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Today I'm here to tell you that vinyl is still a viable business ? Back in 2010 I released I Believe in Miracles as Sunlightsquare on 7". I've repressed it three or four times since and sold somewhere between 5,000 and 7,000 copies, and the original now sells for serious money on Discogs. Trust me, there is more business in releasing vinyl than in chasing Spotify.
So I'm finally repressing Super People, and in this video I hear the test pressing for the very first time ? I check it against the original, find a Rhodes Mark I part I'd completely forgotten was there, and dig into a few records I love, from Wah Wah 45s to the Amen break. In an age where everyone worries about AI, double down on the physical. If you don't know vinyl, discover it. If you forgot about it, rediscover it ❤️
⏱️ Chapters
0:00 More business in vinyl than chasing Spotify
2:47 What a test pressing actually is
3:33 First play of the test pressing
4:13 Checking it against the original
4:55 Why this repress is different
5:54 The Rhodes I forgot I put there
6:23 Quentin Collins and 22 years of Sunlightsquare
7:35 Performing it live since 2015
8:23 YouTube, the studio and making a living from music
8:57 Double down on physical in the age of AI
? GEAR & LINKS FROM THIS VIDEO
? Sunlightsquare — my artist project, vinyl and releases ? https://sunlightsquare.bandcamp.com
? Sunlightsquare artist website ? https://sunlightsquare.com/
?️ Wah Wah 45s — the London label I talk about, Dom Servini's crew ? https://www.instagram.com/wahwah45s/
? Rhodes Mark I — the Rhodes hiding on the track
? Quentin Collins — trumpet on all my Sunlightsquare bands for 20 years
? Gil Scott-Heron — Lady Day and John Coltrane
? The Winstons — Amen, Brother, home of the Amen break, with Color Him Father on the other side
? What's the one record you'd never sell, and what's the memory behind it?
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