Huh. Vinyl LP sales are 10% of all music sales!

[thewayne]

I know MP3 is a poor substitute for a full music CD. I know that in some cases vinyl records can outperform CDs. Arguably it can always outperform CD, but I don't have enough of a technical background to argue that one way or another. But I was quite surprised to see that "According to the RIAA, vinyl's percentage of overall sales doubled in 2004, grossing $110 million over 2000's $72 million. This growth came at a time when overall music sales dropped from $14.4 billion to $12.2 billion."

This is second of a three-part series on the future of music audio and MP3, the previous article can be found linked in the sidebar.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/audiophiles/0,2934,68891,00.html

Comments

[cardigirl.livejournal.com]

Weird. I have my turntable (actually it's my mom's) but sold all my vinyl a few years ago, either to Zia or to a jobber from Chicago who virtually hauled it off in bulk.

Anybody want a turntable?