I wasn't going to get involved in this one, but I can't resist.....
The title of this thread includes 'the 21st century'......Now I fully understand the ethos of the scene, and personally I will never drop that. As far as I'm concerned you need 'licence' to play records. As in, ref respect for the people on our scene (as well as the artists) the original format must be played.
That said - I think it blo*dy hillarious ref 'the 21st century' that we don't actually need records anymore full stop! Which I know sends lots of us in a complete daze, after all the years of collecting, wants lists, waiting, and even bidding way over the top just to bag that tune!
We don't need Videos anymore, DVDs are now almost gone, as are CDs, and on it goes.....
But to come full circle - The scene just wouldn't be what it is if the original ethos wasn't maintained
If that all makes sense
Len