@SStarfish me too, saw a close up of the surface of an album recently and it looked like a mountain range…was amazed that all those ridges made all that amazing sound.
Never went completely away over here, even in the 80s. I prefer CDs and files but like a lot of the sound of LPs and even 45s. Some LPs are going for BIG bucks, and not even collectible ones like the 1st pressing of Zep II, just desirable titles.