Tag: Vinyl
Beginners Guide to Vinyl Record Players
With the resurgence of vinyl and record sales doubling in the last year, we are in the middle of a Vinyl Revival and have seen seen a new generation of turntable buyers, and for those of us who remember buying their first LP, it’s good to see. Here at iWorld we distribute a wide range … continue reading
A VISUAL INTRODUCTION TO RECORD STORE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA
posted on the vinyl factory.com 14.4.15 Photographer Mike Spitz and journalist Rebecca Villaneda talk us through Californian record store culture and share a gallery of photos, taken from their forthcoming coffee table book The Record Store Book. Words: Rebecca Villaneda Two of the most iconic record stores in Southern California are also the oldest: Canterbury Records in … continue reading
18 Documentaries About Vinyl And Record Collecting
Posted on coloredvinylrecords.com, July 9 Although there are numerous great shorts floating around on YouTube focusing on vinyl culture, digging and record collecting, here is a list of some must-see feature length documentaries and mini-series that capture all that it means to be a vinyl fanatic and look at record collecting from every possible angle. RECORDS … continue reading
For the record, vinyl still rocks over digital and CDs
Posted on Northernstar, by helen Hawkes GROOVY TIMES: Nick Barovsky, owner of The Audio Room, Lismore, has seen a positive swing back to analogue technology and vinyl. EVERYTHING old is new again, at least on the music front. On the back of figures from the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA), which reports vinyl sales jumped … continue reading
Beatles’ mono vinyl brings fans back to the start
Curled up on the couch, sprawled across the floor or dancing around the bedroom, Baby Boomers can likely remember the first time they heard a Beatles record blaring from a popping, skipping turntable. With its distorted but full-bodied sound, vinyl is the preferred method of many for listening to music and, as part of a … continue reading
The baffling revival of the vinyl LP
PETER WEBER | JANUARY 10, 2014 Last year was a pretty bleak one for the music industry. Overall album salesdropped by 8.4 percent, to 289.41 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and CD sales were down 14 percent. For the first time since iTunes launched in 2003, digital downloads also declined in 2013 — and though the … continue reading
