Vinyl resurgence has been taking place in specialist stores and vintage shops for a while, but now you can top up your record collection at the same time as buying bananas, surely we can call it fully revived.
Sainsbury’s have announced that from today they will be selling vinyl records in 171 different stores across the country, following a similar move from Tesco in December.
It comes after sales for the old-school format in 2015 topped two million for the first time in 21 years, according to the BBC.
Among the first batch of records to be stocked are Nirvana’s Nevermind, AC/DC’s Back in Black, and The Stone Roses’ debut album of the same name. Adele’s world/universe-dominating 25 is the newest album in the collection.
Pete Selby, head of music and books at Sainsbury’s, said: “We don’t see this as a novelty gifting fad but a complimentary part of our existing music offer with a long term future in our stores. Vinyl is definitely experiencing a revival with demand growing stronger year-on-year. It is our aim to make the vinyl experience easy and pleasurable for our customers who are ready to re-engage with a format that resonates with them on an emotional level.”
High Fidelity on Aisle 3, anyone?
