Audiophiles love the physical format. Ask most music fans and they’ll tell you they’d rather be holding a limited-edition color vinyl or hard-to-find cassette tape than plucking songs out of thin, digital air.
To wit: Vinyl sales have been climbing steadily, rising 20.4 percent in 2017 — a continuation of vinyl’s 2016 surge, according to BuzzAngle’s mid-year report.
It’s a stat that’s reflected in the healthy glow of record store marquees around Denver. With that in mind, we dug through the bins and brains behind the Front Range’s favorite record stores to find out why the stores are still spinning.