May 16 2008
Contra Costa Times - There’s a new coffee shop in El Cerrito called 33 Revolutions. The cool part is that it sells old vinyl for a buck, collector’s vinyl for alot of bucks, but best of all, you can grab the vinyl out of the bin, plop it on a turntable, and play it. dangit.
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May 16 2008
Panic! at the Disco and Gigwise are giving away a copy of the new album “Pretty Odd.” Yeah, yeah, a cd givaway. Big Whoop… but this pack comes CD, Vinyl, and supreme artwork. This isn’t your little brother’s CD giveaway
Drop by Gigwise to have your crack at winning
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May 16 2008
Uncut announced today that a new album of My Bloody Valentine remasters will be released on June 16. The albums were personally remastered by Kevin Shields, and include liner notes with detailed information on the remastering process.
Best of all, they will be released not only on CD, but 180 gram vinyl
May 16 2008
Duran Duran announce in BBC news this morning that they have been touring with a pack of over 100 vinyl oddities and a turntable backstage. There is an ongoing contest to see who can turn up the weirdest album. At the end of the tour, they will be auctioning off he vinyl lot for a good cause..
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May 16 2008
Eco-Artware has some really cool things made of recycled Vinyl records. Among the stash are the Vinyl Record bracelet and spiral bound album cover notebooks.. SO COOL!
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May 15 2008
The Charleston Post ran a story this morning on the drive by truckers’ stop through Charleston. As everyone knows, their albums are released (or at least re-released) on vinyl. The Latest album is, according to the band, made to be on vinyl.
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May 15 2008
The Portland Mercury ran an article on the Golden Bears’ first album being released solely on vinyl. Not only for the purity of sound, but for the great big album cover to display singer/artists Julianna Bright’s artwork.
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May 15 2008
The Broward Palm Beach New Times ran an article this morning about the science of pop. Notably, they discussed the formulaic generation of pop music. Even more interesting was a quote from Steve Albini on All Wave Recording, where from instrument to vinyl, no digital is inserted into the signal chain. Very interesting.
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May 13 2008
9Dream posted something that caught my eye. I am guessing that he may be a new vinyl collector (or maybe analog curious?) but he has announced that he just picked up Carole King’s Tapestry. Once of my favorite albums of all time. It’s nice to see that kids are still stumbling onto vinyl. My only beef is that he is a 20 something, and has lived a life without vinyl so long. This confirms the ever present fact that I am an old fart.
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May 13 2008
Grace Digital has announces a keen new all in one digital ripping machine that includes sleek retro styling, a turntable, a cassette deck, and an AUX in. The trick is, you are able to plop vinyl on the turntable, and pull a ripped CD out the front.
For someone interested in pushing the button and straight ripping, this sounds kind of neat.
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