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Vinyl is making a comeback. Nationwide, vinyl record sales in 2009 were 2.5 million, the highest sales level since Nielsen SoundScan started keeping track in 1991. That figure also is up 33 percent from 2008. Barry Friedman, owner of Birdland Records, Tapes and Discs in Virginia Beach, has enjoyed the upturn. “People first started buying vinyls again for collectibility,” he said. “They would pull the album out and frame it and the cover. But there has been a big jump in the last two to three years. When the economy started going south, I noticed people were pulling out their turntables. They could buy used vinyl for $2 in places. You bring in a 20 dollar bill and walk out of here with ten albums.”…. Vinyl listeners also talk about the “Zen” of listening to vinyl. Barry Friedman said: “It’s slowing life down. It’s sitting down with the record, taking it out of its sleeve, using cleaner on it, putting it on the turntable and watching it spin around. It’s kind of a neat thing to do.”
Excerpted from The Virginian-Pilot © March 11, 2010 “Vinyl records make a comeback in a big way” by Carrie White
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We have hundreds of great titles on vinyl, both new and used. Come on in and browse through our collection and find music that may never be available on CD.
Vinyl is making a comeback. Nationwide, vinyl record sales in 2009 were 2.5 million, the highest sales level since Nielsen SoundScan started keeping track in 1991. That figure also is up 33 percent from 2008. Barry Friedman, owner of Birdland Records, Tapes and Discs in Virginia Beach, has enjoyed the upturn. “People first started buying vinyls again for collectibility,” he said. “They would pull the album out and frame it and the cover. But there has been a big jump in the last two to three years. When the economy started going south, I noticed people were pulling out their turntables. They could buy used vinyl for $2 in places. You bring in a 20 dollar bill and walk out of here with ten albums.”…. Vinyl listeners also talk about the “Zen” of listening to vinyl. Barry Friedman said: “It’s slowing life down. It’s sitting down with the record, taking it out of its sleeve, using cleaner on it, putting it on the turntable and watching it spin around. It’s kind of a neat thing to do.”
Excerpted from The Virginian-Pilot © March 11, 2010 “Vinyl records make a comeback in a big way” by Carrie White
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