Jul 7, 2026 · 38 min · 14 segments
Vinyl isn't making a comeback anymore. It already came back. Welcome to the very first episode of our For the Love of Vinyl Summer Series—a nine-part deep dive into everything independent record…
Let me tell you a story that, uh, uh, my friend Jeff Benton from Hellbender Vinyl, our sponsor, just told me a couple weeks ago.
We were talking about this series on a phone call and getting ready to, to, to put this together, and he had, he had just come back from Making Vinyl, uh, the, the, uh, conference, Making Vinyl.
And, uh, some- somebody there had said that if this was just a fad, if this was just, like, a, you know, a trend, it would've been over by now.
If this was just vinyl was just trending for a moment, then it, it would have already passed.
In fact, I was in university, and I wrote an article in a communications class about vinyl revival, and that would've been in 2010.
Uh, and, and I think a lot of people will say around 2010, I think that was around the time of, um, uh, Record Store Day popping up around that time as well.
That seemed to be when people were really getting back into it, uh, and, or like me, getting into it for the first time.
And so that, at the time of recording this, is, uh, 15 years ago, I think making v- um, not making vinyl, but, uh, f- Record Store Day hit their 15th anniversary or 20th anniversary maybe? I can't remember.
Anyway, my point is, is, like, if this was just a fad or the point of the person saying this, it would've been over by now.
That's the other thing I wanna, uh, I wanna y- you know, add to the argument, is that we can't...
W- we could say, uh, this fad or this revival, this revolution has been going on for so long.
And I, we don't see these trendy things, these fads cross over multiple demographics or multiple people groups or multiple ages, multiple countries.
Let me tell you a story that, uh, uh, my friend Jeff Benton from Hellbender Vinyl, our sponsor, just told me a couple weeks ago.
We were talking about this series on a phone call and getting ready to, to, to put this together, and he had, he had just come back from Making Vinyl, uh, the, the, uh, conference, Making Vinyl.
And, uh, some- somebody there had said that if this was just a fad, if this was just, like, a, you know, a trend, it would've been over by now.
If this was just vinyl was just trending for a moment, then it, it would have already passed.
In fact, I was in university, and I wrote an article in a communications class about vinyl revival, and that would've been in 2010.
Uh, and, and I think a lot of people will say around 2010, I think that was around the time of, um, uh, Record Store Day popping up around that time as well.
That seemed to be when people were really getting back into it, uh, and, or like me, getting into it for the first time.
And so that, at the time of recording this, is, uh, 15 years ago, I think making v- um, not making vinyl, but, uh, f- Record Store Day hit their 15th anniversary or 20th anniversary maybe? I can't remember.
Anyway, my point is, is, like, if this was just a fad or the point of the person saying this, it would've been over by now.
That's the other thing I wanna, uh, I wanna y- you know, add to the argument, is that we can't...
W- we could say, uh, this fad or this revival, this revolution has been going on for so long.
And I, we don't see these trendy things, these fads cross over multiple demographics or multiple people groups or multiple ages, multiple countries.
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