With the meteoric rise of digital downloads, many feared the decline of tapes, CDs, and vinyl would signal the end of independent record stores. But in 2007, vinyl made a triumphant return. As The New York Times put it, “Left for dead in the 1980s, vinyl records are now the music industry’s most popular and highest-grossing physical format.” This revival has sparked a new era for record stores.
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