Setting the record straight: Music's greatest comeback revolves at 45rpm
Saturday is Record Store Day - and with viyl sales on the up, wonders, in an era of streaming and music on demand, just why we are still drawn to the humble LP
Nevermind the boybands — one of music’s greatest comebacks is taking place not on the stage in front of screaming audiences but in living rooms across the nation. Even as Westlife, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, and more prepare their lucrative returns, the true pop renaissance involves a humble flattened disc revolving at 45 rotations per minute.
