Records making a comeback? (Clip file 7/15)

Another day, another clip file. This time I went on nytimes.com to find a rather interesting feature story. It was all about the resurgence of vinyl records. I thought that the article had a peculiar lead: “At a glance, the far corner of the main floor of J&R Music looks familiar to anybody old enough to have scratched a record by accident. There are cardboard boxes filled with albums by the likes of Miles Davis and the Beach Boys that could be stacked in any musty attic in America.” It doesn’t really tell you much which is a problem however I chose to continue reading because of the straightforward title “Beyond Nostalgia, Vinyl Albums and Turntables Are Returning”. I knew that this is what the article was eventually going to be about (hopefully) so I read on. The article stated some surprising facts such as listing several modern artists that are now releasing albums not only on CD but also on vinyl. The article does make a note that the turntables that these artists are being played on are much more advanced than the older ones. The article itself may be a huge advertisement for new turntables even. It did make it to the home page of the times for some reason. The writer drops names like crazy in particular when he notes the disappearance of large stores from Manhattan he says “One exception has been Best Buy, a national electronics chain that recently opened its sixth store in Manhattan.” for most of the rest of the article he just keeps talking about how Best Buy has this, Best Buy has that. Eventually he does make his point again with the new vinyl records but I feel that It comes too late in the article and I lost interest before ending. This article could have been vastly improved if he stuck to one point instead of getting distracted with what stores actually sell these records that are coming back into the new age.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/nyregion/07vinyl.html?_r=1&hp