I still love listening to my old phonograph vinyl records. 
I used to have a lot of records. I can't believe the phonograph was invented back in 1877.
As of 2017 there were only 48 record pressing facilities remaining in the whole world, only 18 in the United States. 
Wow. That is crazy. They were originally commonly made from shellac. They didn't start using polyvinyl until the 1950's.
I was pretty sad in the 80's when CD's kind of took over, and vinyl pretty much left the market in 1991, but have since made a slight come back, thank goodness!
vinyl albums.
Format advantages.
At the time the LP was introduced, nearly all phonograph records for home use were made of an abrasive (and therefore noisy) shellac compound, employed a much larger groove, and played at approximately 78 revolutions per minute (rpm), limiting the playing time of a 12-inch diameter record to less than five minutes per side. The new product was a 12- or 10-inch (30 or 25 cm) fine-grooved disc made of PVC ("vinyl") and played
be manufactured and sold on a smaller scale, and are especially used by disc jockeys (DJs) and released by artists in mostly dance music genres, and listened to by a growing niche market of audiophiles. The phonograph record has made a notable niche resurgence in the early 21st century – 9.2 million vinyl records were sold in the U.S. in 2014, a 260% increase since 2009. Likewise, in the UK sales increased five-fold from 2009 to 2014.
As of 2017, 48 vinyl record pressing facilities remain