They're not doing it to sell them on but to keep for themselves,” Fabrice explained, adding: “The vinyl market is growing. Some people are looking for first editions. “Most of the people coming into the store are not djs. Black Records, which stocks about 2,500 records at any one time, sees people of all ages buying vinyl. My wife and I were really happy to have a space dedicated to music.”īut it's not just the music connoisseurs who are the keeping the vinyl industry alive. Before, I was in a flat where half of the living room was filled with music. “Fortunately, I have my own space to keep all the records in a cellar where I also sometimes record my radio programme for Radio ARA. Today his record collection amounts to tens of thousands with a number of highly sought-after items, including a few original editions Jethro Tull and even original singles from The Beatles. During the years when vinyl went out of vogue, in the 1990s, Berardo said he switched to buying CDs but soon reverted back to records when they became more readily available. From then on he was hooked, he says, buying new and second-hand records from fairs, shops and more recently, online. Berardo bought his first records, Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles and Enola Gay by OMD, aged six. “It just doesn't compare with other music formats,” he said. For people like dj Berardo Stagliano, vinyl remains the best way to listen to all music. But, today it's having a renaissance.”ĭespite the birth of MP3, CDs and the blight of illegal downloaded music, vinyl has shown remarkable staying power, thanks in large part to the “die-hard” music fans who keep the industry alive.īut it is not simply nostalgia that motivates vinyl addicts.
Only one out of every five new releases would be on vinyl.
Hearing the rich, velvety notes of a favourite musician on vinyl was, at one time, a pleasure at risk of extinction.Įmployee of Luxembourg record store Black Records Fabrice Jung told /en: “In 1991 you could hardly find any vinyl, only for techno and rave but certainly not for rock. It's a sound that sends shivers down the spine of many a music lover.