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Vinyl records are time capsules that began in the 19th century and carried through the 20th century; recording moods, events and personalities though out the world. Think of the hundreds of thousands of recordings that aren't available on CD's and downloads; add that to the popularity of the album covers, inserts and posters that accompany the albums and you'll find the answer as to why vinyl records have a place in the recording market. Plus; each day that goes by more vinyl records are discarded, raising the value of those that remain.
The sound you hear on vinyl records is truly what the artists intended you to hear. It is the preferred media for the connoisseur of recordings! Because, it was recorded exactly the way the artists performed it (with or without errors); and without someone else adding their interpretation through digital electronics. This knowledge gives life and meaning to our slogan: “Because Digital Isn’t Original”. In addition, some of the most valuable recordings have errors; be it within the recording itself or the written information on the label, sleeve or album cover. Hence forth, the phrase “Find The Value Here” seems to be appropriate.
UsedRecordAlbums.com made its presence online in 1998, as UsedAlbums.com.
Shortly after, to enhance our ability to remain high on the search
generators, we decided to include the word “Record” within our dot com
name. Thereafter, the name UsedRecordAlbums.com came to be.
Our endeavor is a mom and pop type business and we bolster our personal
touch, we provide to our customers. Furthermore, we find our customers
brag about the quality, service and reasonable prices we provide (see
Customer Feedback
). That’s what we work
for; because we know we’re not going to get rich from selling used record
albums.
Sales outside of the U.S.A. (Internationally) amount to nearly one-third
of our vinyl record sales. We would have two to three times as many sales
in this category, if the credit card companies protected our merchant
account from charge backs. As to why international sales of vinyl records
are so high; may be attributed to a larger audience still owning record
players or stereo equipment, but is only speculation.
Our international customers appear to be concerned with value: e.g. they
can buy three or four vinyl records for the price of one CD. Also, when
considering the cost of buying a CD player or burner and having to replace
an entire collection with costly pre-recorded CDs or costly equipment and
time consuming efforts to convert their vinyl to CDs; adds no value to
their collection. Therefore, it can be said that the compact disc digital
world is predominantly made of those who have money to burn. Because,
people who don't; Go Vinyl.
Old or new: from rock to pop and country to classical; our passion is
music and sharing it with others.
UsedRecordAlbums.com
Sara and Robert Childress. |
