{"id":37030,"date":"2019-12-15T22:42:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T22:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=37030"},"modified":"2019-12-15T22:42:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T22:42:55","slug":"sounds-of-the-universe-record-shops-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/sounds-of-the-universe-record-shops-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounds of the Universe – Record Shops in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Millennials and Generation Z might be making innovations in the world of technology, with them using Snapchat, YouTube and Twitter as a catalyst to fuel political and climate revolutions across the globe, but are they responsible for the rise of a re-emergence in records?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

London, once a centre for New Wave bands and rock groups such as Queen and the Rolling Stones, still contains record shops from each end of the M25.<\/p>\n

One record shop which has been serving customers for many years is Sounds of the Universe, located on Broadwick Street, Soho.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wayne Gilbert, an employee of Sounds of the Universe, gave some reasons as to why record sales are on the rise and also gave a few intriguing facts about the industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The majority of people consuming people in the United Kingdom and United States do so via streaming with apps such as Spotify, Apple Music or Deezer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But in 2017 a remarkable fete had been recorded, with 17% of music purchases being physical music sales.<\/p>\n

17% may not sound astonishing, but digital downloads made 15% of sales in the same year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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