Special Edition Vinyl for Cher & Wham!

by Chris Narloch

According to sales figures released earlier this year, vinyl records outperformed CDs in the US for the first time since 1987. Just over 41 million vinyl records were sold in 2022, whereas only 33 million CDs were purchased.

You know what they say — everything old is new again — and I am so glad that I kept most of the hundreds of vinyl records I bought in the ‘70s and ‘80s (most of them from the now-defunct Tower Records store on Watt Avenue in Sacramento).

The kids know a good thing when they see (and hear) it, and younger music fans are turning on to the joys of album artwork — a great American art form. There is also a sentimental attachment that comes with collecting vinyl that downloading and streaming music cannot provide.

I recently acquired two new vinyl special editions that will delight queer music fans who remember when Cher and Wham! ruled the charts. Read on for details.