The $1.2 Billion Vinyl Industry's Rise, Fall and Rebirth, Explained | WSJ

As a weird avid fan of vinyl records in the mid 1990’s to now, it was always difficult to find record companies who still pressed vinyl records. I mainly listened to and bought vinyl rap albums in the entire 90s and early 2000s… most record companies pressed promo 12” records and very limited copies of whole LPs.
I’m so happy to see the resurgence in vinyl! I’m happy to see this new generation of kids buying albums on vinyl!

I'm also interested in getting a player myself. The first record ill buy will be Adele's 21

Now I want that Linkin Park vinyl 😎

In a world of inflation, you can use vinyl as a substitute of bitcoin...check discogs.🤔

its just so relatable that the fans kept it alive, because they want to connect. I never in my life had a vinyl, my father had houndreds and i never cared, and then i found Ghost and I knew this is what I want, this is how i will express my love to them. its a fantastic hobby and way to express passion and love

This is proof that despite music streaming and the rise of AI there’s nothing better than touching and owning a piece of art! Either it be music 🎼 or a painting etc. Nothing can beat that feeling!

I only buy vinyl

vinyl forces me to listen to the whole album

I really hope vinyl takes over

I started buying Vinyl during the low point in 2006. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that they’d comeback to the extent they have. Though my big regret is that I didn’t buy more second hand records back in 2006/07. Prices back then for second hand records were rock bottom, even for sought after albums. You could buy what today are sought after records for £3/£4 because it was thought that vinyl was finished as a format.

Gosh I really wish that I bought more records back then because second hand prices have skyrocketed due to the resurgence. A second hand record that cost me £3.59 in 2006 typically sells for between £20/£30 now.

Mike Shinoda!

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Started buying records when I was 12 at the grocery store in 87. Tapes were more popular and I liked both but my tape player ate them. Records never really disappeared you just had to hunt harder to find vinyl albums at record stores through the 90s. My crates weigh a ton but no regrets. Plus now I have a physical history to dig in to everyday. My own personal record store.

i love vinyl records because they are ad free.

It Ain’t Linkin Park without Chester RIP

As a kid in the 70's, I bought albums and even 45 singles as that was the best sounding format. Eventually I got a quality Marantz cassette recorder and transferred my (and others) albums to cassettes. Not better quality but no skips and portable. Once CD's came out I rarely listened to vinyl. As a DJ and sound guy since high school CD's were so much better. Once digital MP3's and streaming came out I used them. I'm old, but new technology is almost always better and more convenient. I didn't even have a turntable for about 20 years...I did save my old vinyl and about 5 years ago I bought a Pioneer DJ table. It is cool to listen to some of my old obscure records and thankfully, I kept them in good condition. I still have about 200 albums and 1200 CD's. It is nice to kick back and listen to an album in its entirety the way the artist created it. I'm glad some people are buying vinyl again. I'm not a tweeker or someone who has $1000 speaker wire but keep in mind almost all current albums are recorded and mixed on digital equipment so the analog quality myth only applies to older pressings. Hopefully the artists will get more for their musical talent with vinyl and the industry doesn't just essentially steal their intelectual property like with streaming...Peace.

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The 1st album I ever listened to was MJ BAD! I was 8!

I recently become a vinyl player & records enthusiast. I want to revive those time in the late 70's when I was kid I remembered our grandmother has 7" vinyl records & radiola vinyl player. Though the quality of vinyl sounds is far from superior CD, mp3, online streaming but It's fun to play vinyl records coz you do the effort to play, turn it back, to clean vinyl records & player stylus needle. I think vinyl records should also be flooded the records shop so that millennials new generation will experience the old school days of listening to records.

I still have all my 1970’s records. All my 1980’s cassettes are lost to landfills. Sorry talking heads.

What I like about records/ vinyl, is if we blasted ourselves into living in caves, we can still hear the music without power, just put the record on, and spin it! It can still be heardi don't think that is possible with any other method,

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Metearo was also a RSD exclusive, definitely bumped the numbers up cause of that

CD generation here, I love that young people are finally getting the experience of having an actual album with art and pictures and that feeling of having something from your favorite artist in physical form 😎

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Too many things are digital now and days. Ppl are longing for something they had in the past. Holding something physical in your hand give it its authenticity. I remember 10 years ago buying records and ppl talking about a resurgence back then. I use all forms. Vinyl is for home use and digital/cds for mobile use

whilst streaming is good I do stream there is sonething about viny the colourof the disc weather its black coloured marbled or even picture disc & like what was said in the video artist don't make much money when you stream I will keep buying vinyl

hifi system is coming back too

Edison didn’t come up with the phonograph, he stole that like everything else.

One of this biggest manufactures for pressing vinyl burned down, which through everything off.

Hipsters really brought back vinyl. As a DJ, it’s frustrating cuz it made it hard to find albums. All the trendy turds flooded the Goodwills, Salvation Armys, Amoeba, etc., and prices skyrocketed.

Don’t get me started with Crosley record players either.

I have many, many obscure vinyl albums from the 1960's through the 1980's that were never officially released on CD, and would be difficult to find them in a streaming format if at all.

How many workers end up with Cancer in their old age from vynal

Why are you covering this and not the crimes of Hunter and Joe Biden ??

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Linkin park is not one of the best acts of the 21st century. Get real here. I guess nickleback is right behind them

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My bro used to make beats and he had the reason software and vinyls were his best way to pull samples and make sample for the beats. He had the record player with the USB connection and used to buy hella vinyls this was in 2011

Don't forget about film. Hey, hey, youz guyz did say "no other format...", not "no other music format..." just saying to youz derr

The main genre of music I listen to is Southern Gospel, 90% of the music, has never been properly digitized. So in my case, buying vinyl is my only way of actually owning the music.

nu metal man thinks vinyl is a keepsake

Are vinyl records REALLY better or do record companies try to push that idea to make more sales 💵💵

Taylor swifts vinyls are too pretty not to buy

Linkin Park is the greatest. So glad to see Mike here

Nothing like 15 IPS

I’m 27 (born in 1996). I started collecting records these last few years. It was fun putting a system together. And then hitting up local shops to buy albums I already love. I won’t stop this hobby anytime soon!

There's a "permanence" to vinyl that doesn't exist in digital formats, streaming, or even CD's (which do degrade with time).

Vinyl can sit on a shelf for 100 years and still be played. Accounts can't be cancelled, rights can't be revoked. It's a simple technology. That's the value in it.

Digital formats have convenience, Vinyl has a sense of permanency that far outstretches other formats. .

I have a collection of rare hard to find lp's and 45's it totals about 89 or so.

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For me, part of the excitement with Vinyl is because you always strive for perfection from the mastering to the pressing to the playback, while digital is always perfect so there’s nothing to strive for and worry about (for my setup I have hires digital streaming directly to my receiver). Also, I inherited some 15-20 records from my dad when he died, and those few records connect me to his memory. They sound surprisingly good with my Fluance RT85 although those records were beat up and dirty in storage when I found them.