Vinyl Sales Continue to Rise
In the US, retail sales of music continued to grow year over year based on data collected by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). According to the latest RIAA …
Vinyl Pressing on a “Tiny Canadian Island”.
I love the content created by the UK’s The Vinyl Factory, but I did feel a twinge of defensiveness at the reference to Prince Edward Island as a “tiny Canadian …
180 Grams – What Does It Really Mean?
I don’t buy a lot of new vinyl, so I was curious when I got my first 180 gram record (Harrow Fair – Call to Arms). First – what did …
5 Rules for Caring For Your Vinyl
Caring for your vinyl. You can only play one album at a time, so even if you’re listening for hours every day, your albums will spend most of their time …
Black Day In July
July 23, 2017 marks the 50 anniversary of the Detroit Riots of 1967. The riots lasted 5 days and marked one of the worst riots in US history. Detroit is …
Its a Vinyl Prison – and I want to be Locked Up There.
The Blokhuispoort prison in Leeuwarden The Netherlands. It dates back to 1580, but is more famously known as a WWII prison where German occupation forces held prisoners of war. An interesting Canadian …
6 Plus Reasons to Own Your Music
The idea of listening to music that you don’t own isn’t new. It was originally called radio. But you were limited to whatever the stations that you could receive were …
Australia – A Down Under Love of Vinyl
Theres been lots of talk and plenty of media coverage about vinyl resurgence and the reasons why. Well here’s three short interviews with musicians from Australia who all pretty much say …
Vinyl to Test Your Equipment
When you’re out there looking for new equipment whether its a turntable, speakers, amp or all three, you need to test it. Once again I called on the experience and …
Vinyl Collecting in India
Full disclosure – I’m sadly western-centric. When I think about vinyl my thoughts don’t generally go beyond North America, Europe and Australia. So, it was a treat to read …