scottheisel Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 from http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/soundscan-s-year-end-charts-the-numbers-1005793352.story "As for vinyl albums, that format scanned nearly 4 million units, up from 2.8 million units in 2010." I can't wait for more "vinylz is back!!!!!11" stories from local TV news stations in 2012. In all seriousness, though, I wonder how large this number would actually be if all of these small indie labels reported to SoundScan (i.e. Run For Cover, No Sleep, Mightier Than Sword, Paper + Plastick, etc.). The local pressing plant in Cleveland, Gotta Groove, is currently pressing around 10,000 records a week—someone's gotta be buying them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 yea, cause mightier than the sword probably sold 10,000 by themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriss Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 By that number, GG is pressing half a million units a year - someone needs to factor these guys (smaller indies like you said) for sure. Do Dischord, Touch and Go, Matador, etc report their numbers? Almost positive that even smaller labels like In The Red, Hozac Records and Sacred Bones don't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 By that number, GG is pressing half a million units a year - someone needs to factor these guys (smaller indies like you said) for sure. Do Dischord, Touch and Go, Matador, etc report their numbers? Almost positive that even smaller labels like In The Red, Hozac Records and Sacred Bones don't... Its up to the company selling the record to report it to Soundscan. Hot Topic reports all sales to Soundscan but it has to have a UPC to be reported to Soundscan and a lot of smaller labels dont put UPC's on vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 By that number, GG is pressing half a million units a year - someone needs to factor these guys (smaller indies like you said) for sure. Do Dischord, Touch and Go, Matador, etc report their numbers? Almost positive that even smaller labels like In The Red, Hozac Records and Sacred Bones don't... They just started hitting that 10k/week number a few months ago, but they've only been in business for a shade over two years (and in that time they've pressed over a half-million records). Also, I doubt this SoundScan number factors in anything like 7-inches, because most bigger labels either don't do those at all or treat them as promotional (and therefore, don't barcode them or sell them retail). I'm assuming that 4 million number is LPs only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runforcover Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 That's so fucking cool. Great news. We soundscan our bigger LPs. No Sleep does too I am 99% sure. I would love to Soundscan everything its just such a pain with generally no real point most of the time. There's definitely at least hundreds of thousands of unreported vinyl sales for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 where is "who cares" when you need him. i have lost faith in that guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipsterasfolk Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Vinils \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisakarcher Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 WHO CARES! sike jk i just wanted to make controlthebleeding happy. i really do care. alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steventangent Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I wonder if these numbers are weighted like CD sales are, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I wonder if these numbers are weighted like CD sales are, as well. How are CD sales weighted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaulManella Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 i remember seeing a news report on "vinyl are back" last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriss Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Those news reports come around every year around record store day it seems. I have an article from the Chicago Times that I saved from back in 2007 that had a huge list of shops (a third of them or more now closed) that were/are active at the time/now. It was a great article and spanned a couple of pages so I held onto it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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