In the past 10 years, there has been a renaissance of vinyl records, which has brought new fans to an old format and changed our idea of a record collector as someone younger, both male and female, and from more than one culture. This same revival has made it more expensive to buy music, helped big bands more than small ones, and made it harder to tell if vinyl really sounds better than other formats. Vinyl Nation goes through the record resurgence's boxes to find the truths written in deep wax: Has the return of vinyl brought music fans together or split them up? What does vinyl tell us about our past right now? How has vinyl's second life changed the way we listen to music and to each other?
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In the past 10 years, there has been a renaissance of vinyl records, which has brought new fans to an old format and changed our idea of a record collector as someone younger, both male and female, and from more than one culture. This same revival has made it more expensive to buy music, helped big bands more than small ones, and made it harder to tell if vinyl really sounds better than other formats. Vinyl Nation goes through the record resurgence's boxes to find the truths written in deep wax: Has the return of vinyl brought music fans together or split them up? What does vinyl tell us about our past right now? How has vinyl's second life changed the way we listen to music and to each other?
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