In The Past Five Years, Vinyl Sales Have Grown 260%: “In 2010, only 2.8 million records were sold in the US—just a tiny fraction of total physical product moved. Last year, that figure had more than tripled, and 9.2 million units were moved…”
Future of Langley Records hangs in the balance as application is delayed: An application, sent by neighbour Royal Mail, to construct a customer service point and toilet on the site of the record store was due to be discussed at a council meeting, but the matter was delayed
Artist reshaping musical history: “Mr Wright wishes to assure lovers of vinyl records that he does not use discs that are still playable…”
Early Black Sabbath Albums To Be Re-Released On Vinyl: “All eight albums will be made available on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl and CD…”
“Cascade Record Pressing Starts Production: The founders of the start-up Cascade Record Pressing are all huge music fans with a big interest in vinyl. The music industry’s demand for vinyl pressings has exploded over the past few years. But the infrastructure to make new record pressing machines was mothballed decades ago, when LPs took a back seat to cassettes and then, CDs. Vinyl records are now selling by the millions again…”
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam: An unlikely place for a record collector’s paradise: “…For any record collector, this is the stuff of dreams, a room full of thousands of records, untouched for decades. There’s a reason why there’s so much dust and dirt. When North and South Vietnam reunified in 1975 much of the music from before was deemed Western, and therefore corrosive to the revolution…”
