[bleach]

It’s become very popular again. Technics is gearing up the TT production. I was at a flea market CD’s are dirt cheap, while next to me the lp boxes were being thoroughly seaerched through.
I also read where cassettes are also in vogue. I guess 8 tracks are next?

[Salamander]

I have a unit upstairs with a combo turntable, radio and 8 track.

I’m ready.

:D

[DoodleBob]

As the link above shows, in 2019 there were 16.7MM LPs sold in the USA, up 7.2% from that in 2018 for a total dollar value of $388.5MM. Now, that's still way less than CDs sold but CDs are on the decline.

That is also likely less than the total value of albums sold since many unsigned bands - which make most of their money on merchandise sales - are doing vinyl in addition to CDs. One of my favorite old punk bands, The Undead, sell albums in different colors. I've been to shows where some old school fans the same album but in different colors. It works.

Alice is a smart businessman. He's weathered many storms, is pretty much a conservative philosophically (or at least right-libertarian) and even his 'weaker' releases like "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell" rock. He's a living legend but he keeps on going.

I saw Alice open for Iron Maiden at Jones Beach...to be fair, it was one of the first shows on Maiden's tour but Alice and his band came pretty close to blowing Maiden off the stage - and that is HARD to do.