Echo Records debuts this week at downtown Huntsville retail incubator: A new record store likely smaller than Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger’s shoe closet is set to open this week in the heart of downtown Huntsville. Matt Wake, an entertainment reporter for AL.com, will launch Echo Records at noon Saturday at The Clinton Row Project, a small business retail incubator in the Downtown Storage building at Clinton Avenue and Jefferson Street.
New Billings record store opens with compilation vinyl of Montana music: A new record store opened up shop in Billings and to kick it off, it hosted a record release party on Saturday. Right on the corner of 27th and Minnesota Avenue, Smiling Dog Record store is open for business. “Long Time Coming” is a two record package of Montana music from across the state.
Mumbai’s Rhythm House record shop prepares for its swansong: With music consumption an increasingly online experience, sales at Rhythm House, which has been around for seven decades, have been declining and its owners recently admitted defeat and made the decision to close down. “It has been on the cards for some time,” says Mehmood Curmally, who owns and runs the store as its managing director, while his uncle, Amir Curmally, is the chairman. “Online sales of music, be it digital, streaming or physical sales through e-commerce, mean our sales are going to keep going down.”
Canadian company designs new, faster record pressing method: The problem is that manufacturers have to use decades-old machines, which require rare and often very expensive parts. Viryl hopes to change that with their new, modernized vinyl presses, which they said will be available for sale at around $160,000 USD each. The company has redesigned traditional record-pressing technology, they said, making for not only higher-quality records, but a quicker and more efficient process. They’re backed by $1 million CAD in funding from a Toronto-area investor.
6 Tips To Keep Your Vinyl Record Collection In Perfect Condition While In Storage: There is no question that you want to keep your vinyl collection in the best possible condition, considering all of the time and money put into curating your collection. Sometimes it becomes necessary to store the vinyl record collection in a storage unit, especially if you are short on home storage – vinyl takes up a lot of space! However, your collection can quickly become damaged due to heat and moisture if proper precautions are not put into place.
