Vinyl Making a Record Comeback
September 25, 2013
FILE - A man operates a vinyl record press at a company in Nashville, Tennessee.
A technology thought to be obsolete only 10 years ago is making a surprising comeback. Like the fountain pen and the film camera, the vinyl phonograph record was thought to be a thing of the past. But not so, says Steve Gritzan, who owns a store called Iris Records in Jersey City, New Jersey and runs seven record shows across the eastern United States.
“It's a glorious time for people who like records,” he said.
There are numbers to back him up on that. According to Digital Music News, it’s projected that 5.8 million vinyl records will be sold in the United States this year. That’s up from one million in 2007. It’s still a small segment of the music business. According to Billboard magazine, two percent of all the albums sold today are on vinyl. But while the sales of CDs are falling, sales of vinyl records are up 33 percent this year.
“Everybody releases on vinyl,” Gritzan said. “All the new indie rock groups, whether it's Bell & Sebastian, whether it's the Hold Steady, whether it's Foxygen, whether it's Washed Out. All these groups are hot, new and young. They release their work on vinyl and they also include a free download.”
And that’s in addition to artists who reach an older crowd - who you might expect to be releasing their music on vinyl.
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