The Technics 1200 Turntable Is Back: Revered by DJs for its high-torque direct-drive platter that ensured flawless mixes and incredibly precise scratch performances, the last version of the Technics 1200, the MK6, was released in Japan back in 2008. But today at CES Panasonic has revived the turntable with the new Grand Class Technics SL-1200G and limited edition Grand Class SL-1200GAE.
Cassette tapes and vinyl records are back in the groove: Because I’m a millennial, I’ve been thinking lately about buying a turntable…But recently, while pacing inside Urban Outfitters, I noticed it wasn’t just about vinyl anymore. Suddenly we’re back to cassettes, those plastic cartridges filled with that annoying tape that gets away from you and suddenly, yup, no more cassette.
UK record shop devastated by flooding needs your help: Unprecedented rainfall over the festive period has wrecked many homes and business in northern England. Much-loved record shop Muse Music is one such casualty, with its shell and stock devastated by flooding. Located in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire and one of the worst affected areas, locals are scrambling to help owners Sid and Valeen re-build their business.
Vancouver’s Scrape Records still looking for new owner to continue metal legacy: Vancouver’s heavy metal fans say they are sad to see their favourite hangout spot, Scrape Records, go after 18 years if a new owner can’t be found to keep it rockin’. The all-metal records store is doing well, but its owner, J. J. Caithcart, says it was time to let the business go. He has given himself a January deadline to sell it.
London-based Peckings Records keeps the vinyl spinning! There is growing demand for vinyl records in the United Kingdom and Europe which is music to the ears of administrators at London-based Peckings Records. According to proprietor of Peckings Records, Christopher Price, this renewed interest in vinyl has seen steady sales for the reggae 45 rpm.
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Vinyl Records: A glance of the Plastics News website this morning brought news of an interesting development in the plastics industry: the production capacity for vinyl records has begun to increase for the first time in thirty years! Today, I’ll take a brief look at the history of vinyl records before giving details of the resurgence in production.
Calgary’s Canada Boy Vinyl is riding the resurgence of records: If you’re older than a millennial, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll have memories of spinning long-playing vinyl records in your bedroom or dancing in the living room to a stack of your favourite 45s. That is part of Dean Reid’s identity, “When I was a teenager, sitting around with your friends and listening to records actually counted as an activity,” he reminisces. “That was just something you did. You hung out and listened to albums.”
