Neil Young Comments On Vinyl Revival

Neil Young has scoffed at the much ballyhooed vinyl revival, claiming the upsurge of interest in the beloved format is “really nothing but a fashion statement”.Vinyl sales in both the US and UK rose significantly last year – though it should be said those rises were from very low bases. In the UK, vinyl sales passed 1m for the first time since 1997, while the format saw a 49% year-on-year sales rise in the US, with almost 8m sales.

Young, however, said there was no audio reason for music lovers to buy vinyl. “A lot of people that buy vinyl today don’t realise that they’re listening to CD masters on vinyl and that’s because the record companies have figured out that people want vinyl,” Young said in an interview with southern California radio show the Frame (via Exclaim). “And they’re only making CD masters in digital, so all the new products that come out on vinyl are actually CDs on vinyl, which is really nothing but a fashion statement.”

Source: The Guardian