Volume cranks up on crate digging, vinyl collecting in Wichita Falls: While music lovers nationwide have enjoyed the advancements in listening technology — like iPods and iPhones being able to store thousands of songs in the palm of your hand, to streaming services such as Pandora and Spotify, making virtually every song ever recorded (except Taylor Swift’s) available to you with a simple click or swipe — there are still quite a few Americans who prefer the nostalgic feel and sound of vinyl records.
Vortex Records to close: Sad news in the record retail department: Vortex Records is closing after almost 40 years. Owned by Bert Myers, the Yonge Street shop specialized in new and used vinyl, CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays…Crate-diggers and collectors take note: vinyl and CDs are 45 per cent off till December 19, and 50 per cent off between December 20 to 23.
New Vinyl Shop Container Records Opens In Controversial Pop Brixton: Described as a “community campus for local business”, South London’s new shipping container village Pop Brixton has split local opinion with many angered by its business-focus and steep rents. In its favour though, is the newly opened, and aptly named, Container Records. Container joins Pure Vinyl, which started trading in Reliance Arcade earlier this year, as well as local mainstays Supertone Records, Selectors Music Emporium and Music Temple.
Jobs face axe as Blackburn town centre record store set to close doors: Eight employees will lose their jobs after a Blackburn record store announced it was closing. Head Records, in The Mall, will be closing down in the New Year after only 15 months of trading.
In the Mix: ‘Soul’ searching for rare Hawaii tunes: Just 10 years ago, it was common to find the island’s top talent continuing to haul crates upon crates of vinyl to gigs. CD-playing “turntables” called CDJs were growing in popularity, but some DJs found the technology didn’t afford them the same level of creativity as vinyl when manipulating music on the fly.
