Music lovers have been hailing the return of vinyl for many years, claiming the warmer sound quality, the sleeve designs, even the occasional familiar scratch, make it a more enjoyable listening experience than streaming.
Now it is official. The revival in demand for vinyl records means they are back in the basket of goods that is used by the Office for National Statistics to calculate the rate of inflation for the first time since they were supplanted by CDs and cassettes in 1992.
