Demand for vinyl records on the rise
Vinyl records have a unique quality that keeps people loving them.
Vinyl collectors attended the monthly Vinyl Market at Railways Café on Saturday in Irene, Centurion.
At the market, they had an opportunity to enjoy their favourite meals and beverages at the restaurant while listening to music played from vinyl records at the market. According to the organisers, the event takes place in the Capital City on the last weekend of each month.
In addition, they had an opportunity to buy vinyl albums, which is today not as easy to do owing to the lack of vinyl dealers in the country. According to Billboard, the decline in vinyl record sales started in the late 1980s as Compact Disc (CD) sales increased and vinyl record demand decreased.
Vinyl Market organiser Richard Taylor said that because the vinyl industry is still active, the event has been running for nearly ten years in various areas. According to Taylor, The Railways Café has recently become the location of the event. He said the fact that vinyl record sales have lately surpassed CD sales is interesting, adding that this is despite several predictions that vinyl recordings would soon become obsolete.
According to CBS News, the recent report suggests that for the first time in more than 30 years, vinyl record sales surpassed CD sales, with overall growth to the tune of $1,7 billion in 2022.
“According to my observation, vinyl records have something special that keeps people loving them,” he said. “Vinyl albums are purchased for a variety of reasons. Some people appreciate it because of its size, while others think vinyl records produce better-sounding music.”
Stash Records, Archie’s Jingle Jangle, @djbob206, and Red Dot Records are among the vendors at the market offering vinyl records.
Music aficionado Sethu Zazela said he went to the market to purchase vinyl records, particularly the kinds of collections the dealers had advertised on their social media channels. “Nowadays, it’s rare to find South African recordings in record dealers,” Zazela said. As a Johannesburg resident, therefore, he came to Pretoria to buy the records after realising that the Vinyl Market had a decent selection of SA records.
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