Columbia Vinyl Record Club

Bmg music service has been around for quite some time now and has millions of satisfied members.

Columbia vinyl record club.

That model made columbia a successful proposition in the past though vinyl is a different animal. Bmg has deals with record labels that enables them to buy mass quantities of cds at a huge savings compared to the retail store. Let s recap grow your vinyl stash quickly with music tailored specifically to you. Columbia house has a new owner and that new owner apparently intends to relaunch the service with a new emphasis on vinyl records um.

Columbia record club continued to operate as a branch of columbia house while being phased out. Now with the vinyl resurgence they ve emerged in a new light with a new mission. In 1966 it became part of the newly formed cbs direct marketing services which became columbia house in 1971. And the vinyl is yours to keep.

The columbia house brand was introduced in the early 1970s by the columbia records division of cbs inc. The more famous and oldest club is the bmg music service. 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 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.

In the vinyl dark ages music media subscriptions faded into time. 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. Members must however pay shipping costs for each of the cds they order including the free ones which is about two bucks apiece.

This club allows members to receive 11 free cds as long as they purchase one at regular price within a year of sign up. Columbia house is now exclusively a dvd club. For starters quantities of vinyl are far lower than the millions of lps tapes and cds sold in. Formerly the rca music service.

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. In 2005 longtime competitor bmg direct marketing inc. Columbia record club was a us mail order record club launched by cbs inc s columbia records division in august 1955.