Why Vinyl Records Are Coming Back

As more and more stores drop cds they are bringing back vinyl records that many people had given up for dead.

Why vinyl records are coming back.

Back on record the reasons behind vinyl s unlikely comeback april 17 2015 1 24am edt. Record industry figures vinyl averaged 24 98 at retail in 2016 up more than 20 percent from a decade earlier adjusted for inflation. Over the past few years analog goods including physical books board games and of course vinyl records have experienced a surprising resurgence despite the fact that these technologies are. Why record albums are coming back.

The company decided that the cumbersome pieces of plastic were rendered obsolete by the cassette player and cd. Cds out vinyl sees continue reading vinyl revival. A couple of decades later vinyl is finally getting its revenge. The vinyl revival is the renewed interest and increased sales of vinyl records or gramophone records that has been taking place in the western world since about 2007.

The famed vinyl revival. Vinyl has bucked the trend. In 2014 record sales grew by more than 50 to hit more than a million. Nielsen music reports that vinyl sales for 2017 reached their highest level since 1991 with around 14 million records sold in the united states.

The past five or six years have seen the real boom with vinyl sales in the country and around the world absolutely thriving. According to the latest u s. In australia vinyl album purchases increased by 70 from 2012. Here are five possible reasons why vinyl is making a comeback.

After a 28 year hiatus sony announced that it was bringing back vinyl records. The analogue format made of polyvinyl chloride had been the main vehicle for the commercial distribution of pop music from the 1950s until the 1980s and 1990s when they were largely replaced by the compact disc cd. As more and more stores drop cds they are bringing back vinyl records that many people had given up for dead. It s been reviving for quite a few years now to the point where we can just about call it revived.

Sony brings back vinyl. Sony was the biggest producer of vinyl records through the 1980s. Cds out vinyl sees revival. Why record albums are coming back.

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