Taking place on the third Saturday of April is Record Store Day, the yearly event where record stores everywhere celebrate their favorite hobby. Proceeding an idea by Chris Brown, the gathering was organized by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner in 2007.
To share their appreciation of music, [...]

[Read more →]

You like your records. I’d almost bet they’re meticulously organized, their plastic sleeves free from any wrinkles. Collectors don’t come much more determined than those who have fallen in love with vinyl records. And have you ever thought about just how that perfect little piece of wax gets into your hands and on your turntable, [...]

[Read more →]

For album lovers everywhere, one of the greatest draws to the vinyl record is the palette format that creates for unique cover art. And no matter what genre you prefer, album art has become more than just an industry term, but a full-fledged medium. While software like Photoshop has enabled today’s designer to produce vinyl [...]

[Read more →]

In those fleeting moments one can find to delight in the clean, warm sound of a vinyl album, the crisp highs and thundering lows can transport a listener to a musical nirvana – and we’re not talking about the band. And while those precious minutes are what music fanatics and audiophile the world over live [...]

[Read more →]

For decades, rock vinyl was king. From the hip-rattling swagger of Elvis Presley to mind-blowing explorations of the Beatles, from the primal howls of Little Richard to the guttural roar of Led Zeppelin, rock n’ roll was here to stay. But as mid-1970s arrived, a new sound – complete with quick hi-hat runs, infectious choruses [...]

[Read more →]