Nansel in Rolling Stone | Lazy-i

Posted by Michael Todd on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 10:35am in cd, column, john prine, laura burhenn, lazy-i, music, nebraska, robb nansel, rolling stone, the mynabirds, tim mcmahan, vinyl

by Tim McMahan | Lazy-i

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I blogged this because it’s too long to post in Facebook and the story isn’t online at Rollingstone.com.

There’s an interesting interview with Saddle Creek’s Robb Nansel in the new Rolling Stone (with Paul McCartney on the cover). The article focuses on the inevitable death of the compact disc, and opens with Robb and Laura Burhenn trying to find a John Prine CD in Leesburg, Virginia, for Laura’s stepfather. They come back empty-handed. Nansel then goes on to talk about how Saddle Creek always debates whether or not to press CDs when it comes to putting out a new release.

What the story forgets to mention is that Nansel and Saddle Creek just opened a new record store that focuses on vinyl (the Shop at Saddle Creek). That would have made for a clever twist on what turned out to be a rather dire article that predicts the end of the CD within five years.

Anyway, look for it in the news section of the new Rolling Stone.

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