Crooked Beat records finds a new home: Less than three months after closing its doors in Adams Morgan, Crooked Beat Records has found a new home across the bridge in Virginia. Back in April, the store’s owners revealed that deteriorating building conditions forced them to close down Crooked Beat and search for a new home. Throughout June and July, the store posted a series of Facebook updates on its search, noting that high rent prices have forced them to look outside the District. “The bad news is that it looks like we are getting priced out of reopening a store in DC,” said one recent Facebook status.
Real Groovy’s new weekly initiative: Vinyl Tuesday: Forget Christmas, Record Store Day is the biggest celebration on the vinyl enthusiasts’ calendar. Falling on the third Saturday of April, RSD was conceived at a time when both records and record stores were ailing. Designed purely as a way to get collectors in store, it tempted the beardy and compulsive collecting habits of the formats fans by offering up limited edition one-offs, special reissues and other desirably exclusive releases that were only available in store and in limited quantities. Since then it’s become a sales juggernaut. So much so that the organisers are launching a new weekly initiative called Vinyl Tuesday.
Wellington’s record fair returns on 27th August: ‘A Vinyl Affair’ – Wellington’s record fair returns on 27th August 2016 at San Fran! With FREE ENTRY to the public, DJs Psyrok, Skaman Selecta and Mr T spinning great records all day, spot prizes, as well as 1000s of new and used vinyl and other merchandise to choose from, it’s going to be another big day for vinyl enthusiasts! There will also be specials on food and drinks available. This is a family-friendly event for music lovers of all ages.
Langley Records hosts show of support from bagpiper as exit day looms: A keen bagpiper and fan of Langley Records pitched in to help the West Molesey vinyl store with a rousing performance of piping classics. Simon Ribbons, 48, grew up in Molesey and regularly bought 7” and 12” vinyl records at the Walton Road store in his youth. On learning that the store is due to close on August 31 – with landlord Royal Mail securing permission to develop staff toilets at the site – Mr Ribbons wanted to show his support.
Collectors Say VHS ‘Becoming The New Vinyl’: “I don’t know if it’ll be like record players where somebody out there will be like, ‘well, I’ll make VCRs because they’re important,'” said Brian Connolly, of Vulcan Video. Even if they don’t, used VCRs are easy to come by and because so many movies still only exist on tape, many say VHS isn’t going anywhere. “If you’re studying the films of a certain director, you want to see every film by a certain director or actor, and all those people will have at least one movie that’s only on videotape,” said Connolly.
The Undertones’ first two albums getting 40th anniversary reissues: The Undertones have revealed that their first two albums, the band’s eponymous debut and ‘Hypnotised’, are being reissued as a vinyl remaster and digital release to mark the 40th anniversary of the band’s formation. The band will also release a remix of ‘Get Over You’ on 7” vinyl by My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields, which was reworked from the original multi track tape and will be made available on 180g heavyweight red vinyl.
