Posted on 11/28/2014 3:03:33 AM PST by RoosterRedux
In 2014 you'd be forgiven for thinking the music industry is all about online charts and digital downloads, but the latest figures released by the Official Charts Company reveal a corresponding boom in vinyl record sales which have reached an 18-year high.
More than one million records have been sold in the UK so far this year – a number which is expected to rise even further by the end of Christmas. We haven't bought that many since 1996, back when cassette tapes were still considered technologically advanced...
Sales have been driven primarily by the Arctic Monkeys (whose LP AM is the biggest selling vinyl of 2014), Jack White and Pink Floyd, with Oasis, Status Quo and David Bowie also contributing to the impressive figures.
(Excerpt) Read more at radiotimes.com ...
>> Hate the Bee Gees? Listen again on serious equipment:
I remember Breakfast in America being used as a profile album to qualify speakers at a particular vendor, and also Alan Parsons. They were great days 35 years ago.
I bumped into this at an Urban Outfitters store: record turntables that can play LPs and convert them to digital.
The UO store selling this also had a selection of vinyl music as well.
No idea since this picture is a generic one I got off the internet. I typed in record collections in the search box.
OK. No problem.
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