Music has always a big part of my life but in the last year or so I have also started looking for more than just the music itself. Having a music collection or library has always been appealing to me. Something that I can continually refer back too in terms of what I have listened too and what is still out there for me to discover. Growing tired of CD’s and MP3’s as a format to store music, I came across the antiquated format that is Vinyl.

After CD’s first hit the market in the mid 80’s, LP’s were written off as an obsolete music format. Later on with the introduction of file sharing and online retail music stores like iTunes, the traditional music business has slowly lost the market share it once had.

But while the mass marketing of LP’s has faded, over the last few years listeners have slowly started rediscovering vinyl, and its not just the older fans who grew up with the format. Younger generations who have grown up on torrent files also see the appeal of vinyl, and here is why:

The way people discover, purchase and consume music has changed quite dramatically in the last 30 years. We can now listen to music on our cell phones and fit entire music collections in our pockets with iPods. And don’t get me wrong, in terms of portability and convenience digital is still that way to go, but for a more encompassing visceral musical experience that makes use of more of our senses, my money is on vinyl.