Vinyl is divine again it seems. You can’t argue with the numbers.

As reported on The Daily Aus Instagram feed, vinyl records out sold compact discs in the US for the first time since 1987.

Think back, ’87 was the year then US President Ronald Reagan visited West Berlin calling on the leader of the then USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev to pull down the Berlin Wall. Here in Australia Labor Leader Bob Hawke won a third term in government - the first time Labor had won three consecutive elections, and the number one song for 1987 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 was from The Bangles, Walk Like An Egyptian.

I probably bought the single on a 45 back then.

The milestone in 2023 was not just a small margin, it was quite sizeable. My good friend Grant will join me on this episode to talk about his love of vinyl and something new that he’s working on.

The RIAA - that’s the Record Industry Association of America, has revealed 41 million vinyl records were sold in 2022, compared to 33 million CD’s.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpwn9aOrB5o/

My guest is Grant Baensch. He’s a radio broadcaster and podcaster. He’s started a new podcast, find out more at https://elviscast.com

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