“     Despite the ever present claims that the music industry is on its knees, begging for mercy from the savage beast that is internet piracy, there is some respite in the news that vinyl sales rose by 39 percent in 2011.

While dance music’s biggest players continue to move away from the format, preferring to use CDJs or digital platforms like Traktor and lighten their record bag load, the increase in vinyl sales seems to be fuelled by the home consumer.

Media research agency, Nielsen Soundscan reported an increase in sales of the format from 2.8 million units in 2010 to 3.9 million units in 2011 and suggested the consumers desire for a tangible product as the driving factor.

In the last few years, more mainstream acts have begun to release on vinyl again meaning the formats resurgence has moved from a nostalgia fuelled hipster phenomenon to something with mass market appeal.”

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[title:Djuna Barnes][image: Sam Cooke]