Your handheld device can hold thousands of songs, you can stream any song you want at the click of a button, no ownership required. Yet an LP is an object you can hold, that you have to physically place on the turntable and play with a needle. The physical act of listening to music is a wonderful thing and makes the albums we chose to play more of a carefully selected thing and much more of an event, hence we appreciate it more. Streamable music and iPods have actually contributed to a jump in vinyl sales. Even album art presents a romantic draw for many collectors. The LP cover is also a thing of beauty when done right.
But perhaps it’s the intrinsic value of vintage memorabilia that really draws a person to fanatic collection.
“Owning something that is old is a thrill,” Dan Wade, head writer at JustCollecting.com, says. “Owning something that is old and rare is doubly thrilling. The excitement and delight of hunting down rarities is addictive to many record collectors.”
There is a serious collector culture around vinyl— so much so that there is even a TED talk about it.
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