Pick My Turntable Unveils a Guide to Find the Best Record Players in 2016: In one of the latest news, pickmyturntable.com has launched a new article titled as ‘A simple guide to find the best record player in 2016’, through which the site hopes to help buyers of record players or turntables find the best model. According to one of the site’s representatives, “Anything can go wrong in the record player buying process if the proper steps are not maintained. Besides, buyers must understand or have some important information about what needs to be considered in a turntable.”
Manchester-based record player company signs supplier deal with HMV: GPO Retro, a designer and manufacturer of 20th-century style telephones, radios and record players, has expanded its customer base after signing a new supplier deal with HMV. As part of the deal, the national entertainment retailer has become a stockist for two of GPO Retro’s turntables and a number of its vinyl accessories, including Westwood speakers and vinyl cases.
Denver Public library has released a vinyl record! Yes! The Denver Public Library has released a 45rpm vinyl record featuring local Denver bands Accordion Crimes and The Raven and The Writing Desk! This fantastic artifact is here to raise awareness (in an old-school way) for DPL’s local music service: Volume Denver! I came up with this idea about a year ago and then was afforded the opportunity to present it to the powers-that-be here at DPL and, lo and behold, they liked the idea and approved it!
Eclectic local record store [Celebrated Summer Records] celebrates 10 years: …Although the initial concept was to focus on punk, hardcore and indie rock it was never the only things we carried. Right off the bat, my interest in soul and jazz was apparent, and since we have moved to Hampden that aspect of the store has become even more important to me. Browsing the racks you will be just as likely to find John and Alice Coltrane or Otis Redding as The Ramones and Metallica. We carry Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen as well, but my tastes and the focus of the shop tend to lean towards the esoteric, whether in punk, jazz or reggae.
Musicians cut their tunes to vinyl in record time at University of Huddersfield workshop: A vinyl workshop proved itself a cut above by capturing musicians’ tunes in record time. The University of Huddersfield held a vinyl cutting session so visitors could record their tunes and spoken words to the classic format. During a single day, 25 musicians, singers and poets cut 12 records on a mobile vinyl cutting lathe, supplied and manned by Henry Bainbrigde, of Dub Studio, Bristol. Recording to vinyl is a lengthy process compared to digital recording and event organiser, Dave Smith of the university’s archive, believes they may have set an unofficial record (pun intended).
Let’s save paradise: An Electric Night of Eclectic DJs spinning grooves, moves, and vibrations to help save Joe’s Record Paradise at Washington, DC’s Black Cat, Sunday May 15, 2016. (This comes highly endorsed. —Ed.)
Washington, DC’s Crooked Beat Records closes its current Adams Morgan location: After 19 years of us having a store, we really feel this is a dawning of a new era for Crooked Beat. We have had a great deal of success with the store in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in DC over the last decade or so. So we are really upbeat and optimistic regarding the future of the store as well as our Crooked Beat record label that we started a few years ago….Though our physical store is going away for a while, we will resurface again in a few months with a new location and, more importantly, improved health! So stay tuned!
