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Vinyl sales increase year on year in the UK despite pandemic

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UK vinyl sales have continued to climb in the UK despite the dramatic impact of COVID-19 on the music industry. New figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association - who manage Record Store Day in the UK - reveal that last month's RSD 'drop' on August 29 saw vinyl sales rise 3% year on year with 2.7 million units sold so far in 2020.

Vinyl sales have been steadily increasing in recent years, but this increase is a particularly impressive feat for the format after the pandemic caused Record Shops to close for several months.

The pandemic also meant adjusting this year's Record Store Day - usually a one-day event in April - to a series of three 'drop' dates, the next of which is on Saturday, September 26.

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