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The Vinyl Revival
Vinyl is currently up 26.8% as unit sales hit 4,000,000 in 2017. LPs now account for almost 1 in 10 physical purchases. With 4.1 million LPs purchased in 2017 – a rise of 26.8 per cent over the 12-month period and up by a notable 1,892 per cent since their low point of just 205,000 copies sold in 2007. Vinyl LP sales are now at their highest level since the start of the Nineties (1991), with close to 40,000 albums released on vinyl in 2017. Almost one in 10 of all physical purchases are now on vinyl format.
This year marks it's 70th anniversary since Columbia Records first introduced the 12″ 33 1⁄3 RPM microgroove long playing record with a copy of Mendelssohn’s Concerto In E Minor, performed by violinist Nathan Milstein with the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter.
The growth in sales is down to seeing vinyl as a collectable package. It is not just the music that is being purchased, but the record, the artwork and design also included. Vinyl is seen as a pure, authentic way of purchasing music, with better sound quality than digital downloads, going against the grain of mp3. There are no signs that vinyl sales will be slowing down in 2018, given there has been sizeable growth year on year. Millennials in particular, are looking for a tangible package that they can own and collect.
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