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Vinyl's Revival Is Now a Phenomenon On Both Sides of the Atlantic

Posted by Soulskill on from the what's-old-is-still-old-but-trendy dept.

New submitter journovampire sends this report about the resurgence of vinyl: Vinyl album sales smashed records on both sides of the Atlantic in 2014, as a format that recently seemed on its last legs hit astonishing new heights. ...n the UK in 2014, vinyl album sales totaled of 1.3m – six times bigger than its tally just five years earlier (2009). In fact, 2014 represented the most vinyl albums sales in the UK since 1995 – nearly 20 years ago. In the U.S., vinyl sales have quadrupled in the past five years, narrowly missing out on a 10m sales milestone in 2014. Amazingly, the year’s 9.2m vinyl sales haul is the biggest since Nielsen Soundscan records began in 1993 – by some distance.

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  1. Can't DRM or Root Kit Vinyl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    peace.

    1. Re:Can't DRM or Root Kit Vinyl by NotDrWho · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, but if you copy vinyl onto any other medium you risk losing that warm, rich sound you get from telling other hipsters how fragrant your farts smell.

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  2. Novelty Media is Novelty by bigdady92 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go figure. Hipster trends hit mainstream, give it 2-3 years and vinyl will fall by the wayside as people pickup Zune's and say "THIS IS HOW IT WAS MEANT TO BE!"

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  3. Re:Psssh by OzPeter · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you really wanna go retro, use wax tubes.

    what, do you mean you don't employ your own orchestra that plays the music you want on demand?

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  4. Tell me that was intentional... by silentquasar · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Vinyl album sales smashed records on both sides of the Atlantic in 2014..."

  5. Re:It sounds so WARM! by NotDrWho · · Score: 4, Funny

    (and some gasoline)

    Well, *I* use whale oil, which burns much cleaner and with a warmer flame. But you mainstream types probably wouldn't appreciate it.

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  6. Personally by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm waiting for punch cards to come back. You just don't get the same experience when loading your program on cassette tape.

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  7. Re:Nah... by newcastlejon · · Score: 4, Funny

    What range DO speakers have?

    Depends. I can get my PC speakers about thirty feet. As for the floor standing ones, I have to toss them like cabers... so about ten feet.

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