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Vinyl revival: The LP is making a comeback into living rooms, and how

Stores stock up on LPs as music lovers line up for the warm sound of history

A man shows a vinyl record at ‘El Pollo Musical’ (The Musical Chicken) record store in El Salvador
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A man shows a vinyl record at ‘El Pollo Musical’ (The Musical Chicken) record store in El Salvador

Marie-Louise Gumuchian | Reuters
In the basement of the British Library, curator Andy Linehan inspects the latest addition to a massive archive of wax cylinders, cassettes, LPs and CDs — a vinyl record that made musical history.
 
Released in the United States in 1948, Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E minor, performed by violinist Nathan Milstein with the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, was the very first vinyl LP, or long playing record.
 
The 12 inch 33 1/3 rpm format allowed longer pieces to be recorded, changing the way listeners enjoyed their music.
 
“The fact that the long playing record came into existence