In the second in an occasional series (read the first here) in which First Drafts brings your attention to stellar comments in the blogosphere that may otherwise fall under your radar, do read this delightful response from one "AllyF" to a well-intentioned but dreary post on the Guardian's Comment is Free site, in which one Will Hodgkinson attempts to extrapolate from news of a recent uptick in sales of 7" singles evidence of a great vinyl comeback—a record is "a gilded chalice holding the holy water of music," and so on. Shining like a crazy diamond through the murky hi-fi geekdom of the other comments on the post, AllyF both nails the eternal, unflinching optimism of vinyl junkies (for a rather more sceptical take on the state of "physical" recorded music, look out for the cover story in the August issue of Prospect, published next week) and makes us laugh very hard.
