‘Vinyl is the preferred collector format – fans love the tangibility.' You have to pay attention to the music, ready to flip the record over, rather than simply pressing play and going back about your day for the next 40 or 50 minutes. Listening to a record is more ceremonial, almost. But there’s a romantic quality to them that CDs just don’t have. Why is vinyl so popular again? After all, surely there was a reason that CDs took over – records take up more space and are more prone to warping. In fact, in January this year the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA) released data showing that vinyl had overtaken CD in terms of sales for the first time since 1987. More recently, albums from Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C., Sam Fender and Taylor Swift have been among vinyl’s biggest sellers, alongside classic albums like Fleetwod Mac’s Rumours and Nirvana’s Nevermind.īut while it’s often been written off as a fad, it shows no signs of letting up. Even back in 2011, the Official Charts Company reported that sales of the format were up 40% year-on-year, thanks to releases from the likes of Radiohead, Adele, Beady Eye, and Arctic Monkeys. It’s been hard to avoid discussion of the so-called vinyl revival for over a decade now.
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