Articles on vinyl records

December 9, 2019

Music collectors seek out rare albums not available on streaming

Marina Eckersley, University of Toronto

Desperate fans may have to settle on paying exorbitant amounts for a cassette tape.

September 30, 2019

Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University

Vinyl records are set to become the largest source of revenue from physical music sales.

April 7, 2019

Matt Brennan, University of Glasgow and Kyle Devine, University of Oslo

Greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production in the vinyl era is not a patch on the equivalent from running giant servers today.

Kyle Devine
Associate Professor in Musicology, University of Oslo
Matt Brennan
Reader in Popular Music, University of Glasgow
Renaud Foucart
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
Marina Eckersley
Dalla Lana Fellow in Global Journalism, University of Toronto