EAST WINDSOR, Conn. — CBug’s Records on Bridge Street in East Windsor is finding that there has been a vinyl resurgence - so much so that Chris Bugbee, who opened CBug’s four years ago, is now planning to expand his store.
“There’s definitely a vinyl community out there,” said Bugbee, standing inside his second-floor store that is chock full of LPs and even some 8-track tapes.
Bugbee thinks that the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the increasing interest in people wanting to acquire albums – of which he has around 16,000 of.
Bugbee said, “People started new projects, so I think one thing people got back into were records and just the whole interactive part of it.”
Laura Feliciano, who is a business associate at CBug’s Records and oversees the website for the store said, “[With vinyl], you have something you can collect and look at and feel, and it’s tangible – it’s fun to look at the album art.”
Bugbee noted that in the days ahead his store will almost double in size due to demand – and also because his ever-evolving collection continues to grow.
“We needed more room,” he laughed before adding, “We are getting so much every day, and we just need more room for everything.”
Felicano has her thoughts on why album collecting has become hot again.
“It’s face to face, and in a world where not a lot of things are face to face, it’s good to go back to seeing people, talking to people, holding an album and listening to good music," she said.
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