UK vinyl spending set to overtake CDs for first time since 1980s

Sales of vinyl in the UK are on track to overtake CDs for the first time in decades, with record labels last year seeing a 30 per cent boost in income from the traditional format.READ MORE: How you can help your local independent record shop amid the coronavirus crisisThat’s according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which says income looks to surpass CDs for the first time since 1987 when Rick Astley and Pet Shop Boys topped the charts.
Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the