Hot glass is more like it this year. Following market demand (being dragged behind it kicking and screaming is more like it), we have reduced the quantities of vinyl at the Festival Records Tent this year, particularly on hard-to-return major label recordings, and put a greater emphasis on compact discs and cassettes. We're not happy about it, but looking at the amount of LPs returned the last few years, we are bowing to the trend.

Even though there will be fewer LPs in the tent, we will b...