The Vinyl Revival

At a time when digital music dominates almost every aspect of life, something old-fashioned is making a surprising comeback. Vinyl records were supposed to have disappeared decades ago, overtaken first cassettes, then CDs, and finally by streaming services. Yet interest vinyl has been growing steadily the mid-2000s, and in some countries records now outsell CDs altogether. makes this revival so surprising is that streaming gives listeners instant access almost any song ever recorded, all for the price of a monthly subscription. Part of the answer lies in the ritual: holding an album cover, reading the lyrics, and hearing the faint crackle associated analogue sound all make listening feel like an event rather than background noise. inconvenient as it is, many listeners feel the format makes music matter more. If vinyl been just a passing trend, sales would surely have declined again by now instead of climbing every year.