Vinyl Continues Unlikely Recovery, According To New Numbers

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For vinyl records, the tables are continuing to turn.

Earlier this month Nielsen released its 2011 Music Industry report, and there were plenty of newsworthy takeaways–industrywide album sales were up for the first time since 2004, while Adele's 21 was the best-selling album, moving an astonishing 5.8 million copies in the U.S. alone.

Lost amid the thicket of stats, however, was the fact that vinyl continued ...