- Wed May 25, 2016 11:30 am
#83750
Wanted to place this as a comment in the Stylotone thread, but after the post got longer decided to create a new topic.
One of the comments on that thread (about the Stylotone release) on FSM was from La-La Land:
I find this interesting. The part about their release tanking as well as the announcement of 3 new vinyl releases for 2016.
Would another label do better with that release? Or were the expectations of selling a certain amount too high?
I have the idea that the market for soundtracks in general is small, and the market for new vinyl releases of soundtracks a lot smaller. On top of that: the market for the release of Invasion of the body snatchers is going to be even smaller. Like really small...
I can imagine that the profit margin for vinyl releases is really small. Manufacturing costs will be a lot higher than those of a cd. Maybe this is the reason Waxwork is asking $40 for their new double LP's in stead of the $35 6 months ago.
I would love to hear an insider explain the pricepoint of a release: license costs, manufacturing costs, distribution, etc...
How many copies do you need to sell to break even?
Do you use the profits of other releases to release records you really want to release even if you know those ones will only just break even? I am thinking of some records from Death Waltz with a run of only 500 and that are still available.
I applaud all the labels releasing those beautiful records like The Bloodstaind Window, The Mask, Street Trash, Slime City,Phase IV and what have you. And I hope vinyl sales keep rising so the business of releasing these gems is sustainable. They will get my money for the foreseable future :-)
One of the comments on that thread (about the Stylotone release) on FSM was from La-La Land:
That said, I'm not the biggest fan of vinyl. We tested the waters last year and it tanked bigger than anything we have ever released (and we released Mortdecai!). We ended up dumping the product on our distributor who was glad to take them off our hands... and they want more (we made pennies off the deal). Right now we only have 3 scheduled for 2016...and two of them are more of a "collectible" than a real LP release. The up front cost and the profit margins just aren't there in my opinion (not too mention the storage space)...but who knows about 2017?!I think they are referring to their release of https://www.discogs.com/Carmen-Dragon-I ... se/7718717
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I find this interesting. The part about their release tanking as well as the announcement of 3 new vinyl releases for 2016.
Would another label do better with that release? Or were the expectations of selling a certain amount too high?
I have the idea that the market for soundtracks in general is small, and the market for new vinyl releases of soundtracks a lot smaller. On top of that: the market for the release of Invasion of the body snatchers is going to be even smaller. Like really small...
I can imagine that the profit margin for vinyl releases is really small. Manufacturing costs will be a lot higher than those of a cd. Maybe this is the reason Waxwork is asking $40 for their new double LP's in stead of the $35 6 months ago.
I would love to hear an insider explain the pricepoint of a release: license costs, manufacturing costs, distribution, etc...
How many copies do you need to sell to break even?
Do you use the profits of other releases to release records you really want to release even if you know those ones will only just break even? I am thinking of some records from Death Waltz with a run of only 500 and that are still available.
I applaud all the labels releasing those beautiful records like The Bloodstaind Window, The Mask, Street Trash, Slime City,Phase IV and what have you. And I hope vinyl sales keep rising so the business of releasing these gems is sustainable. They will get my money for the foreseable future :-)