Vinyl is not just for hipsters as it regains popularity: It’s often been described, erroneously, as a comeback, what with music stores liberally stocking them these days. Vinyl records, actually, never really went away. Labels might have stopped reissuing them in the 1990s and early noughties, but new releases, and reissues, are coming thick and fast once more. While the culture in Malaysia may still be at novelty level, the situation in a metropolis like London, is entirely different.
The best (remaining) record stores in New York City: June 2016 marks the end the end of the road for two NYC record stores that served vinyl enthusiasts for over 20 years. The East Village’s Other Music and the West Village’s Rebel Rebel Records, like many other independent and chain music stores before them, are both shutting down thanks to the combination of rising New York City rents and the internet’s effects on the industry.
Service Converts SoundCloud Tracks to Vinyl: Vinylize.it is a new startup from the QRATES team. The service hasn’t yet launched, but it would allow users to choose songs or playlists from SoundCloud for custom-pressed records, FACT reports. Records would only be made available following artist approval and after users “share and rally support” for each record. There’s currently no information about the sound quality of Vinylize.it records. All SoundCloud tracks are transcoded to 128kbps for streaming playback.
Avid vinyl collector buys first record player: Despite never having the basic equipment to play a single record, Young still sees himself as a true connoisseur. He encourages others who are interested in this type of pretension to seek out local record stores and talk to the person with the biggest beard, as they are undoubtedly the store manager…“I spend hours talking to my guy, Skyler. He’s actually getting into wax cylinders. He tells me that you haven’t heard Eddie Cantor until you hear him coming out of a hand cranked gramophone.”
