A Surprising Fact About Music Sales

Who would have thought it?  Newsbeat reports that the 18-24 year old are the largest group responsible for purchasing music recorded on vinyl records - a format more familiar to people over the age of 35.  Read the full article here.  There are some interesting reasons given for the growth in Vinyl sales, including the physical experience of it and the personalised service associated with going into a small, independent record store to buy it.  Interesting to note, also, that the XX (signed to Beggars Banquet, parent company of Rough Trade) had one of the best selling vinyl records last year.