Is Vinyl Really Coming Back

The term vinyl revival has been floating around for years now but vinyl is no longer on the cusp of being something big.

Is vinyl really coming back. Placing that needle on the black vinyl brings back memories of putting on a big pair of headphones and listening to entire albums for hours at a time. Let s take a trip to a record store and i ll tell you the four reasons why 12 vinyl records are better than digital mp3. How strong is the vinyl records comeback. Several companies most notably capitol records began issuing vinyl 78s in the 40s but it with the introduction of 33 1 3 and 45 rpm records late in that decade that use of vinyl really took off.

Vinyl didn t die when jimi hendrix did. Why vinyl isn t really coming back. Actually vinyl does not extend back to the 1880s. After all a vinyl record often sets the purchaser back a not very cool 20 30.

There s something to be said for the thrill of finding a rare lp in a random cardboard box at the back of a tiny record store and being able to add it to your personal collection at home. That is until now. Rose for the 12th straight year according to nielsen music what the latest gains mean has spurred some. It s very much alive and is much more preferable than listening to music in a digital format.

Until the 1940s the primary material to press discs was shellac. Serious record collectors are helping drive the rebirth of the medium. All songs considered the vinyl resurgence is nice but it will always be more like souvenir collecting than a real revival all songs considered host bob boilen. Why vinyl isn t really coming back.

Turntables are overtaking cd players in terms of most used sources though digital files still have a stranglehold and with vinyl events like record store day getting bigger every year vinyl culture is once again fully fledged and mature. You can t really blame these callow souled kids though. In 2017 vinyl sales in the u s. Bob boilen bob.

T here are two key markets. Last year vinyl revenues hit an astounding 422 3 million in the us alone according to the recording industry. That really depends on your perspective. Vinyl sales keep rising but it s complicated.

Play a song and you can immediately identify the year your grade and maybe even your girlfriend.