I still like to buy CDs for the booklet, cover and background info, I remember complaints when vinyl was coming to an end that the 'new' CD covers disappointingly didn't show the artwork so well as on the sleeve of an album. The reduction in the sale of vinyl in main record shops was no surprise but despite the downloading reducing sales my guess is that the people who are more likely to browse along the aisles of the record shops are going to be of a certain age and those who like to take their time to make a selection especially on a chilled Sunday afternoon.

My son used to download music for me and he has made a good compilation of most things that I've wanted which has been great but there is no way that I am going to get a laptop or pc just to store music.