Vinyl records make a comeback by Hillary Millecam
Before people started using the iPod in 2001 and the compact disk in 1983, there were record players. Thomas Edison invented the first record player in 1877. Vinyl records hit their peak in 1977. Music continues to develop into more digital formats, and most music is obtained by downloading a file off the internet.
However vinyl records have found their place in the twenty-first century. According to a study from The Economist, vinyl record sales in America increased 39 percent from 2010 to 2011.
While 400,000 vinyl records were sold at a Brooklyn plant in 2011, a love for vinyl records exists in Provo also.
Tom Brinton, bassist for The New Electric sound and advertising major, said he has collected vinyl records for the last two years.
“The first place I got my records was at Savers,” Brinton said. “DI has a lot of records but it isn’t music that I’m interested in. I saw them there and I thought I should start collecting them. I didn’t have a record player at the time.”