Vinyl outsells downloads - the 'return' of vinyl?

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By Spun out of control - Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:47 pm

- Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:47 pm #89435

Guess you guys will have seen yesterday's news... quite a wryly amusing panel discussion about it on the normally ultra serious Newsnight on the BBC:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-fNE1br_m8&t=5s[/youtube]

Also this fake news piece 'vinyl sales overtake sales of food' from the Daily Mash has a few home truths (for me at least):

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts ... 1207118622

Last edited by Spun out of control on Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

By Mateo Sanboval - Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:55 pm

- Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:55 pm #89450

I honestly didn't believe this until I looked it up. That's pretty surprising/impressive.

There's a big difference between winging it and seeing what happens. Now let's go see what happens.

By Spun out of control - Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:07 pm

- Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:07 pm #89459

Some wags are claiming it's because downloads have been so affected by streaming services.

Also this, Colin from Radiohead on Radio 4 talking about vinyl:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04khyk ... _and_music

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