Varied Reasons in Purchasing Vinyl Records

Electronic music or recorded music began from paper cylinders, records to 8 tracks, to cassettes, to CDs, and finally MP3s. In 1877 these records were introduce to the whole wide world. They were made of vinyl, thus they are called vinyl records.

These records simply wane out from the picture some decades ago but thanks to teenagers and some school children. They drive vinyl sales up. Even baby boomers are contributing much on the sales of vinyl records. In 2007, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, vinyl records sales are increasing for about 35%.

From this news, more record labels are pressing news releases. There is a new sales gimmick that record store owners use in attracting buyers. They promote 1 vinyl discs plus a download code to let customers enjoy a digital version of their vinyl albums. To add more on the issue of vinyl fever, more and more vinyl websites are appearing on the web today. They not only sell vinyl records but they also sell turn tables and vinyl accessories too.

Many people are pursuing vinyl records and every one of them has different motivations like for example baby boomers are very much nostalgic about vinyls. Some of them are attracted to warm sounds of vinyl records while others are into collecting a number of records because these records can be profitable. Some people especially the teens are tired of owning digital music which they can’t even see, smell, and hold. Finally, some folks are attracted to vinyl discs covers.

Vinyl records come in a much larger package making them more vibrant and some of them have different colors. The 12 inched LP can play a lot of music while the 7 inches singles are always shown to have 1 or 2 songs. According to a survey, the bigger the size of vinyl covers and attractive, the more they will attract sales.

One of the strongest points why there is an increasing sales statistics of vinyl records is because of their collectability. People are looking for rare vinyl types that can make money. As of now there are thousands of people who are searching for rare grade vinyls. Some of the rarest kind of vinyl records would be garnering a total sum of $100 to $300,000.

Regardless of the different motivations about vinyl records, this story denotes that vinyl records are really back into the mainstream.