Berwick Street Music & Video Exchange record shop closes after 20 years: “Berwick Street has been home to second-hand record store Music & Video Exchange (MVE) for the last 20 years, but the Soho shop has sadly had to close its doors because of developers’ plans to turn the site into a hotel…”
Tape Expectations! Forget vinyl here comes the cassette revival: “Gareth Richards launched Solid 7, a DIY cassette label in January, and has so far released eight tapes featuring a mix of Welsh musicians and those from further afield. So successful has he been that he’s pulled off something off a coup by releasing the latest album by Dick Valentine – the frontman of US quirk rockers Electric Six…”
The Rolling Stones Satisfaction 12 Inch Vinyl To Be Reissued To Mark 50th Anniversary: The Rolling Stones signature tune classic ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ will be reissued as a 12 inch vinyl single to mark its 50th anniversary in June. “Pressed by Quality Record Pressings in Salina, KS, and limited to 10,000 numbered copies in North America, ABKCO’s “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” 12-inch single will be released a half-century to the day after the landmark song dominated U.S. charts and helped transform the course of pop music history.”
Rare Nick Cave Records Stolen In Melbourne Vinyl Heist: “Thousands of dollars worth of collected vinyl, including rare first edition records by Nick Cave and his late guitarist Rowland S. Howard, have reportedly been raided from Howard’s girlfriend’s home in Melbourne.”
