Is Vinyl Records Coming Back

Cds out vinyl sees continue reading vinyl revival.

Is vinyl records coming back.

What s more musicwatch reports that 27 percent of vinyl buyers are 36 or older. After a 28 year hiatus sony announced that it was bringing back vinyl records. According to the latest u s. The new player will launch on record store day saturday april 13 with four collectable singles each from third man and punk stalwarts epitaph records.

Though many vinyl collectors are known. The company decided that the cumbersome pieces of plastic were rendered obsolete by the cassette player and cd. But there s something about the 12 inch glossy black disc that keeps people coming back for more. 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.

Record industry figures vinyl averaged 24 98 at retail in 2016 up more than 20 percent from a decade earlier adjusted for inflation. Sony was the biggest producer of vinyl records through the 1980s. Record production has set a record and made a comeback in 2017. As more and more stores drop cds they are bringing back vinyl records that many people had given up for dead.

In australia vinyl album purchases increased by 70 from 2012 to 2013 and the national sales on the whole doubled. That should come as no surprise since collecting records is a means for people who grew up with vinyl to reconnect with their youth. How people listen to music has definitely changed thanks to the popularity of streaming music. Remember when compact discs better known as cds put the vinyl record industry out of business in the 1990s.

Why record albums are coming back. 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. Cds out vinyl sees revival. Sony brings back vinyl.

Shop rsd rsd drop 1 8 29 20 rsd drop 2 9 26 20 rsd drop 3 10 24 20 rsd faqs. As more and more stores drop cds they are bringing back vinyl records that many people had given up for dead. The past five or six years have seen the real boom with vinyl sales in the country and around the world absolutely thriving. Why record albums are coming back.