In the age of Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal, yoyu might not expect a spinning disc of lacquer to mean much in a high-tech industry like the music business. Yet, vinyl records have been making a comeback for over a decade.
On Nov. 11 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., Musical Roots Productions will be hosting the Carrboro CD and Record Show. There will be 42 tables full with CDs and vinyl records at the show.
Gerry Williams owns and operates Musical Roots Productions, a company that produces music festivals and events while selling CDs and vinyl records. Though Williams closed Musical Roots’ physical location in 2000, he continues to sell music online and run the Carrboro CD and Record show twice a year: Once in the fall and once in the spring.
Montgomery Morris has been going to the show twice a year since briefly after he graduated from UNC in 2005.
“It’s got sort of a reunion vibe because it’s all of these record enthusiasts who only see each other twice a year,” Morris said.
Morris said he purchased a record player “before the vinyl boom,” when vinyl records often costed a dollar or less.
“There was just tons of really cheap vinyl, and you could get pretty much whatever you wanted for really cheap,” Morris said.
Morris explained that vinyl records have become much more expensive since the mid 2000s when he started collecting them because of an increase in collectors. Since then, Morris said he’s amassed a collection of several thousand vinyl records.
Williams echoed that vinyl has become much more expensive since its recent increase in popularity.
