The vinyl explosion has been so pronounced that pressing plants can't keep up with demand, putting retailers in the awkward position of running out of hit LPs such as Taylor Swift's 1989, Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour and even Jack White's Lazaretto, which sold more than 86,000 copies and was 2014's best-selling vinyl album.
Managers and record labels clearly see vinyl as a fad — vinyl makes up just 6 percent of overall album sales, according to Nielsen Soundscan. This may explain why record executives aren't rushing to prop up the roughly 15 remaining record plants in the U.S. "It's a great marketing opportunity. While we do expect growth to continue, it'd be hard to project exactly what that's going to be," says Candace Berry, general manager of Universal Music Distribution, part of the world's biggest record label.
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Jordan Ashley Mort
Vinyl is such a awesome way to listen to music ,and finding cool old records in some rad record store is the cherry on the top
Forkandspoon
Definitely a niche fad...Doesn't mean it can't be profitable
David
You can record a vinyl and post that on file sharing sites aswell. It's of course little bit more work than auto ripping a cd :D
