Remember Tiny Vinyl? 4-inch vinyl. One song per side. Cute. Or so they say.
Very popular among young collectors. Growing fast, in spite of its name.
While Tiny Vinyl is playable on normal turntables (from entry-level to high-end models), the company behind it has now launched its own player. You can only buy it at Target, and it only lets you play Tiny Vinyl.
Touted as the best new way to start collecting, it gets one very important thing backwards.
So I had something to say. Unscripted, impromptu, one-take-or-die, true Vinyl Room style.
Excuse the occasionally impassioned language (#SoyLatino 🇦🇷♥️🇬🇧)
My previous post on Tiny Vinyl, in case you missed it (NSFW 😂)
To clarify: an entry-level turntable (or any turntable, for that matter) can play 7”, 12”, as well as your 4” Tiny Vinyl records. More choice, if you ask me.
Questions, hot takes, rants? See you in the comments.
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100% agree, this is nothing more than glorified e-waste.
I'm glad you put your final sentence (just under your V.O.) in there. I wasn't clear, to that point, if Tiny Records could be played, at all, on a non-TR 'table or not. I couldn't quite grok how they couldn't, but, I figured, if TR wanted to, they coulda found a way to be exclusive to their brand o' 'table!
But, now that I think about it, if their 'table is just now being unveiled, the discs have been out for awhile, now! (Sunday morning, a tad slow on the uptake)! Anyhoo, the only way I would find this useful is if I was 50 years younger, had more money than I needed, and had a kid, and wanted to make this their fun, colorful entry-level record unit. At that point, it's not much different than my little first-try carryall 'table in the '60s, although, of course, that could play singles (it's main purpose, in my case....Beatles, y'know!) as well as albums.
I'm curious about the disc titles, though, and just how the TR company licenses just who and what they make their tiny discs of....which songs, etc? And, how vast a catalog is it, and is it going to get? Are there labels lining up to have their artists be featured, or is the TR company hustling over-time to gather signatures? Thanks, Andy, for keeping us up-to-date on what's trending!