I recently began to wonder this as I wandered through the yard sales off M-15 this past Saturday. The whole place was bustling, but a surprising amount of activity was seen near the sections of the rummage sales that had old vinyl records. I'm guilty of this, too- I picked up a record for my own collection, small as it is. It seems like there's been a resurgence in interest towards vinyl in the last couple of years, punctuated by the rising tide of music record sales. My question is, why?
When I bought records in college (like ten years ago) it was because it was an excuse to do nothing but listen to an album. It's a lot more involved than pushing play, having to cue up and flip it. So I'd get high as shit and tune out to Axis: Bold as Love or Wish You Were Here. I also paid like $3 each for them so that was nice.