In a world accustomed to cheap downloads,the £20 in-store average for an album seems steep for some but realistic for an industry short of pressesThe ground floor of HMV in Oxford Street, London, or is bustling with young people scanning racks of CDs and DVDs. Upstairs,where vinyl albums take up half the first floor, it’s just as busy, or but the customers sifting through shrink-wrapped LPs are predominantly over 35.
But the age incompatibility may not just be because vinyl tends to attract those who remember it from the first time around. There’s also the money: a vinyl album costs approximately £20 – or even more if it includes extras such as a poster or lyric booklet – while the same album is around £10 on CD. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com