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today in “who knew?!”
According to recent Nielsen SoundScan numbers, vinyl was the fastest-growing musical format in 2010, with 2.8 million units sold, the format’s best year since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.
Vinyl’s increase in popularity is providing a beacon of hope for independent record stores — an industry that has suffered with the increase of digital downloads this past decade.
(Source: inothernews)
Yesss! Audiophiles unite!
Whoa. The fastest growing music format in sales is…
Heck yes.
I’ve purchased one vinyl record in my life: In 1999, I purchased the Beach Boy’s classic 1974 Endless Summer compilation...
Holy hipsters, batman
*Strokes vinyl collection gently*
I know I contributed to it as well (though not as much as those two fine gentlemen). I used to collect records (mostly...
this is obviously a hipsters doing. muwahahahaha!
awesome…
I do enjoy dropping the needle on a record for sexy times. Vinyl is perfect for that, because who amongst us can truly...
WOW