Read a list of David Bowie’s favourite vinyl records: A list of David Bowie’s favourite vinyl records has been unearthed. In 2003, Bowie sifted through his collection of 2,500 vinyl LPs for Vanity Fair and composed a list of his 25 favourites. It follows a similar list of Bowie’s favourite books. “There is really no way to do a list of my favourite albums with any rationality…I’ll look through the albums and pull together a list of those I have re-bought or am in the process of re-buying on CD. I have little time, and there are just too many to sort through. So, I’ll keep pulling stuff out blindly, and if it’s too obvious (Sgt. Pepper, Nirvana) I’ll put it back again till I find something more interesting.”
Prince Broke The Records For The Highest Selling Vinyl And Cassette On Discogs: Being a Prince superfan ain’t cheap. Back in April, shortly after his death, an original 1987 promo copy of the Purple One’s famed “Black Album” sold for a cool $15,000, becoming the most expensive vinyl record ever sold on Discogs. And in August, a few months later, a rare Prince release became the site’s most expensive cassette ever sold. As The Vinyl Factory reports, The Versace Experience – Prelude 2 Gold, a cassette featuring remixed versions of The Gold Experience tracks handed out to attendees of Versace’s show at the 1995 Paris Fashion Week, sold for a record-breaking $4087.
‘Riverside’ open day at St Michael’s Art and Vintage Quarter: In a new collaborative venture, five of the creative businesses housed at the ‘riverside’ end of the Tower Building in St Michael’s Art and Vintage Quarter are holding a joint open day this Saturday (October 15th)…Just past the middle of the Tower Building on the ground floor is Clocktower Music – a haven for fans of retro records and kit – where Roy Gregory and Mark Dicker will be staging a free valuation day for vinyl record collections and vintage hi-fi. Clocktower Music will be open from 10am to 5pm.
SweetVinyl SugarCube: First Non-Destructive Click/Pop Removal Component for Vinyl Records: The SugarCube SC-1 and SC-2 are the first audiophile products to feature real-time, non-destructive, click and pop removal on any vinyl LP record. SweetVinyl’s sophisticated algorithm is able to detect, isolate and remove only unwanted noise separate from the music. Previous demonstrations of the SugarCube’s live removal of clicks and pops has garnered rave reviews from press and attendees at other events. The SugarCube SC-1 is a stand-alone component with RCA line-in and line-out and can easily integrate with other analog components.
