How vinyl won CES 2016: Strange as it may seem, both Panasonic and Sony made vinyl record players the centrepiece of their CES press conferences in Las Vegas this year…But those weren’t the only record players to hit the CES show floor in 2016. Several new turntables from smaller players were announced at CES too, and arguably the coolest and most significant to the industry — if not actually the best — were stacked high, like sweets in a jar, at a quiet booth sat literally in the shadow of Sony in a distant corner of the Tech East hall.
Sony Unveils LP Turntables for High-Resolution Audio Era: Japanese electronics makers are going old-school in the era of digital music streaming. Following the announcement by Panasonic Corp. in September that the company would revive Technics turntables, Sony Corp. said this week at the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas that it would release an LP player for vinyl recording collectors who enjoy music retro style.
Official Biggest Vinyl Singles and Albums of 2015 revealed: The biggest selling vinyl title was Adele’s 25, which broke chart records here there and everywhere following its release in late 2015, becoming the fastest album to reach both one million and two sales, hitting each milestone after 10 and 29 days respectively.
New Report Shows Vinyl Sales Increase For Tenth Consecutive Year: The figures are well up on 2014 vinyl sales, beating it by 2.8 million units, while independent music stores have proven to be the biggest driver of vinyl LP’s, with over 45% of sales coming from these particular outlets.
No concerns for Guildford record store – as CD sales drop in the UK: It seems the vinyl is becoming more popular…”It’s really on the up at the moment. “There was a whole gap of youngsters who didn’t come into the store because they were streaming. “But now, I’ve got a real new audience and records always sell better than CD’s. “They love the sleeve art on records, they love the social bit of playing a record and actually choosing one…”
Durham’s Carolina Soul Records has grand opening dance party: The store is on East Main Street, which may seem like a prime bit of real estate for Durham soul nostalgists. Remember, downtown was once home to long-gone soul spots like the Your Own Thing Theater and the record stores Snoopy’s and Record Bar.
Egyptian Lover live at LA’s The Record Parlour: The Record Parlour welcomes The Egyptian Lover, a pioneer in the west coast hip hop scene. Greg Broussard, better known by his stage name of The Egyptian Lover, is an American electro musician, vocalist, producer and DJ, and was an important part of the L.A. scene. He was influenced by the New York electro scene, as well as by the electro-funk of Zapp, The Egyptian Lover’s flat-out party music was dynamite on the dancefloor.
