Green’s Dictionary of Slang

records, (as opposed to tapes or CDs); also attrib.; thus vinyl junkie, one who is obsessed by records, rejecting all other forms of recorded music.

1978		S. King Stand (1990) 50: A man from Columbia had called. Not a biggie, just another toiler in the vinyl vineyards.
1985		G. Tate ‘Atomic Dog’ in Flyboy in the Buttermilk (1992) 29: Before he was cutting vinyl, George Clinton was cutting hair.
1999		Guardian G2 28 July 17: Pop the vinyl on the turntable.
2004		M. Heatley John Peel 44: The so-called ‘needle-time’ restriction, referring to stylus-on-vinyl time.