I wasn't aware the vinyl record had disappeared. I'm still buying current albums on vinyl. I buy far more brand new albums on vinyl than I do on CD. In the last year I think I've purchased 1 CD (last weekend at a live performance as it happens), but have bought several dozen new LP's, both rereleases and new material. Some albums such as Bob Dylan's latest were actually cheaper on vinyl. Take a look around at the record stores that are still left, especially the independants, and I think you'll find that a majority of them deal in Vinyl. Many of them are not making money on CD's, but are making money on Vinyl. Oddly enough while CD sales are declining, vinyl sales have more than doubled the last couple years. Of course to really enjoy them, you should only play clean records, and play them on a good turntable. Zane