Are Vinyl Records Back?
By Kris at 10:25 PM
According to the New York Post, Best Buy is thinking about giving up 8 square feet in each and every one of their stores for vinyl records. Yes, you heard right vinyl records, the big black disks that everyone had back in the day. Best Buy made this decision after conducting a test in 100 of their stores and discovered that vinyl records were more popular than they anticipated. In 2007 the sales of vinyl records went up 15% and in 2008 sales rose to an amazing 89%. Although vinyl records only represent 5% of Best Buy’s music sales but they are also growing while CD sales keep falling. Obviously vinyl record sales won’t top CD sales, but with vinyl records it’s more about the physical appearance of the album then the content since you can practically get any album off a torrent site. So do you think vinyl records will come back? Comment.













April 27th, 2009 at 10:32 PM
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April 28th, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Thanks for this item. I’d argue that they never really went away. Some artists insist on still offering all their recordings on vinyl (although those pressings are fairly limited). Neil Young & Pearl Jam come to mind.