CINCINNATI (Sydney Benter) -- Music, in the form of vinyl records, is helping to bridge a generational gap.
Albums are making a comeback and they have people young and old lined up around the block just to get in to a local record store.
On national record store day, music lovers flocked to Shake It Records in Cincinnati, one of those stores many thought was extinct.
Chuck Viens bought some old albums from his youth, including the Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac. He's glad albums are back.
"I think people today are learning the digital format just doesnt sound the same way vinyl does, said Chuck. From what I understand a lot of young people today are getting a chance to listen to vinyl and dont realize what their favorite songs really sounded like"
"This is the new Doors release, so some Doors music mixed with some Indian music so that could be pretty interesting, said record buyer Hunter Fluery.
It's not just the 50 or 60 something's like Chuck Viens who are buying vinyl, 24-year-old Hunter Fleury said that he has thousands of albums, from Abba to Zappa.
"Ive been collecting vinyl since I was 10-years-old and Ive always enjoyed it, said Hunter. I like the sound, I like the quality"
So what is it about the old vinyl records that make it attractive to young music lovers?
"Maybe they've never experienced like where the music comes from like the grooves of the record or they have to participate in playing the record, they have to put the needle on the record, said Shake It Records Jim Blase. There's more, a record album is like a piece of art"
Blase says music companies are now selling a portion of an artist's new music as vinyl records.
As for old records, the problem is finding them since many have not been re-released.
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