Is Vinyl Coming Back

Remember when compact discs better known as cds put the vinyl record industry out of business in the 1990s.

Is vinyl coming back.

Cds out vinyl sees continue reading vinyl revival. But as 2018 begins the business and culture of vinyl stand at an unlikely juncture. A couple of decades later vinyl is finally getting its revenge. Last year more than 4 million chart eligible lps were sold in the uk alone a remarkable increase from the 3 2 million records sold in 2016 and this is expected to rise to around 4 5 million in 2019.

Why record albums are coming back. Comeback vinyl is open for in store shopping curbside pickup and online order fulfillment. We highly recommend using ups ground. But there s something about the 12 inch glossy black disc that keeps people coming back for more.

Sony brings back vinyl. Vinyl is at the heart of record store day. After a 28 year hiatus sony announced that it was bringing back vinyl records. Vinyl revival the term vinyl revival has been floating around for years now but vinyl is no longer on the cusp of being something big.

For details click here. As more and more stores drop cds they are bringing back vinyl records that many people had given up for dead. Our brick mortar store will be closed on 9 26 10 24 for the rsd drops. Lee barron northumbria university.

The company decided that the cumbersome pieces of plastic were rendered obsolete by the cassette player and cd. Here are five possible reasons why vinyl is making a comeback. 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. They are bringing back vinyl records that many people had given up for dead.

Yet it s still here and still growing. Vinyl has been consigned to the garbage heap of history more than once. Record production has set a record and made a comeback in 2017. Nielsen music reports that vinyl sales for 2017 reached their highest level since 1991 with around 14 million records sold in the united states.

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. Usps is experiencing slower than normal shipping speeds and packages are not being scanned in promptly.