Will vinyl overtake CD in terms of music sales? It occurred to me today that it will. I was at the time reading Vinyl goes from throwback to comeback, a snappily-titled article starting on the front page of the Boston Globe.
This isn’t a prediction that vinyl will once again dominate the music industry. I just believe that its cultish appeal will hold up as the sun rapidly sets on the CD.
Strangely enough, I have recently and actively sought out CDs. But they are particular CDs: the Rhino reissues of Elvis Costello albums. Rights on the Costello catalog have passed on to Hip-O. (In the USA, that is; I don’t known about the rest of the world, the catalog being quite confusing enough in this country.) You can read about these reissues, and about Gary Stewart, who put them together, at the Rhino site and at the NY Times.
But back to my prediction that vinyl will overtake CD. Do you agree? If so, care to leave a comment with your prediction as to when it will happen?
I don’t know if it will make a complete comeback but Hiatt’s new LP came out in vinyl. Old school people like me enjoy the ‘rice krispy’ sounds of vinyl, but the younger generations may find flipping a record a hassle.
Lisa, I think that those who find flipping a record a hassle will find changing, or even schlepping, CDs a hassle also. Even if they don’t, they may well move to Blu-Ray. But my money’s on digital downloads and/or streaming getting the convenience dollars.