Now, with the sudden resurgence and demand for vinyl records, the few remaining manufacturers are struggling to meet the growing demand.' The New York Times reports: In the first six months of this year, 17 million vinyl records were sold in the United States, generating $467 million in retail revenue (PDF), nearly double the amount from the same period in 2020, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Except the COVID-19 pandemic changed all that. 'And for a time it looked like the vinyl record, something which had been around since the 1930s, would meet its end as so many other yesteryear products have. After CDs came out, the predictions of vinyl's demise were an every day occurrence,' writes Slashdot reader smooth wombat. 'Vinyl was nearly at death's door not that long ago.
