[bomp] Study Says Teens Prefer Vinyl

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Past is prologue?  See below:
 
    A Canadian scientist says teens who used to view CDs as superior to  
older vinyl records now consider vinyl superior to the newer format.    
David Hayes of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at  the 
University of Toronto says the growing popularity of vinyl might be a  form of 
resistance against the music industry's corporate taste-makers.  

While conducting research for his Ph.D. dissertation, Hayes was  surprised to 
discover the young music enthusiasts he was interviewing were  fans of vinyl. 

"This made me wonder why they were interested in  something that is, for all 
intents and purposes, a dead medium," he said,  noting the teenagers had 
switched from buying CDs to collecting LPs, often  seeking obscure recordings. 

Hayes research subjects said they  liked the visual appeal of LP jackets and 
the challenge of seeking  hard-to-find releases. 

In yet another turnaround, teens  overwhelmingly insisted the sound quality 
of LPs was superior to that of  modern formats. They characterized LPs and the 
LP artists of the past as  more authentic than the barrage of youth-oriented 
music being aggressively  marketed to them today. 

Hayes detailed his research in the  February issue of Popular Music and 
Society. 

Copyright 2006 by  United Press International 

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