Vinyl Continues to Make a Comeback

Dave Mason

Alone Together (1970)
Amazon:  37 five-star reviews (44 total)

Link to July 11 Oshkosh Northwestern article, "Nostalgia, sound quality of new vinyl records have sales on the rise".

Excerpt: Vinyl record sales reached 1.9 million units nationwide in 2008 and then grew to 2.5 million in 2009, according to industry tracker Nielsen SoundScan. CD sales, meanwhile, have dipped, being replaced by downloading services such as iTunes. Nielsen estimates sales dropping about 20 percent in 2009.

Retiring Guy probably purchased 2.5 million albums from 1968 to 1978.  Or so it seemed during this peripatetic phase of his life.