It also has the advantage that records have a substantial niche amongst music aficionados and collectors as a desirable music and cover art format. Even obscure

It also has the advantage that records have a substantial niche amongst music aficionados and collectors as a desirable music and cover art format. Even obscure records in genres few people care about have some chance of surviving outside archives. (Someone posted about the last DVD rental place in London recently, and my first thought was of all the stores selling vinyl that outlasted it) In this case it's clear the records are no longer in any danger of being thrown away (and were never in danger of being wiped and recorded over like other storage media), and what the collector and his celebrity backers are really looking for is a suitably "special" venue to showcase them