Vinyl sales up 55% on last year!

[ONSLAUGHT88]

There could still be hope, but probably not for us...

Vinyl record sales have increased 55% this year in the UK, demonstrating that the legacy technology still has a niche in the market.

Such sales totaled 168,296 units, according to Retail Gazette. Radiohead’s vinyl release of King of Limbs led the sales with 20,771 units. The report jibes with a recent study by Nielsen SoundScan, which noted a 37% increase in vinyl sales through May 8. Last year, vinyl sales were up 14.2%, though they only comprise 1.2% of physical sales, according to Nielsen.

The rise of vinyl is driven by a bit of nostalgia, deejays’ preference for it and a belief that the format has better sound quality than digital.

http://mashable.com/2011/08/15/vinyl-record-sales-rise-uk/

 

[kenyon]

yeah saw this yesterday good news!!!

 

[ThePapa]

 

[HIGH INTEGRITY]

Long live the Vinyl!!!!! I have been doing my bit this year, spending heavily with the Redeye!!!

 

[hyperd4eva]

Great News, hopefully DIGI only labels can look at this and jump on it! Have spent so much already this year!

 

[smaur]

Yep, I switched back to vinyl this year

 

[Teddy]

wicked news!
big ups to all the vinyl heads!

nothing wrong with digital but the love all the fans show towards vinyl is great!
its keeping it in business and therfore keeping me and my collection happy and plentiful!

 

[Agent Smith]

great to see, would never dream of switching mediums.

 

[$pyto]

 

[hazdaman100]

brrrrappp

 

[Mish Mash]

vinyl is the way

 

[Triple M]

Fantastic news!

 

[Tim Viper Recs]

Vinyl sales of music overall are up because now you have indie kids or people who like Foo Fighters or whatever buying vinyl. If that stat was for D&B vinyl it be more like Vinyl sales have gone down 127%. lol

 

[groelle]

^^^

thought that too when i read that radiohead alone sold 20k copies of 170k overall ... lol..

 

[CPR]

Great News, hopefully DIGI only labels can look at this and jump on it! Have spent so much already this year!

easier said than done, alot of work/money needed to distribute vinyl, but yes it is good to see that vinyl sales are still at a high!

 

[Subjekt Music]

Vinyl forever

 

[Mish Mash]

Vinyl sales of music overall are up because now you have indie kids or people who like Foo Fighters or whatever buying vinyl. If that stat was for D&B vinyl it be more like Vinyl sales have gone down 127%. lol

Would be good to see the stats for dnb vinyl sales... someone hunt them down!

 

[wingz]

vinyl is only 0,2% of the market anyways

 

[Tim Viper Recs]

Would be good to see the stats for dnb vinyl sales... someone hunt them down!

No, it really wouldn't =/

 

[hyperd4eva]

I bet dubstep has had the most sales to be fair.. as much as i fucking hate saying that