Barnes & Noble Cites 'Extremely Limited Quantities' in Upcoming Vinyl Event
Barnes & Noble will hold a Vinyl Weekend Friday-Sunday at its stores nationwide, pushing “a huge selection” of exclusive vinyl titles, with a focus on Broadway music “while supplies last,” it said Monday. Ex-CEO Demos Parneros, who was ousted last…
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week (see 1807050002), said on last month's earnings call (see 1806220020) that Barnes & Noble was curtailing sales of music and DVDs in an era of falling demand for physical media, although vinyl sales, while relatively small, are growing (see 1807090029). “There are extremely limited quantities of each exclusive vinyl available, so customers are encouraged to visit their local store as soon as possible,” said the Monday announcement. Barnesandnoble.com was taking preorders Monday for several vinyl LPs, including Rod Stewart’s Greatest Hits 1, Madonna’s Immaculate Conception, Backroads and Abandoned Motels by the Jayhawks and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. Its e-commerce site showed four brands of turntables, most not available in stores. Prices ranged from sub-$100 Crosley models to a $529 Audio-Technica turntable. A U-Turn-branded Pluto phono preamp was selling online for $99. During the weekend event, B&N will knock 10 percent off all vinyl titles, 30 percent off select vinyl titles and 50 percent off a Crosley turntable and speaker set, it said, and it's giving away coffee with any vinyl or turntable purchase. In targeted events, B&N will give away a vinyl gift set with limited-edition albums by Bruce Springsteen at its Freehold, New Jersey, location; an autographed Billy Joel The Stranger album at its Carle Place, New York, store; and test pressings, including a 78-rpm 10-inch title from Ray LaMontagne at stores in Brentwood and Collierville, Tennessee. The company, which trumpeted in the news release the “return of Vinyl Weekend,” didn’t say whether it was the last and didn’t respond to questions.