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Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD) Launches Groovetown Vinyl

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD), the award-winning sales, marketing and distribution arm of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, today announced the launch of Groovetown Vinyl (www.groovetownvinyl.com (http://www.groovetownvinyl.com)), an exciting online storefront specializing in high-quality audio products for the discerning music fan. For the first time, visitors to the site will be able to purchase "lossless" audio FLAC files bundled with collectible high quality vinyl at a discounted price.
 
"In recent years, there's been a revolution in sound quality and consumers are clamoring for the richest experience from their audio collection," stated Mitch Rotter, SVP Marketing & Product Development for UMGD.  "Music fans have fallen in love all over again with the vinyl experience, from the packaging to the distinctive sound to the collectability, and the FLAC file provides the ease of digital listening without any of the sacrifice that normally accompanies digitally compressed audio files.  Groovetown's quality audio products will satisfy all types of consumers - the audiophile, the technologist, and the true music aficionado."

For a limited time, visitors purchasing bundled FLAC and vinyl products will receive a 15% discount on all purchases and free shipping on transactions over $50.00. Visitors can also enter a sweepstakes to win a vinyl starter collection consisting of 1 copy of every LP available on the site.  This promotion will run from April 6th to April 19th.

About Groovetown
 
Groovetown is an online store that specializes in both vintage style vinyl products, as well as FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) music downloads ? the "lossless" digital audio compresses music without any compromise to the audio quality of the original recording.  Groovetown features recordings from such chart-topping artists as Eminem, Lady Gaga, Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, Guns N' Roses, and Weezer. Visit us at http://www.groovetownvinyl.com (http://www.groovetownvinyl.com).  Groovetown's commerce and media delivery is powered by Echospin, a leading technology company whose pioneering solutions enable rights holders to sell and promote digital, physical and mobile goods directly to fans.


GN'R products: http://www.groovetownvinyl.com/artists/guns-n-roses (http://www.groovetownvinyl.com/artists/guns-n-roses)



Source: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2011/04/06/universal-music-group-distribution-umgd-launches-groovetown-vinyl (http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2011/04/06/universal-music-group-distribution-umgd-launches-groovetown-vinyl)

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Not sure if the vinyl is a different one than the already exisiting one. Wasn't there some trouble with the original vinyl release of CD?

Yes, distortion.


Sure, that press release about sound quality sounds nice. Too bad Universal fucked up with the vinyl release of Chinese....



/jarmo

It's amazing how many things Universal fucked up with CD.

I had even purchased a vinal player with my purchase of CD's, remember being so excited that day and it had been a long while since I had listened to a album.  The excitement of just having that album in my posession won over my disappointment regarding the lack of sound quality.  I ended up framing a copy and hanging it in the music room, It brings me great happiness still, regardless of its lack of quality, the name Guns N Roses says it all ;).

My copy of CD plays fine, it's not the greatest sounding vinyl I have but it's also not the worst.  The rerelease of AFD sounds fantastic, wish they could have captured that sound.

*edit* just got to CITR, wow that song sounds awful on the LP, I usually skip it so it's been a while since I heard it.  Other than that I haven't had any major problems with it.  This is the first time I've listened to CD on vinyl in a long time.