CD Sales Down, LP Sales Up

American Voices

June 13, 2008 | ISSUE 44•24

While sales of CDs fell 17 percent between 2006 and 2007, sales of LPs rose 36 percent in the same period. What do you think?

I think at this point people are just fucking with the record industry as a whole.

Tammy Parnell
Loan Officer
LPs may be nice for the audio tourist, but wax cylinders have a warmer, more natural sound.

John Bamford
Building Inspector
If there's a better format for listening to hissing, popping, and crackling than on a cumbersome yet fragile 12-inch piece of vinyl, I'd love to hear it.

Carlos Feinglass
Systems Analyst

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