Music streaming at record high as vinyl continues comeback: “Mid-year figures released by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) also show that if vinyl sales exceed the 2 million mark, it will be the highest number recorded since 1994.“
Rare Test Pressing of Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ Found” : “New York” version of classic LP is one of only five existing copies “The asking price on one of the most in-demand vinyl records among Dylanphiles: $12,000.”
Documentaries about vinyl and record collecting: “Although there are numerous great shorts floating around on YouTube focusing on vinyl culture, digging and record collecting, here is a list of some must-see feature length documentaries and mini-series that capture all that it means to be a vinyl fanatic and look at record collecting from every possible angle.”
“It’s an investement of around 500,000 Euros, Peter Runge, head of productions at a Berlin vinyl pressing plant, says about building a new machine for the company. The construction plans are there. But the option to buy some of the few machines available worldwide is much more attractive…”
Record shop ready to celebrate 40th anniversary: Colorful interior of Endless Horizons Discount Records & Tapes ‘tells the story’ of decades of musical culture, “Some days, we sell as much vinyl as CDs. There’s a market with young adults and kids because their parents had vinyl around the house. Vinyl has a fuller, more all around sound. There is still a euphoria when people put a record on and let it crackle and spin.”
