While the basic idea goes back almost 150 years, to Edison’s phonograph, the record as we now know it is more like half that age. Columbia Records launched the first 12-inch LP in 1948, with the first ...

Vinyl records made up 71% of physical media revenue that year and had outsold CDs for the first time since 1987, in addition to having 16 consecutive years of growth. And it isn't older ...

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When Brown was in college, he remembers the roles of vinyl and CD buying were reversed, when buying records was cheaper than buying a CD. Brown remembers used records costing around $5 and used CDs ...

People who grew up in the post-vinyl world have also contributed to its rebirth in popularity. In 2023, vinyl surpassed CD sales for the first time since the late 1980s.