BW on return of vinyl - "What Goes Around Comes Around"
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by daba
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Also, included is the use of the word "hipster" nowadays. Shipments of LPs grew by almost 37% from 2006 to 2007, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. And sales in 2008’s first quarter were at 1.25 million units, up 70% from a year earlier.
Mike Batt, vice-president of Silver Platters, a Seattle retailer, says the bump is the result of twentysomething hipsters joining the connoisseurs who have long talked up analog records’ warmer tones. The albums also have something you can’t get on CDs and downloaded songs, says Susan L’Ecuyer, a spokesperson for the National Association of Recording Merchandisers: a full-size cover jacket.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/08/0828_btw/2.htm
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