Vinyl. It’s not a CD. It’s not an 8-track. It’s not a cassette. It’s what you’re going to buy your vinyl-head friend, and local vinyl record maker Ethan Smith puts condoms, flowers, leaves and liquids ...

Vinyl posted its 18th straight year of sales growth last year, as U.S. record industry revenue of $1.4 billion from the LP format marked its highest on an inflation-adjusted basis since 1988.