Shop Nevada: The Vinyl Countdown: For Record Store Day (April 21), we’re going old-school. The old-fashioned, non-streaming, grooved-vinyl record has experienced a renaissance lately, with many artists putting out vinyl LPs for a new generation of audiophiles, as well as older listeners seeking analog nostalgia. Whether you’ve just bought your first turntable or have been spinning for decades, here are some local record stores that stuck it out in the age of Spotify.
Pie & Vinyl Present… Record Store Day 2018: Pie & Vinyl are hosting the annual Record Store Day celebrations on Castle Road on Saturday 21st April for the fourth year running. As always, it’s a free event featuring live music, a friendly atmosphere, and a variety of local street traders selling delicious and high-quality food and drink. For those dedicated enough to queue all night, Pie & Vinyl will be opening the doors at 8 am for you to purchase some specially released one-off pressing records. For the rest of us, the music and festivities will start at midday. With a line-up that includes Cabbage, Haley, Melt Dunes and a surprise mystery guest, it’s a musical celebration not too be missed. There will also be live artwork on the day from the talented artists at Play Dead Street Art Collective with My Dog Sighs.
Love of music and friendships goes Bach and Beyond for long-time Regina music store, Frank Theofan is closing up shop and retiring after 40 years in music retail business: As he closed the doors for the last time at Bach and Beyond on Thursday evening, Frank Theofan couldn’t help but feel conflicting emotions. “It was very bittersweet,” said Theofan, who has owned the Regina music store for more than 25 years. While he looked forward to having some time to himself in retirement — and wouldn’t miss the stress of running a business — he also felt sadness as he left. “I thought I was letting a lot of people down, a lot of organizations down. And I’m going to miss a lot of friends that I made,” he said…”It’s nice you can make a living off something you love,” he noted.
Giant record sale brings Edmonton music lovers together, Popular garage sale attracts crowds of collectors searching for hidden gems: For two days, a community hall is transformed into a busy collector hotspot, a testament to Edmonton’s vibrant vinyl record scene. More than 1,000 music lovers are expected at the Dead Vinyl Society’s fifth Super Mega Records Garage Sale…Organizer Yuri Wuensch, who co-founded the Dead Vinyl Society, said Edmonton is a great place for music collectors. “We have done this sale on an annual basis, there’s monthly record swap meets that we host,” said Wuensch. “Edmonton has a very, very strong vinyl collecting community.”
Shopping local helps you, your community: Toys ‘R Us started its going out of business sale recently. Of course, we don’t have a Toys ‘R Us in Robeson County. We don’t have any toy store. We no longer have a record store or a book store or an electronics store. This loss of stores isn’t restricted to Robeson County; it is happening nationwide…We all need to realize that we strengthen our community when we spend our money locally, and even if unintentionally, we weaken our community when we send our dollars to another (likely, wealthier) community. Consequently, Amazon and other online retailers have caused considerable increases in income inequality in America.
Obsolete? CDs and DVDs are going the way of cassettes, videotapes: It’s obvious that a lot of people no longer care about having a physical talisman to remind them of the entertainment at their disposal — it’s enough for them to stream it. They’re content with buying licenses that allow use of the product. When everyone has access to virtually everything, there’s no status to be had by displaying a collection, is there? Yet there are people who still dig through the crates in stores like Little Rock’s Been-Around Records or Arkansas Record-CD Exchange. The resurgence of vinyl records as a cultural signifier — as a hip obsession — is one factor in the continued viability of these outlets, but it’s probably a smaller one than you might think. Reade Mitchell, who manages Arkansas Record-CD Exchange, points out that the store sells nearly as many CDs as it does vinyl records now, and that despite the popular perception of the shop as a used record store, most of what they sell is new product.
