Columbia Vinyl Record Club

In the vinyl dark ages music media subscriptions faded into time.

Columbia vinyl record club.

Columbia house is now exclusively a dvd club. The columbia house brand was introduced in the early 1970s by the columbia records division of cbs inc. Columbia house has a new owner and that new owner apparently intends to relaunch the service with a new emphasis on vinyl records um. Buy member credits during the first 10 days of the month for only each and redeem them for any book on the site.

Bmg has deals with record labels that enables them to buy mass quantities of cds at a huge savings compared to the retail store. Formerly the rca music service. In 1966 it became part of the newly formed cbs direct marketing services which became columbia house in 1971. This club allows members to receive 11 free cds as long as they purchase one at regular price within a year of sign up.

That model made columbia a successful proposition in the past though vinyl is a different animal. Now with the vinyl resurgence they ve emerged in a new light with a new mission. Members must however pay shipping costs for each of the cds they order including the free ones which is about two bucks apiece. In the midst of the whispers of columbia house record club s return sometime in 2016 we decided to check out four vinyl subscriptions who beat them at their own game.

Awesome new records starting at 39 per month plus free shipping in the us. Bmg music service has been around for quite some time now and has millions of satisfied members. Save over 20 credits will not expire so you can use them at any time. By circa 1979 1980 it was completely absorbed into columbia house and.

For starters quantities of vinyl are far lower than the millions of lps tapes and cds sold in. Make sure you ve got your record player ready for the amazing vinyl headed your way. As an umbrella for its mail order music clubs the primary incarnation of which was the columbia record club established in 1955 it had a significant market presence in the 1970s 1980s and early 1990s. Columbia record club continued to operate as a branch of columbia house while being phased out.

Columbia house relaunches as a record club service probably costs more than one penny columbia house relaunches as a record club service probably costs more than one penny. Columbia record club was a us mail order record club launched by cbs inc s columbia records division in august 1955. In 2005 longtime competitor bmg direct marketing inc.