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To: Lurkinanloomin

“Vinyl is making a big comeback..”

I just read that vinyl sales has overtaken CD sales.

61 posted on 09/13/2019 3:35:39 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." A. Lincoln)

To: MayflowerMadam

I just read that vinyl sales has overtaken CD sales.

Not quite yet, but very likely for the 2nd half of 2019, and possibly for the year:

https://www.complex.com/music/2019/09/vinyl-sales-surpass-cds-first-time-since-1986

Vinyl IS growing, and CD's have been sinking, esp. by $ volume.

By unit volume, CD's are still considerably ahead.(Above link.)

Lots of good long term info. here (cool interactive graphs!) :

https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/

and recent (2018) details here:

http://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RIAA-2018-Year-End-Music-Industry-Revenue-Report.pdf

67 posted on 09/13/2019 4:58:07 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)

To: MayflowerMadam

With the links “hot”:

Vinyl IS growing, and CD’s have been sinking, esp. by $ volume.

By unit volume, CD’s are still considerably ahead.(Above link.)

Lots of good long term info. here (cool interactive graphs!) :

and recent (2018) details here:

68 posted on 09/13/2019 4:59:57 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)

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