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Letter: Rock no more

Published 27 October 2001

From Douglas Purdie

The item in Feedback
on 15 September
regarding the continuing popularity of
vinyl reminded me of something I heard recently and found interesting:
apparently, the annual sales of record decks now outstrip those of guitars.

It seems that today’s youth aspire to be disc jockeys rather than rock stars.
Who am I going to listen to when I eventually get fed up with my Smiths
albums?

Munich

Issue no. 2314 published 27 October 2001

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