In fact, global vinyl sales increased 52 percent in 2021 to a number of nearly 42 million units sold.
It is not comparable to the golden era of the 60s and 70s but the highest measured numbers since 1991.
New generation
There's no mistaking the format's commercial popularity, with even major grocery stores selling vinyl.
Interest in the black plastic has also declined in the ages where the new – and younger generation who are used to having their music a few clicks away – realized the value of listening analog.
Kenth Eriksson, at Skivbörsen in Västerås, says that many teenagers come to him.
- I think the new generation feels that they want to hold something in their hands, quite simply, he says.
Finding the black gold
Not infrequently, record companies jack up the prices of vinyls by pressing limited or exclusive editions which are then released to a hungry market.
Finding that real musical nugget can therefore be difficult.
It may be enough to go through that box that an elderly relative has put down in the basement to find a valuable rarity.
Follow us down to the record shop where Kenth lists three typical rarities that give music collectors a pulse - and also make the price soar.