Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?

Seeing a common LP (one that I own) priced at $60 in who knows what condition, lead me to conclude my LP collection (somewhere around 3500-4000 titles) is worth a fair chunk-o-change. My CD's (around 3500), not so much. In preparation for my major move a couple years back, I went through my Classical CD's, pulling out 1,000 titles I decided I could live without. Amoeba Music didn't want them, at any price. I then took them to Atomic Records in Burbank (a great little two-brother-owned record shop), who gave me a buck apiece for them. And they were good titles!

The young hipsters driving sales are not in it for the finer audio experience and thus can’t be counted on to carry the flame. They will move on to the next “tangible” audio experience...wax cylinders?

bdp24, that's part of the reason this new audiophile is buying CDs like crazy. I'm getting good recordings of good titles for an average of about $5 on eBay including shipping. That's half what you'd pay for MP3 stuff on iTunes. I realize they are cheap because not many people want them anymore.

It takes more financial commitment to get into vinyl. New vinyl is selling between $20 and $35 as long as it isn't a special release or special pressing.

Unless they start recording in analog again, there will be no true and long lasting revival. Most likely vinyl will disappear in a couple of decades. Of course, there will probably always be people who are into it, and tape, and tubes. Just like in other areas. Digital does sound better on vinyl, but it's all BS, nonetheless, computers should be able to overtake in terms of sound quality soon. But they will not overtake good analog.
In any case, talented musicians are more important than all that.

Most new vinyl is sourced from digital copies of the master tapes (if analog tape was even used at all). So why bother, get a CD instead! That's why I always will buy original pressings - even if condition isn't the best. Going into the Future there will always be LP enthusiasts!