Sebastian Bach Reacts To Oldest Record Store In Canada Closing: “Moondance to me was in every way, a link to another world. A world we all desperately wanted to go to. Riding my bike every single day after school to your store, meeting up with friends, spending as long as we possibly could in the world of rock n’ roll that you provided for us all. Heck, you would even order special albums from far away countries and hold them behind the counter for us. With our names on them. This was pretty amazing stuff for a kid with rock n’ roll dreams..The fact that Moondance is ending the same month that I turn 50 is pretty wild to me. You have outlasted so many changes in the music industry…”
Knoxville Nightlife: Trailhead Beer Market offers great brews and vinyl on tap: “WDVX began presenting Vinyl Night in December 2016,” says WDVX Program Director Katie Cauthen. “Joe Jennings (Trailhead managing partner) and I were neighbors at the time and after listening to records and geeking out on music together, we realized that we both wanted to bring something like that to a public setting — a place where vinyl was appreciated and folks could listen in a laid-back atmosphere. Trailhead had already been having Vinyl Night for several months, but they were in between hosts at the time so it was a natural fit for WDVX to get involved.”
Vinyl record production revives in Shanghai after 22 years: China produced its first vinyl record in the 1920s in Shanghai, and then its first LP in September 1958. As music formats evolved from LPs to CDs to online digital formats, vinyl record production lines closed all over the world, with the last one in China shut down in 1996. But vinyl seems to have never left the music world. Some diehard fans believe the format sounds better, adds depth and texture, and represents a sense of ritual when listeners put records carefully on a player. Zhang Limin, general manager of China Record Corp. (CRC), said restarting the production line will serve the resurgence of vinyl, and is also due to the rich resources at CRC. “We wish to build a platform to develop vinyl in China and explore other possibilities through this music form,” said Zhang.
Reggae Label Trojan Records Details 50th Anniversary Releases, Label helped introduce Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Lee “Scratch” Perry to mainstream audiences: …Trojan’s upcoming 50th anniversary release itinerary includes the three-disc Ska and Reggae Classics collection (out May 25th), the two-CD sets This is Trojan Roots and This is Trojan Dub (June 22nd) and the coffee table book, The Story of Trojan Records (July 5th). Laurence Cane-Honeysett wrote the The Story of Trojan Records (he previously chronicled the label in his 2003 book, Young, Gifted and Black), which also contains illustrations, photographs, record sleeves and other previously unseen archival material. At the center of the Trojan 50th anniversary project is a massive box set, which arrives July 27th. The collection includes four vinyl LPs, six CDs, two seven-inch vinyl singles, an album covers book, a poster, a patch and a slip mat.
1996 Bruce Springsteen EP On Vinyl For First Time: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Blood Brothers’ EP will be released in vinyl for the very first time as part of the new box set ‘Bruce Springsteen: The Album Collection Vol. 2, 1987-1996’. ‘Vol 2’ picks up with ‘Tunnel of Love’ and features the ‘Human Touch’ and ‘Lucky Town’ albums of 1992, the solo record ‘The Ghost of Tom Joad’ from 1995, the live ‘In Concert/MTV Unplugged’ from 1993 and the two EP’s ‘Chimes of Freedom’ from 1988 and the 1996 ‘Blood Brothers’ EP. ‘Blood Brothers’ came along not long after vinyl had been phased out so it was only released on CD. The title track, ‘Secret Garden’ and ‘Murder Incorporated’ were included on Springsteen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ album. ‘High Hopes’ and ‘Without You’ were on singles but remain Springsteen rarities.
