We have heard many sad stories of music fans who sold or gave away their dust-collecting vinyl collection in the ’90s and noughties. Many people – most people – believed that the world had resolutely moved away from analogue and on to new digital pastures, only now to be kicking themselves for not having held on to their records in order to enjoy fully the recent and on-going vinyl resurgence.
It’s something – a lesson vicariously learned, perhaps – that crossed this writer’s mind recently when deciding whether to hang on to my CDs or take them to the local charity shop ahead of a big move. The thought perished almost as quickly as it came. (Sorry, mum, those boxes of CDs are yours to look after for a while yet.)
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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022