The CD meant LPs were breathing their 'last gasp' in the 1980s, but now vinyl sales are on the rebound | cbc_archives
The CD meant LPs were breathing their 'last gasp' in the 1980s, but now vinyl sales are on the reboundA vinyl record by The Verve plays on a turntable in Falmouth, Maine. The COVID-19 pandemic benefitted record store owners who saw a surge in sales. That's good news for the indie record stores ahead of Record Store Day on Saturday, June 12, 2021.. Any other artist's new vinyl output could be harder to find.
Those manufacturers had learned something from the consumer adoption of video players. Videocassette recorders had become popular earlier in the '80s. -sized product," said Keith Harfield of Vancouver's A&B Sound, demonstrating a handheld unit. "That's how big it is."A new bar in Toronto offers multiple listening stations for patrons to listen to expensive CDs before they commit to a purchase.Almost two years later, in November 1987, CDs had proven so popular that a Toronto bar with a difference opened to cater to the needs of would-be CD buyers.
"Here, we have private listening," said the owner of the CD Bar, which was said to boast 1,700 titles. "You choose to listen to jazz, someone else chooses classical. You're standing next to each other and both smiling." Kastner also noted that the price of a CD had come down to about $17 , while records were up to "$10 or $11." By then, a local Toronto store, Record World, was selling records and CDs in about equal numbers.