The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep486: The State of Vinyl Collecting for 2025 w Billy Fields and Dillon Smith


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Three vinyl nerds – Billy Fields from Warner Music Group, Dillon Smith of Noble Records and Nate Goyer of The Vinyl Guide - discuss the state of vinyl collecting in the year 2025 - trends, changes, evolution and thoughts and predictions on what's to come in the near future.

Topics Include:

  • Introduction of Billy Fields as vinyl expert at Warner Music Group
  • Dillon Smith introduced as Noble Records owner
  • Initial discussion of 2024 vinyl market trends
  • Billy mentions focus on maintaining subscriptions with Third Man Records
  • Discussion of discovering Lee Dorsey records through social media
  • Impact of online discovery versus traditional record store hunting
  • Dillon reflects on personal collection growth in 2024
  • Store inventory mix discussion: 70% used, 30% new
  • Dillon describes efforts to prevent burnout through regular collection buying
  • Changes in modern vinyl collections coming to market
  • Impact of overpressed modern releases on secondary market
  • UK vinyl market showing strongest growth internationally
  • Release schedule alignment with digital affecting market success
  • Taylor Swift's impact on vinyl sales globally
  • Discussion of fewer bands in current charts versus solo artists
  • Evolution of vinyl market since 2006-2008
  • Economic factors affecting entertainment spending during tough times
  • Local UK pressing plants helping market stability
  • Changes in used record collections coming to market
  • Impact of deceased collectors' collections entering market
  • Discussion of subscription service impact on used market
  • Original pressings versus reissues value discussion
  • Impact of Tone Poet series on Blue Note original prices
  • Quality improvements in modern pressing techniques
  • Availability of better playback equipment today
  • Discussion of collecting original pressings versus reissues
  • Dillon's perspective on psychopathic collector mentality
  • Voice of America collection acquisition mentioned
  • Discussion of historical pressing quantities versus modern numbers
  • Billy's approach to collecting versus hunting original pressings
  • Impact of audio system quality on listening preferences
  • Youth market engagement with vinyl discussion
  • Different collecting approaches between generations
  • Modern retail challenges with Target/Walmart pricing
  • Discussion of variant pressings and market saturation
  • Impact of FOMO buying on market
  • Sustainability in vinyl production discussion
  • PET vinyl alternatives being developed
  • Plant efficiency improvements and environmental considerations
  • Declining genres discussion - 1950s rock and traditional pop
  • Rising interest in country music records
  • Discussion of 90s country potential on vinyl
  • Garth Brooks box set marketing strategy failure
  • Predictions for 2025 vinyl market
  • Direct-to-consumer strategy concerns
  • Sustainability developments in record pressing
  • Personal collection management strategies
  • Discussion of recent records giving participants "goosebumps"
  • Discussion wrap up

Video version available on the Noble Records YouTube channel

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