Jul 22 2008

On Vinyl Formats

Tag: Vinyl in the Newsadmin @ 3:27 am

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The Daily Mail - interesting article this morning about one of the things i have been bemoaning about cd’s . the commitment you have to make to listen to a whole cd far outweighs the probable musical value of the cd.

More Info -> LINK!


Jun 30 2008

Retired Couple open Vinyl Shop

Tag: Vinyl in the Newsadmin @ 5:57 am

Fort Worht Business Press -Retired Husband and wife decide to take wife’s record collection (15,000) out into the wild. They wind up opening a record store that sells rufurbed analog equipment. the store sounds incredible. More info, including links at the full story.

More Info -> LINK!


Jun 30 2008

Old School vinyl collection in marion Ohio

Tag: Vinyl in the Newsadmin @ 5:47 am

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The Marion Star - This is a very cool article about an album collector who had his wares on display in marion (about 30 miles north.) if i had a little more notice, i would have gone up and checked it out.

of note, he mentions the beatles’ “Butcher Cover.”

More Info -> LINK!


Jun 27 2008

The Most Expensive Vinyl

Tag: Vinyl in the Newsadmin @ 6:06 am

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Pony Biscuits - has another very interesting article about how vinyl is not REALLY dead. the kicker to this article is that they include a list and stories of the most expensive vinyl available to any collector with a suitcase full of big bills.

More Info -> LINK


Jun 27 2008

Calgary Record Store Delivers Vinyl

Tag: Vinyl in the Newsadmin @ 5:52 am

Up PizzaExclaim News -

Interesting story about a canadian record store who will be delivering vinyl to your door (calgary residents only!) in a pizza box. See the full story for a roster of releases.

More Info - LINK!


Jun 26 2008

St. Francis Dam Disaster - Rare Vinyl

Tag: Vinyl Ripsadmin @ 7:22 am

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This is an interesting story. many moons ago, in the town where i was born and raised, there was a flood. i used to hear stories about that flood as i was growing up. the guy who taught me how to take a photograph runs the historical society on the dam disaster. he has posted on his blog today a vinyl rip of a song written about the dam disaster. go see the story for more details!

Just for the sake of google power, the name of the artist and info reads: 5216, “Vocalion: The Breaking of The St. Francis Dam, Jenkins, Edd Rice, Singing, with Guitar”

More Info -> LINK!


Jun 11 2008

Fred Meyer Accidentall orders then sells Vinly

Tag: Vinyl in the Newsadmin @ 5:50 am

Huffington Post - Very cool article about how Fred Meyer inadvertently ordered a ton of the new REM albums. instead of hitting CD, he hit LP, and the stores got a ton of vinyl. The cool thing is, of the stores that stocked them on the shelves, the product SOLD! awesome!

More info -> HERE!


Jun 05 2008

Digital is Dangerous Manifesto

Tag: Record Storesadmin @ 11:45 am

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Birmingham Post - This is a great little article covering the Digital is Dangerous manifesto. the best point is granting record shops “national heritage status.”

More Info -> LINK!


Jun 05 2008

Jim Croce albums to be rereleased on Vinyl

Tag: Vinyl Releasesadmin @ 10:42 am

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Billboard - Billboard announced that by this september, Jim Croce’s original albums will be released not only on CD, but on vinyl. wow.

More Info -> LINK!


Jun 05 2008

All the hits from 1968

Tag: Vinyl Releasesadmin @ 9:34 am

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60×50 Blogspot - This sounds interesting. This cat is making a list of all albums that were released in 1968.. forty years ago, and attempting to find the ones he doesn’t have, and listen to them all.

More Info -> LINK!


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