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Vinyl's experienced a recent surge due to a retro trend. It might last, or the hipsters might get bored and move on to something else, like quasi-ironic adoptio
by jonhendry 16y ago
Vinyl's experienced a recent surge due to a retro trend. It might last, or the hipsters might get bored and move on to something else, like quasi-ironic adoption of 8-tracks or cassettes.
- Tyrannosaurs 16y agoThere was an increase in vinyl sales in the last couple of years but overall it got to a certain level about a decade back and then plateaued (somewhere around a 5% market share in the UK at least). There is a fashion thing in there but that steady level over a decade suggests something more. Maybe that's specific to vinyl and other physical media won't see a similar effect but we'll have to see. Certainly at the prices we see right now CDs are often comparable (sometimes lower) than download prices. All things being equal personally I'll still take the physical item, if only it's because it's a free backup, and I think there are others like me.