In recent decades, phenomenal advancements in communications technology have changed the way people buy and listen to music. Now, in a typically human fashion, people are going to back to old ways …
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Mark Hering, owner of Quimper Sound in Port Townsend, shows off one of his Steely Dan albums. Hering, along with Todd Fisher and Jim Overly, is organizing a record show, set for 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, March 5 at the American Legion hall, 209 Monroe St., Port Townsend. Admission is free. Vendors may call Overly at 774-2171 or email jim@lpbrowser.com to arrange for a table. Photo by Robin Dudley
In recent decades, phenomenal advancements in communications technology have changed the way people buy and listen to music. Now, in a typically human fashion, people are going to back to old ways – listening to analog music instead of digital.
Just for fun, Mark Hering, Todd Fisher and Jim Overly are organizing the Port Townsend Record Show, taking place 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, March 5 at the American Legion Marvin G. Shields Post 26 hall, 209 Monroe St., Port Townsend. Admission is free.
"We just thought it would be a fun idea," he said. "It's not a business venture. If we can sell enough tables to cover advertising and to rent the hall, we'll be happy."
Vendors may call Overly at 774-2171 or email
im@lpbrowser.com to arrange for a table; tables start at $40. There are eight vendors currently signed up, Hering said, and plenty of room for more.
Hering, owner of Quimper Sound, located in downtown Port Townsend, noticed his customers started asking for more vinyl records about six years ago.
At that time, his store primarily sold CDs. In response to the growing trend he was observing, he took a turntable home, plugged it in and put on one of the used records he'd had for sale at the store.
"The first record I put on, I noticed a difference in the sound," he said. "I think it was something like Bad Company's first record," he said. "I've heard these songs so many times. When I listen to the CD, it sounds like a bad ’70s album. When I listen to the record, it's like, wow, it sounds like this hot guitar and bass rock band."
The increasing demand for vinyl is "kind of happening everywhere," Hering said. "CD sales have just dropped off [and] sale of new records has been doubling." Pressing plants, where new records are made, "are swamped," he said, guessing the nearest such plant is in Portland, Oregon.
"People find the sound really wonderful," he said. "It's a warmer, more natural sound. I think that's why people are getting back into vinyl. It's like seeing a movie in 2-D and then seeing it in 3-D. Analog is like seeing it in 3-D. There's more depth there."
He said it's "kind of fun, putting together a stereo system ... and actually taking the time to sit down and listen to music, actually sitting, in a room, in a group, and listening to music."
