Owner Rich Wagner holds vinyl merchandise sold at Rediscover Records on East Chicago Street in downtown Elgin. The store sells older records and new releases. January 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Rediscover Records at 207 East Chicago Street in downtown Elgin. January 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
A new release of Taylor Swift on a vinyl phonographic record at Rediscover Records in Elgin shows that vinyl is not dead. | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Rediscover Records at 207 East Chicago Street in downtown Elgin. January 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Owner Rich Wagner holds vinyl merchandise sold at Rediscover Records on East Chicago Street in downtown Elgin. The store sells older records and new releases. January 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
A new release of Taylor Swift on a vinyl phonographic record at Rediscover Records in Elgin shows that vinyl is not dead. January 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Records from $1 to over $100 can be found at Rediscover Records on East Chicago Street in Elgin. Vinyl phonographic records are becoming more popular these days, even amongst the digital competition. January 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Vinyl phonographic 45 records at Rediscover Records on East Chicago Street in Elgin. | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Many types of records are sold at Rediscover Records on East Chicago Street in Elgin. January 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
vinyl phonographic 45 records at Rediscover Records on East Chicago Street in Elgin. January 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Many types of records are sold at Rediscover Records on East Chicago Street in Elgin. January 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Customer Curtis Evans of Elgin sifts through vinyl records at Rediscover Records on East Chicago Street in downtown Elgin. | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Customer Curtis Evans of Elgin sifts through vinyl records Thursday at Rediscover Records on East Chicago Street in downtown Elgin. Janurary 3, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
ELGIN — Phonograph records on vinyl. LPs. 45s. Hi fi. Stereos. They sound like dinosaur technologies from the dim past. In this digital-download MP3 age when even the compact disc seems old-fashioned in some quarters, surely the vinyl record is as dead as the wire …
