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19th January 2017

Stop Spinning the Vinyl Revival

Question 4: Is the so-called ‘vinyl revival’ having any impact in the bigger picture? Vinyl hits 25 year high! Fantastic growth as vinyl revival keeps spinning! Industry saved! Such headlines have not exactly been infrequent over the last couple...

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24th March 2016

Vinyl Stocked in Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s are the latest supermarket to jump on the vinyl train, with the announcement that it will stock the format for the first time since the 1980’s. The range, launching in store on March 21st, will apparently include a...

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9th March 2016

A New ERA For Entertainment?

A turn up for not only the books but the CDs and DVDs – Just as Kanye West forsakes the CD format completely, the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has published figures revealing that the number of physical stores selling...

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7th October 2015

Vinyl Eclipses Ad-Supported Streaming

According to report released last week by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and as reported by The Verge, vinyl music sales generated almost $60 million more than ad-supported streaming services during the first half of 2015 in...

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9th September 2015

Tesco Vinyl Checkout

The vinyl revival rolls on (or completely jumps the shark depending on your viewpoint) with the news that Tesco is to be the first UK supermarket to stock vinyl records, with Iron Maiden’s new album ‘The Book Of Souls’...

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8th July 2015

High Flying Vinyl Charts

The Official Charts Company has dropped the needle on the main beneficiary of the recent vinyl boom and, far from fulfilling any sort of heritage act dad rock clichés it is…Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. Gallagher’s LP ‘Chasing Yesterday’ was...

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22nd April 2015

Chart Puts New Spin on Vinyl

Just in time for Record Store Day, the Official Charts Company has launched the UK’s first ever vinyl chart. New figures published reveal that vinyl continues to grow- though it should be pointed out that it represented a whopping...

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3rd December 2014

Change the Record: Vinyl Passes Million

As expected, annual sales of vinyl albums in the UK have passed the 1 million mark for the first time since 1996- with the flipside being that the format continues to be extremely niche, representing 2% of the market....

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9th October 2014

Vinyl Sales: Change the Record

UK vinyl sales in 2014 have already exceeded the total sold in the whole of 2013, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). It may be another vinyl revival success story but lets remember that vinyl remains relatively niche-...

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