A day devoted to vinyl: “’I try to carry a balance of classic artists like Springsteen and newer artists like the Foo Fighters,’ he said. ‘We don’t sell or carry a lot of new records. Our focus is the used records. (What is) kind of the art form is finding the obscure artists that people still want to listen to.’ Whitwood said as the music scene changes, he adapts his store.
London record store offers private viewings of 24,000-strong classic dance vinyl haul: “Consisting of hip hop in between various styles of house and techno, the paramount collection is thought to narrate dance music’s maturation between the years of 1983 and 1993.”
Chicago Arts Center to Host Frankie Knuckles’ Vinyl Collection: “Stony Island Arts Bank, a former bank on Chicago’s South Side recently transformed into a center for African-American culture, will house the late Frankie Knuckles’ vinyl collection…The arts center will open to the public on October 3.”
Vancouver’s Vinyl Revival: “‘We’ve only just opened, but it’s been really promising,‘ says Genest. ‘We’re getting a lot of people into the store who are saying Vancouver needs something like this.’ Genest is the former owner of the legendary Singles Going Steady in Seattle, which briefly operated a satellite store on Main Street here in Vancouver in the late ‘90s. After spending the last 10 years in Toronto, he says the time was right to move Hits and Misses to the West Coast.”
Check Out These Limited Edition Hexagon-Shaped Vinyl Records that Feature the ‘Super Hexagon’ Soundtrack: “…if you love Super Hexagon and/or Chipzel and/or oddly-shaped records and/or all of the above, you’ve got to check out these limited edition vinyls of the Super Hexagon EP.” (Ed note: Never say “vinyls” because it’s incorrect. You don’t say “deers,” now do you? No, you don’t.)
