For those of you who thought you’d seen the end of the 12 inch vinyl record, think again. The medium, long championed by ‘true music fans’ as the best sounding of all recording formats, is experiencing something of a renaissance.

Don’t fret about this meaning a challenge to the MP3 market though, because MP3 players are partly responsible for the return of vinyl. Rather than being aged music lovers harking back to the good old days of crackly sounding records, today’s vinyl is being snapped up by the younger generation looking to experience the vinyl revolution, and to port the ‘newly discovered format’ to their portable music devices.

The invention of the USB powered turntable that allows music fans to take their vinyl collection and copy it directly on to their home computers and MP3 players has seen a resurgence in the sales of vinyl.

This represents great news for vinyl lovers who may have thought that the advent of the digital era would have seen the demise of their format, however quite the opposite has happened.

While the digital media of magnetic tape and compact discs may become obsolete through MP3 players, vinyl appears to have weathered the storm, only to come back stronger and with a greater fanbase.