JP
Major Contributor
So you're obviously getting new customers if you have a significant increase. And this is the interesting part, who are these new customers? Why they started buying records? The ones I mentioned are the ones I see/talk to/meet in everyday life or in on-line groups. If you know any others, do share.
I've never seen stats that give me confidence in a position on it. I've seen gross sales, and volume by medium, but have not seen net buyers, buying cycles, new vs. used, share of wallet, etc. Anecdotally, aside from the new titles, the jazz reissue titles and availability as increased many fold in the past five year or so, and those folks are buying everything up. Seeding a very strong flipper segment as well.
The list of reasons people like vinyl is about a long as my arm, with a few stand-out but likely not actual reasons. There are facets, there are dimensions, and there are journeys. I know what I get out of vinyl has changed about five times in the last dozen years, including several years where I enjoyed working on 'tables but couldn't care less to listen. People also seem to forget that for every fad there is always a group of die-hards that never did anything else.
It could be a fun topic to try to decompose if everyone wasn't so interested in projecting their positions, and dying on those hills.