IT was a big hit last year and another enthusiastic crowd is expected when a record fair is held again in Bathurst on Sunday.
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After years on the outer, vinyl has been enjoying a revival among music lovers in recent years - as shown by the many people who attended the debut fair at Bathurst Showground last October.
“It was an absolute blockbuster,” said organiser Jon Ordon, of Revolve Records and Relics in Erskineville in inner Sydney.
There were records in abundance at the showground last year, ranging from the cheap to the extremely collectable, as well as a range of vintage items.
Mr Ordon said he plans to hold the record fair in Bathurst at the beginning and end of each year to slake the thirst of local vinyl lovers.
“There will be tens of thousands of records, CDs, DVDs and vintage items and collectable items,” Mr Ordon said of this Sunday’s fair.
He holds record fairs in locations from Glenbrook, in the Blue Mountains, to the South Australian capital Adelaide.
Mr Ordon said the increasing enthusiasm for vinyl was obvious.
"There is a big shift from digital back to analog,” he said.
There is a big shift from digital back to analog. There is much better sound, artwork. You are actually getting the whole package.
- Jon Ordon of Revolve Records and Relics
“There is much better sound, artwork. You are actually getting the whole package.”
Mr Ordon said music lovers buying vinyl are getting the album in the way the artist wanted it to be.
Fairfax Media reported last year that 205,000 vinyl records were sold in Britain in 2007, but that total reached 2.1 million in 2015 - the highest total in 21 years.
The vinyl renaissance, it was reported, had been accelerating so quickly that companies that press vinyl records were struggling to keep up with orders.
The signs of the revival have also been appearing in various places in Australia.
The Age reported in May last year about a network of record stores opening in inner Melbourne and independent retailers in the Geelong region told the Geelong Advertiser last month that 2017 would be the strongest year for record sales in three decades.
Record Store Day, which will be held on April 22 at various stores in Australia, has also helped add to the vinyl revival.