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The Return of Vinyl

2008-02-10 12:22:03 by Editor in Audio Junkies

- Wild Cherry loves their music.

While CDs have been on a continual downward spiral for several years and the high-resolution SACD and DVD-A formats that were supposed to replace the CD instead strangled each other to death, the original music disc, Vinyl, is staging a quiet comeback. Amazon.com’s dedicated Vinyl store now carries more than 150,000 titles across 20 genres, the biggest sellers being Alternative rock, followed by classic rock albums.

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According to an article in Time Magazine by Kristina Dell, 990,000 vinyl albums were sold in 2007, up 15.4% from the 858,000 units bought in 2006, with even larger gains going to independent music retailers and labels. The big labels are starting to take notice as well, and some are including coupons for music downloads with the purchase of Vinyl LPs, since Vinyl cannot be (easily) ripped to a computer. Stereophile’s Michael Fremer was quoted as saying “I'm not saying vinyl will become a mainstream format, just like gourmet eating is not going to take over from McDonald's... But there is a growing group of people who are going back to a high-resolution format.”

Interested in getting started in vinyl if you haven't already? Here is a great beginner's guide that can help you out... Turntable Basics: A Beginner's Guide to Turntables and Vinyl Records.