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The allure of the vinyl record may have made a comeback during the height of the covid-19 pandemic, when live music was shut down.Image: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)Gone are the days of shimmery plastic CDs and chunky jewel cases, the past is making a comeback in a back way. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has revealed in its annual revenue report that vinyl sales have outpaced CD sales for the first time since 1987.Sales of physical music formats, like vinyl, CDs, and cassette tapes, saw a 4%…

Video killed the radio star, but vinyl records may yet outlive CDs. Vinyl albums outsold CDs last year for the first time since 1987, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, an industry trade group. About 41 million vinyl albums were sold in 2022, compared with about 33 million CDs, RIAA said in its year-end report released Thursday. The figures contributed to another banner year for the music industry. Sales of recorded music rose 6% to a record $15.9…

Despite more than a decade now of dire predictions of the terminal decline of the classical recording industry there’s still no sign of its imminent demise. Companies may come and go, and the emphasis of the repertory may shift from year to year, but the quantity of discs and downloads issued by both familiar and unfamiliar labels seems undiminished. There are so many new discs to sample each month that if you ask any two classical enthusiasts to name their standout releases of the year, it’s unlikely that there will be…

The first song I remember hearingI’m from six generations of classical musicians, so my dad often played Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from the ballet Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian. For pop, it was House of the Rising Sun by the Animals. My home was a right old mix!The first single I boughtWhen I was 12, I taught piano to other children and some adults – I had seven pupils. My treat was to buy a top from TopShop or a record from HMV in Great Yarmouth, where I bought Love Shack by the B-52’s.The song I inexplicably know…

Candidates who have appeared for the UPSC Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS) 2 can know that the results for the same have been declared. It can be checked online at upsc.gov.in. Check steps here. The Union Public Service Commission has declared UPSC Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS) 2 Result 2021 for OTA. Candidates who have appeared for CDS examination and were eagerly waiting for the results to be declared can check the result online. All…

As digital music files become increasingly popular, compact discs are likewise becoming obsolete. There may still be a use for some existing CDs, however, as the gold foil in them could be used in the production of wearable biosensors.Although CDs are made mainly of polycarbonate, they do contain a thin layer of reflective foil. That foil is aluminum in most CDs, although gold is used for (debatably) better performance in aptly named gold compact discs.Ordinarily, when gold CDs are discarded, that gold foil goes into the…