Speaking to the BBC, Chisholm said the band's lasting appeal had a simple explanation.

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Vinyl's lasting appeal stems from a heady stew of nostalgia, tangibility and, perhaps most important of all, sound quality that musicians and fans often prefer to any other medium.

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This helps to explain the long-lasting appeal of Conor McPherson's "The Weir, " whose successful 1999 Broadway run introduced New York playgoers to the most admired Irish playwright of his generation.

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Of course, while blogs and Web sites can energize all sorts of people behind a candidate, a product or an idea, there still has to be real value if there is to be any lasting appeal.

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The lasting appeal of this Brazil team, Duarte believes, is also linked to technology which allowed the 1970 World Cup to be beamed around the globe in color -- allowing viewers a first glimpse of the iconic yellow shirt.

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This is an unfair paradox, since Chinese factories have been making products for some of the biggest and most admired brands in the world for years, even though we have yet to see the emergence of a Chinese brand that has lasting global appeal and acceptance.

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Their release came at the end of an appeal lasting just over four months and feeling much more like a re-trial than an appeal as understood in the United States or Kercher's native Britain.

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