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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
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Chris Burke

Old is gold: why I massively prefer buying old vinyl to new

Records displayed in shop.

Not strictly in the spirit of Record Store Day, I know, but bear with me.

I'm not talking about new releases, which are obviously on new vinyl – and I'm as excited as anyone for some of the great new records supporting the celebration of bricks and mortar record shops. But let's just say, you will no longer find me in a shop flicking through new, heavyweight versions of decades-old LPs whose original release was primarily on vinyl.

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