The tragic & mysterious story of Official, Cash Money’s lost R&B group: “There’s no Hip-Hop Hall of Fame, no archive of hip-hop history in Washington, D.C., but there are record stores. They may be few and far between these days, but they exist, and you don’t have to be a crate-digging producer or a hipster to hop into a record store and find something dope…”
Step inside: The Jacaranda launches its new vinyl record shop and speciality coffee bar: Iconic Liverpool venue that hosted The Beatles gets back to its record-selling roots
Vinyl collector to sell 5000 records to buy a set of new teeth: “…Mr Murray owns nothing in the way of assets, just a few clothes and basic personal items, all his wealth tied up in his records and he is selling his music to have some spending money for the rest of his life…”
And it comes with a custom tote at select indie record retailers: ABKCO Records is celebrating the golden anniversary of “Satisfaction” achieving #1 status by releasing a limited edition, numbered 12-inch version of the single on 180-gram vinyl…The record is housed in a sleeve featuring award-winning photographer David Bailey’s shot of the group, recreating the original 7-inch single artwork. Mastered by Carl Rowatti at Trutone Mastering Labs and cut from the original mono master tapes, the 45-rpm 12-inch format makes this a true audiophile pressing, allowing for wider grooves that yield louder levels, broader range, deeper bass and better high frequency response.
Flat, Black, Circular Lansing’s favorite music store: “In 1977 Dave Bernath and Dick Rosemont opened up Flat Black & Circular, 541 E. Grand River in East Lansing, as a used record store. They are so passionate about music that it “didn’t seem like a job at the time,” said Bernath…”
Vinyl record artwork proving popular: “A Timaru entrepreneur’s novel idea is flying out the door at a record pace. Josh Cowan started creating his Cowan Creative vinyl record art eight weeks ago and has now reached peak interest, not only in Timaru and New Zealand but as far away as America and Canada…”
