Two years ago, vinyl looked like it might be having a short-lived comeback. A hipster blip, if you will. But now it looks like a full-fledged trend: vinyl sales are at their highest level since 1988. In 2015, vinyl sales were up 32% from the previous year; CD sales were down 17%. Vinyl still lags other formats, but it has busted out of the super-niche category, and now there are rumbles that mothballed presses are firing up again. So here's the question: why? We explore it with our panel:
- Dick Storms, co-owner of Record Archive
- Frank De Blase, music writer and photographer
- Chris Wilford, former professional musician and vinyl aficionado
