bigsteve Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 http://www.filter27.com/archives/2007/11/a...liquidation.php Inevitable I suppose. Its a shame for the record shops more than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 Most of the vinyl I bought in my local record store back in the day was distributed by Amato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 Amato were huge, distributed virtually all of the the big labels at some point, as Steve said it was coming really, digital DJing is so accessable now that vinyl doesn't have long left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 Ain't that a shame, my local had trouble every tim,ethey tried dealing with them as everything was out of stock, so I dont really care! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberduck Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 Jules guestimated about three years ago on his website that he couldn't see vinyl lasting for more than another five years and he's probably about right. It's inevitable that vinyl was going to die a death in clubs as the benefits of uding CD's is there for all to see. Gone are the days of busted backs carrying hugely heavy vinyl holdalls. Obviously there are always going to be the die-hards that champion the use of vinyl but one day they'll be stuck for new tracks as the companies won't be able to afford to supply vinyl on such a small scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonman Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 the only people that will keep vinyl alive will be the hip hop dj (stateside) and the crate diggers. Other than that, i'd say CD is a safe bet for at least the next 10-15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 I was one of those die-hard vinyl fans - even now, I still prefer the fully hands-on feel of vinyl rather than the "semi-automatic" feel of CDJ's, however, I eventually gave up because MP3's started being released before vinyl, and I was getting around 11 tunes for 100 quid, whereas I could get 40+ tunes on MP3 - the cost saving made sense. I could have bigger, fresher, sets, for a fraction of the cost. The best bit of all is the fact that MP3's can be edited. There are so many tunes that are a pointless 11 minutes long, when 7 minutes or so is more than adequate. Plus there are some tunes that are supurb, but have a cringeworthy cheesy part for 30 seconds that needs chopping out. Amato were probably the biggest distributor around, so that highlights just how much domination the MP3 industry has now. Its a shame, but it was destined to happen when everyone moved to CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcut Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 God what awful news!!!!! Amato were the best distributor around for Vinyl, I have SO much stuff with their names on it. R.I.P. Amato Distribution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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