“Between 2003 and last year, more than 3,000 record stores closed in the U.S. Today, there are 185 record stores in the L.A. area, down from 259 at the beginning of 2007. But as mass marketing of LPs faded, some listeners began rediscovering vinyl. It’s not just older fans who grew up with the decades-old format who attest to its tangible pleasures. Younger listeners raised on torrent files can see LPs as a kind of talisman too.”