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'People aren't giving albums a chance anymore'

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In London and soon Glasgow and Cardiff, music fans are gathering to listen to their favourite vinyl albums from beginning to end in total silence.

Classic Album Clubs are a response to download culture, the chopping, sorting and rearranging of music on iPods and other mp3 players.

BBC's David Sillito went along to discuss their fear - the feeling that we are losing the ability to appreciate some of the 20th century's greatest works of art.


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