Sales of vinyl records took in more money than that of digital music sales, according to sales figures published by the Entertainment Retailers Association. Is this the vinyl revival?
The once considered revolutionary system, designed to eradicate all forms of tangible plastic disks of music over 20 years ago- is now being outsold by a method of listening that dates back 70 years.
In week 48 of 2016, Vinyls made £2.4m compared to the digital downloads at £2.2m.
This isn’t the start though, and neither will it be the end. Phil Barton, owner of Sister Ray Records and also Ian Gasby, owner of Music Mania LTD shed some light onto what is ‘The Vinyl Revival’