More than 9.2 million vinyl records
were sold in the U.S. last year while its sales in U.K. breached the one
million level, the biggest in the country since 1996, Time.com has reported.
That number of records bought in
America represents an increase of 52 percent compared to last year,
underscoring the resurgence of the medium preferred by nostalgic people and
musical purists.
In contrast, the sales figures of
digital music are plummeting, down 9 percent for digital downloads of albums
and 12 percent for songs in 2014.
Optimal, a German-based presser of
vinyl, told the Guardian that they would produce 18 million of the records this
year, even as a new vinyl pressing plant named Canada Boy Vinyl is opening in
Calgary also this year.
“Vinyl remains popular because the
high-quality sound it delivers. While everyone from DJs to your grandfather has
been saying for years that the sound on vinyl is richer, warmer and clearer
than what’s being released online, it might not just be music snobbery talking.
Most industry experts agree with them to an extent,” wrote Time.
According to Jon Lloyd, a music
genre specialist, the poor quality of digital records is pushing people to
rediscover the magic of vinyl. –End-
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