Vinyl Hipster Fad

Recently i ve been asked more and more about the resurgence of vinyl as a viable audio format.

Vinyl hipster fad.

When the vinyl record revival began many people laughed it off a hipster fad. A trend which doesn t seem to be shifting. Stand aside digital because vinyl is here to stay. The sound is clean clear and dynamic.

How wrong they were. I would argue it s down to the hipster trend. It seems to be that anytime there s a discussion about the vinyl subculture and the media s place in our culture that that conversation is going to inevitably turn to hipsters buying stupid crosleys and driving up the prices for everyone by buying shitty herb albert and pink floyd records for 30 a pop. Buying records isn t some hipster fad many of us know we ve traded quality for convenience and we buy vinyl because we want to experience music in better way.

According to the bpi over 4 3 million vinyl records were sold in 2019 while the recording industry association of america reported that vinyl record sales topped 504million last year marking 14 years in a row of growth. I like getting neil s works on vinyl as that is his preferred way. Today we re going to be talking about if the vinyl resurgence is actually helping underground dance music in any. I ve never actually heard music being played on vinyl records so i can t comment on what they sound like but they do seem a bit inconvenient to use as you can t carry them on the go and they take up a lot of space to store.

Remind a hipster that vinyl still sucks by jerry del colliano may 9 2016. Is it just a hipster fad or is it really making a comeback for good. Do you even own a record player. A couple months back ken pohlmann asked whether the renaissance of vinyl records is just a hipster fad or a long term business opportunity and just the other day noel paul stookey of the 60s folk trio peter paul and mary called the resurgence in lps a fad in an interview with the trade publication ce pro.

Vinyl is a fad nonetheless. A response to matthew smith s video where he asked if we think that young people collecting vinyl is a hipster fad and also if the beatles will lose their popularity. The remastered vinyl version i m listening to is terrific.