Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Vinyl making a tiny comeback?


"Much has been made in the media about a resurgence in the popularity of our beloved vinyl, but I've largely switched off from these stories because the core of the info seems anecdotal, with little more than percentages being offered - hence my scepticism at the actual amount of vinyl being bought. But this little gem (Video on abc News) turned up on the Stanton site while researching the previous story...

... Thinking that vinyl is about to make a huge return to mainstream music buying is perhaps a tad misguided. While the news item states that the factory was making 60,000 record per day at the height of vinyl's popularity, and now makes 20,000, you have to factor in that this is one of the few remaining vinyl producers left, rather than an industry full of factories all being busy..." read full story at skratchworx

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