> In 2008, 1.88 million vinyl albums were purchased, more than in any other year since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking LP sales in 1991. The previous record was in 2000, when 1.5 million LP albums were sold. More than two out of every three vinyl albums bought in 2008 were purchased at an independent music store, according to SoundScan. > > Vinyl record sales rose 14% between 2006 and 2007, from 858,000 to 990,000. In contrast, CD sales plummeted over ...

from: Explanations of why certain speeds were chosen for certain types of phonograph recordings... The original gramophones used a steel sewing needle for a stylus. The stylus determined the size of the grooves in the record and the recordable frequency range limited by this groove size determined a speed between 70 and 90 rpm. This was standardized in the 1930s at 78rpm, although actual play speeds varied depending on the frequency of your AC mains : 77.922 rpm in Europe ...

FT interview with Public Enemy: Chuck reveals that the band turned down a million-dollar advance when they decided not to re-sign with Def Jam. "In order for me to build something, I had to leave," he says. %u201CThey wanted to keep us around, but we would have been a token. And the advance would have been paid for with accountability, with them telling us how to spend it." ... “There’s definitely a concern,” says Johnson. “When the economy is not ...