vinyl

Amazon reissuing 'Goonies' & other '80s soundtracks on vinyl

Amazon.com, whose not-very-fun-sounding work environment was put under the microscope in that NY Times article a few weeks ago,  sells a lot of vinyl and are gettting into the business of exclusive titles…

Max's Kansas City replica constructed for Martin Scorsese's HBO drama 'Vinyl'

First, Rough Trade NYC transformed into a ’70s Sam Goody for Martin Scorsese‘s upcoming HBO drama Vinyl, and now Gothamist points out that a replica of Max’s Kansas City was constructed for …

new record pressing plant Brooklyn Vinyl Works seeking funding via Kickstarter

Brooklyn Vinyl Works is a new record pressing plant that’s run, who founded Sleeping Bag Records with Arthur Russell and, more recently, ran pressing plant EKS Manufacturing…

David Bowie 'Best Of' helps UK vinyl sales soar; Tony Visconti schedules NYC show w/ special guests

Larkin Grimm & Tony Visconti @ Knitting Factory, 2010 (more by Lori Baily) Vinyl sales have been on the uprise for a while now, and 2014 was the biggest year for wax in nearly two decades…

an interview with Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine

MBV @ ATP NY 2008 (more by Abbey Braden) My Bloody Valentine shocked fans this year by actually making good on their promise of finally releasing a new album, MBV, back in February — the one Kevin Shields has been promising since 1991’s Loveless…

hopefully NY Whole Foods start selling records too

Whole Foods in Venice, CA (via their twitter) While the number of brick-and-mortar record stores are dwindling, vinyl sales are increasing and LPs are popping up in strange places: like Whole Foods…

BV Chicago + Saki present: A Record Store Day in-store marathon (Pink Avalanche, The Beets, Twin Peaks & more)

We’re excited to announce that we have once again joined forces with Saki Records to bring you a full day of in-store performances on Record Store Day 2013 (Saturday, April 20)…

The Beatles release a sixteen-LP boxset of their studio albums, but delaying pressing of other records?

Twenty-two pounds. Six Inches. $449 retail. The Beatles are releasing their fourteen original studio albums plus rarities into a single massive sixteen LP box set containing a 252 page booklet…

2012 CHIRP Record Fair is taking place this weekend

The 10th annual CHIRP Record Fair is slated to take place this weekend, April 14-15 from 10AM-5PM, at the Chicago Journeyman Plumber’s Union near Union Park…

Bleecker Bob's closing (but not becoming a Starbucks)

The NY Times reports:Bleecker Bob’s will close its store at 118 West Third Street at the end of April, according to a manager, Chris Wiedener…
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