The biggest musical comeback of 2014?
Vinyl records.
Yup, those round, black (usually), plastic discs that got more-or-less replaced by cassette tape back in the 1970's sometime.
Check this out.....
Nearly eight million old-fashioned vinyl records have been sold this year, up 49% from the same period last year, industry data show. Younger people, especially indie-rock fans, are buying records in greater numbers, attracted to the perceived superior sound quality of vinyl and the ritual of putting needle to groove.
But there's a big problem:
The creaky machines that make them haven’t been manufactured for decades, and just one company supplies an estimated 90% of the raw vinyl that the industry needs. As such, the nation’s 15 or so still-running factories that press records face daily challenges with breakdowns and supply shortages.
Unbelievable huh?
Who saw this "new era" of vinyl coming?
Obviously not many at all.
Read more from the Wall Street Journal here:
Then climb up in your attic and dig out that old phonograph.
Out for now.......
Matt