Over the last year i am noticing an interesting subtle shift when on my music purchasing rounds in used disc stores...... About 6 months ago pandemonium a good west end junction used disc shop moved location down the block and when they reopened, their used CDs had gone to the back of the store in reduced numbers, whereas the vinyl had moved to the front and had increased in volume.... Since they I have noticed this trend at a few other places.... Also, i have noticed the extreme volume of customers at the few record only places such as sonic boom in kensington (their bathurst street location still has cds out front but the vinyl is no longer in the basement and it is also a larger part of the ground floor space then in the old bloor location).... On top of this there has been a significant increase ion volume of new 180g reisuues and bew releases ibn pretty much all stores selling new product like Soundscapes, HMV etc....
Upon reflection, this trend makes sence since, why buy cds when you have shit album art in these stupid plastic cases , when you can buy (or steal) mp3 files much more cheaperly or buy the real deal being records and get the physical art component, arguably better warmer sound (and you can still relatively easily burn it at home onto mp3).... Perhaps the cd really is ending sooner rather than latter, but as one who has a passion for vinyl, I am heartily glad and a bit surtprised to see cds being replaced by.........vinyl....
perhaps onl;y record nuts will buy them and perhaps the colume will only be a fraction of what it was 20 years ago, but it will be interesting to see how far they come back into mainstream circulation...