South Africa Begins New Love Affair With Vinyl Records

South Africa is beginning a new love affair with vinyl records, after they were discontinued in the early 1990s in favor of CDs, and more recently for electronic MP3 downloads. Vinyl record stores are opening in most major cities.   The vinyl albums at Benjy Mudie’s Johannesburg store, Vinyl Junky, are considerably more expensive than CDs or MP3s. Prices range from the equivalent of a couple of dollars to about 35 dollars for a pristine copy of a classic rock album.   Yet...

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