Vinyl records again at the peak of his popularity. Their sales continue to grow steadily worldwide and in 2017 reached a peak in the late 80s. Retro attractive not only for its aesthetics, but also a unique sound that audiophiles appreciate. Yeah and to feel in the hands vinyl much nicer than listening to music content in the cloud-based service like iTunes. It pushes the largest manufacturers to reconsider its policy towards vinyl. Japanese Corporation Sony, for example, decided to resume production of records after a nearly 30-year hiatus.
Production of vinyl records will be launched in March 2018 at the factory unit of Sony Music Entertainment in the Japanese Prefecture of Shizuoka. The last album produced by Sony rolled off the Assembly line back in 1989. It happened, unsurprisingly, on the background of strengthening the market position of a new format of media data CD. The CDs was developed and released with the direct participation of Sony, and first went on sale in 1982. Even then, many experts have realized that the age of vinyl is slowly coming to an end. But, as time has shown, it does not.
The Growing popularity of vinyl records has led to the fact that electronics manufacturers vying rushed to release modern players of vinyl. And so what extravagant devices can be found today on the market, including such where the player's case. Or that you can throw in a backpack and take with you wherever you go. Sales of vinyl records in Japan over the last seven years has increased almost eight times to 799 000 copies a year. In the United States, the figure is 17.2 million copies. Remarkably, last year in the UK, has sold more records than digital albums.
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