his stuff but he releases a lot and I can't keep up. I really like his dub album called 2x1=4 with F.S.Blumm.
I'd recommend Ludovico Einaudi, perhaps more classical but similar, beautiful piano music.

It’s called ‘Music for Animals’. 😎