How the Tables Have Turned

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Vinyl sales rose a ridiculous 89% in 2008, and now Best Buy wants in on the action. The megastore "is considering devoting eight square feet of merchandising space, to vinyl, or enough for just under 200 albums, after testing the idea in 100 of its stores around the country." [New York Post]