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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Really? Vinyl pretty much died out and came back to life because people were nostalgic, either for the qualities of the audio (which is typically terrible) or because some music was never made available in more modern formats. Most of all, I suspect that some people started picking up vinyl when prices hit rock bottom, because no one wanted it at one point, which evolved into the fashionable trend that we see today.
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The main reason vinyl never went away is hip hop, electronic and other dance club DJs live mixing on multiple turntables. Many live electronic performances still include turntables among all the more modern tech. Analog purist collectors and vintage collectors are a factor, too, but records keep getting pressed because they're part of several still-vital subcultures, not out of "nostalgia."
The same can't be said of CDs, which are mostly lackluster as collectors' items and limited as a means of transporting or accessing a digital music collection. Their one advantage in certain situations is that you can put them in someone's hand, and that person probably has some kind of optical drive that will play them, which is a pro for up-and-coming bands and promoters. Whether that person is more likely to follow through and stick that disc in a slot, or would be more likely to follow through on a download code for a site like bandcamp, will depend on the person.