Independent labels producing punk, metal and other "outsider" music prefer the vinyl format as a kind of rebellion, Ignizio said.
And, unfortunately, sometimes it makes sense to go with the vinyl seats.
The Joy of the Single, meanwhile, will feature Jack White, Norman Cook, Neil Sedaka and others talking about the vinyl 45 rpm record.
Like the vinyl record and the cassette, they served their purpose.
In 1980, I bought True Colors by Split Enz and was endlessly entranced by the laser etching in the vinyl that made it seem full of colorful prisms.
David Shebiro, owner of Rebel Rebel Records in Manhattan's West Village, reckons 60% of his sales are of the vinyl variety, up from about 10% in the late 1990s.
He can make more on specialized campaigns such as the vinyl wraps he used to hawk Ray-Bans on ten taxis during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January.
It took a long time to clean up our classrooms especially the vinyl mats that we had to scrub the mud, dry them outside and roll them out again in our classes.
The concerts form part of the Island 50 festival, which includes a photographic exhibition at The Vinyl Factory in London's Soho and the publication of Keep On Running: The Story of Island Records.
I'm often accused of being a Luddite -- mostly based on my fervent and affectionate clinging to several physical objects that are quickly becoming cultural artifacts: the ink pen, the paper book, and the vinyl record -- but those items haven't been the only 'evidence' my accusers have historically cited.
The days ahead of the show will see us setting up our base of operations, the usual vinyl-wrapped double-wide trailer parked just outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from which we can dash to anywhere on the show floor and return quickly, getting the news up and into your browser within minutes.
His six-man chalk was a quarter of a row, separated off by the gray vinyl screens.
You can listen to, Dap Walk, by Ernie and the Top Notes on your iPod, but collectors treasure it on the original vinyl.
The latter was the best-selling vinyl act after The Beatles, selling 36, 000 albums in the U.S. alone (for a full list of the releases available this week, click here).
There was also an accordion performance, the playing of vinyl on a record player and, towards the end, an impressive piece of physical theatre cleverly set to a flickering light in a darkened room to give the impression of an old cine-film recording - a highlight for me in such a small space.
The unmistakable crackle and hiss of needle upon vinyl filled the room.
With the release of their albums once again on vinyl, the Beatles' music will have turned full circle, returning via tapes, compact discs, minidiscs and mp3s to the format where it all began.
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Even though we may wax nostalgic for the good old days of vinyl and DVDs and the dust-collectors in the garage, just remember that owning an album never bestowed unlimited rights.
Indeed, that trend can be seen in the recent success of vinyl, which continued its improbable rise for the fifth year in a row.
It's an approach that echoes the renaissance of vinyl records among hip young aesthetes.
The one eye was fixed at a point over past the row of vinyl screens.
As Dom shows, the appeal of vinyl isn't limited to legacy acts like Young.
"I'm not aware of any event that has us fundamentally rethinking the pricing around vinyl, " he says.
This felt warm and nostalgic, like the crackle of vinyl on a record player, or a good Robert DeNiro movie.
The producer of vinyl acetate monomer (used in adhesives, textiles, packaging and chewing gum base) beat expectations in its December quarter and recently increased its estimates for 2008.
The evidence of vinyl's comeback is much more than anecdotal.
His sense of their marriage as countercultural, an artistic alliance committed to the support of vinyl records and Midwestern literary quarterlies, had persisted even after Max and Eleanor were born.
He believes the main reason behind vinyl's comeback is a desire to conjure up the magic of buying music--a feeling that's been lost in the era of immediate gratification offered by Apple and Amazon.
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