Given the upswing in interest in vinyl, this seems like a smart way for Amazon to expand its media-centric plans. Since the studio album’s release in 1979, the tour of 1980-81, and the subsequent movie. Streaming accounts for the biggest slice of the music industry pie by far, but in 2020, vinyl sales grew 29 percent from the previous year to $619.6 million in the US.Īmazon offers a number of subscriptions, such as Prime Video (which is included with Prime), Amazon Music Unlimited and Audible Plus. Pink Floyd’s The Wall is one of the most intriguing and imaginative albums in the history of rock music. Vinyl has steadily grown in popularity again in recent years as more people embrace the classic format. Shipping’s included in the $25/month fee and you don’t need to be a Prime member to sign up. Pink Floyd formed in 1964 from an earlier band whose names included Sigma 6, T-Set, Megadeaths, The Screaming Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, and The Abdabs.

You can also skip a month or cancel at any time. Pink Floyd is one of rocks most successful acts, ranking seventh in number of albums sold worldwide. If you’re unfamiliar with the artist or album, it’s maybe worth checking it out on a streaming service before tearing the plastic wrapping off. You can return a vinyl as long as it’s sealed and unused. But given the mystery bag format, there’s no telling in advance whether you’ll get an album you actually want.

Those cost $47 and $32.56 on Amazon respectively, so you’d save a bit. In that time, subscribers have received the likes of Pink Floyd’s The Wall and The Clash’s London Calling. Amazon quietly rolled out the Vinyl of the Month Club plan over the last few months. Re-released in 2011: Experience and Immersion editions. Still, as Rolling Stone points out, the subscription can be decent value for money. The Pink Floyd HyperBase is the ultimate Pink Floyd source to lyrics, album and track information. You’ll receive vinyls from the likes of Pink Floyd, Aretha Franklin and ABBA, so if you’ve been collecting records for a while or your tastes fall outside of the mainstream, this might not be for you. This double album ranks up there with other noted classic rock double studio albums like The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Tommy, Exile on Main Street. You won’t know what records you’ll receive as part of the $25 plan until they show up at your door, but they’ll be classics from the “Golden Era of Vinyl” - the 1960s and ‘70s - chosen by curators at Amazon Music. If you sign up to the Vinyl of the Month Club, you’ll receive a new record for your collection every 30 days or so. Amazon is targeting newbie record collectors with its latest subscription.

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