It's become a niche but the niche has been growing tremendously.
I think between DJs wanting authenticity and... yes, rap artists
as well wanting authenticity, the old presses were snapped up
and put back into production. I think it's a great thing that's
growing and all of the people who held onto their collections
are grateful for it now. === For me, I'm fantastically
grateful that computers are FINALLY powerful enough to handle
sound editing. That Vine for example was a simple matter of
opening up audacity after downloading an MP3 from a site of old
Victrola recordings, and then taking the tiniest time slice and
making a digital sounding - vacuous "skipping" effect by copying
and pasting. So for me, it's perfect. But it's just toying
around. Suits my purposes but for authenticity, there's no
beating the real thing. ==
