Is Vinyl Really Coming Back

It s very much alive and is much more preferable than listening to music in a digital format.

Is vinyl really coming back.

With some insisting that the classic format is coming back. After all a vinyl record often sets the purchaser back a not very cool 20 30. T here are two key markets. Actually vinyl does not extend back to the 1880s.

You can t really blame these callow souled kids though. That really depends on your perspective. The vinyl resurgence is nice. That is until now.

Bob boilen bob. Turntables are overtaking cd players in terms of most used sources though digital files still have a stranglehold and with vinyl events like record store day getting bigger every year vinyl culture is once again fully fledged and mature. Placing that needle on the black vinyl brings back memories of putting on a big pair of headphones and listening to entire albums for hours at a time. From kiss to foreigner ozzy journey rush led zeppelin and many many more.

Play a song and you can immediately identify the year your grade and maybe even your girlfriend. Serious record collectors are helping drive the rebirth of the medium. Several companies most notably capitol records began issuing vinyl 78s in the 40s but it with the introduction of 33 1 3 and 45 rpm records late in that decade that use of vinyl really took off. Rose for the 12th straight year according to nielsen music what the latest gains mean has spurred some.

Until the 1940s the primary material to press discs was shellac. Vinyl sales keep rising but it s complicated. Let s take a trip to a record store and i ll tell you the four reasons why 12 vinyl records are better than digital mp3. All songs considered the vinyl resurgence is nice but it will always be more like souvenir collecting than a real revival all songs considered host bob boilen.

Last year vinyl revenues hit an astounding 422 3 million in the us alone according to the recording industry. Vinyl didn t die when jimi hendrix did. Why vinyl isn t really coming back. How strong is the vinyl records comeback.

Why vinyl isn t really coming back.