How vinyl records outlived the formats meant to replaced them

Typically, new technology becomes the standard and the old one becomes obsolete. Vinyl records break this rule.

In recent years, records have consistently generated the most revenue among all physical music formats. They leap frogged cassette tapes and CDs, which were considered more advanced than records when they were released.

Jeremy Peters, a music business professor from Wayne State University, joined the show to discuss what catapulted vinyl records back into the mainstream in the last 20 years .

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