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September 11, 2020 04:06 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/oyPOMelDrTU/vinyl-record-sales-top-compact-discs-for-first-time-in-34-years
Vinyl-Record Sales Top Compact Discs for First Time in 34 Years
Sales of vinyl records surpassed those of CDs in the U.S. for the first time since 1986, marking a key turning point for the format's nostalgia-fueled resurgence. From a report: People spent $232.1 million on limited-play and extended-play records in the first half of the year, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, eclipsing the $129.9 million they spent on compact discs. Vinyl was the most popular way people listened to music throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s, at which point it gave way to tape cassettes -- followed by CDs and digital formats. Each new format was more convenient than the last and suppressed interest in vinyl.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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