BEIJING Adidas Ultra Boost Uncaged Nere Boost Nere Scontate ,?April?18 (Xinhuanet) -- Despite the explosion in digital music sales in recent years, not everyone is buying in, particularly in Australia where demand for vinyl records is surging. Sales have increased 127-percent over the past year and Melbourne's thriving music scene is a big reason why.
It appears reports about the death of vinyl records have been greatly exaggerated.
LPs and singles are making a comeback with sales booming both in Australia and around the world.
And it's not just old rockers who are embracing a technology many had written off long ago with the coming of the CD and the digital download.
Teenagers are in on the action.
Inner city Melbourne is the epicentre of a revival of vinyl and a turnaround for turntables.
""If you were to stand in a shop and survey us for a day and you were to count all the people who walk through the door you'd find 95% of them go straight to the vinyl,"" said Warwick Brown Adidas Ultra Boost 2.0 ATR Grigie Verdi Scontate , a shop owner.
Last year almost 280-thousand vinyl records were sold in Australia - a staggering 127-percent increase on 2013, according to the Australian Recording Industry Association's end-of-year figures for 2014.
It's still a tiny slice of the market, but unlike CD's and DVD's, it is growing. Younger and older generations are becoming more and more interested in old record players.
""I've got parents of kids who go to school with mine and they want to come and see it. They've been to their grandparents place Adidas Ultra Boost 3.0 Multicolor Uomo Scontate , they love it,"" said Paul Rigby, co-owner of Zenith Records.
Rigby is a true believer that records are not dead. He also runs a record pressing plant.
The quality of music on records is what grabs the attention of real music buffs like Brown and Rigby.