Alice Cooper played a surprise reunion with his original band at Good Records: “Good Records has hosted many great in-store signings and shows, but Tuesday night, they made rock ‘n’ roll history when all of the surviving members of the Alice Cooper Group played an 8-song set.“
Calgary vinyl record buff get ready for annual collectors’ show: “It’s no spin — Calgarians love their vinyl. So when the Calgary Music Collectors Show holds its annual fall gathering at the Acadia Recreation Centre Oct. 25, organizers expect hundreds of audiophiles and tune treasure hunters to come through the doors.”
The 8 Best Record Shops in Bristol: “Bristol is one of the UK’s most fertile musical cities, home to post-punk legends like The Pop Group, trip-hop greats Portishead and Massive Attack, and more recently synonymous with bass-oriented bedroom producers like Julio Bashmore, Addison Groove, Joker and Shante Celeste.”
‘Dust & Grooves’: One-on-one with the world’s most obsessive record collectors: “Hypothetical situation: it’s 2008, you’re a professional photographer who’s just moved to the U.S., and you can’t find a job. Oh, and you also love vinyl. What do you do?”
The Vinyl Staircase: A New Column About Record Buying Misery By John Doran: “I have to leave the record in the bag the entire way home lest my sweaty palms, ripple the sleeve. When I get back to my flat, my hands are shaking so much I can barely put the stylus on the record. This is going to be the one – the masterpiece I’ve been waiting my whole life for.”
