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Vinyl’s Billion-Dollar Comeback | Why We Miss the Hassle
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Vinyl records are back… and somehow worth a billion dollars again.
In this episode of Free Nights and Weekends, we drop the needle on the surprising comeback of vinyl—now officially a billion-dollar industry for the first time since 1983—and ask a bigger question: what did we actually miss?
Scott and Marc rewind to the ritual of listening to albums in the 70s and 80s—studying liner notes, flipping sides, and sitting still long enough for music to mean something. Then they fast-forward through cassettes, CDs, Napster, and streaming… all the way to today, where convenience gave us everything, but maybe took something with it.
Plus, we asked musicians and music lovers one simple question:
If you could only keep one album on vinyl… what would it be?
The answers are personal, passionate, and occasionally surprising.
This episode is less about sound quality… and more about the feeling of being there.
🎧 So grab a seat, don’t bump the table, and let Side A play.
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