Denver – Record Venues You Simply Have To Visit: Denver is the largest town in the Colorado federal state, and it houses approximately 600 thousand citizens. Now, these people definitely know how to party – their botanic gardens are exceptionally beautiful, Colorado’s Ski Country is always brimming with life, and the Cherry Creek State Park is a wonderful place to visit. As for the record shops, Denver is a home of some of the most beautiful record venues in all of the USA. We’ve compiled a list of the top shops you simply have to visit…
Record store day’s every day for me’ – collector opens independent vinyl-only store in Darlington: Record store day is now every day for a man who turned his hobby into a dream by opening Darlington’s only independent vinyl shop. Since opening Saxosoul Records just three weeks ago, music fan Darren Carr has welcomed hundreds of kindred spirits, with people of all ages flocking to rifle through his wares. More than 15 years ago, Mr Carr began “wheeling and dealing” in records when another seller refused to hand over the vinyl he wanted, insisting instead that Mr Carr take a collection of 4,000 soul records off his hands. The Darlington man went on to trade at record fairs throughout the country before deciding to take the plunge and open his own shop.
Record store to hold all-day music event in memory of popular carer: An acoustic fundraiser will be held in memory of a popular Winsford carer. On Saturday, August 26, The Electric Church will be hosting the all-day music event involving 12 bands to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The event will be held in memory of Chloe Richardson who started the Disabled Disco at the St Luke’s Barton Stadium but died from cystic fibrosis in May. Becky Benson, cousin of Chloe and event organiser, said: “I feel it’s right to give something back. “The Electric Church is the perfect place for the event. It’s got a great atmosphere and is very inviting for people who just want to chill out.”
Herald Archive: A record memory for the folk of Glasgow’s south side: Now that’s what I call a record store – racks of records, album and EP covers stuck up the walls, and even guitars for sale in case you want to try your hand at forming your own band. For readers from Glasgow’s south side, it is probably somewhere they went to years ago. It is Gloria’s Record Bar on Battlefield Road in December, 1971. I’ve had a look at the charts for that week and I swear I could sing almost every chorus. The Who and Deep Purple are there. Rod Stewart with Maggie May – who can forget Ray Jackson’s mandolin solo?
Buying records is cool – how students lead Huddersfield’s revival in vinyl: When it comes to sound quality, money talks. And for Huddersfield businessman David Brook, the combination of traditional vinyl and state-of-the-art audio equipment costing tens of thousands of pounds is what appeals to the 21st century music fan…“There’s also a ‘cool’ factor about vinyl. People are waking up to that. Students – and there are 33,000 of them in Huddersfield – are buying turntables for £100 to play vinyl they buy from Oxfam because it’s cool. That’s where the resurgence has come from.” “And I don’t care what anyone says about CDs; vinyl is where it’s at. The sound quality is better than anything.”
How the Voyager golden record was made: I sought to recruit John Lennon, of the Beatles, for the project, but tax considerations obliged him to leave the country. Lennon did help us, though, in two ways. First, he recommended that we use his engineer, Jimmy Iovine, who brought energy and expertise to the studio. (Jimmy later became famous as a rock and hip-hop producer and record-company executive.) Second, Lennon’s trick of etching little messages into the blank spaces between the takeout grooves at the ends of his records inspired me to do the same on Voyager. I wrote a dedication: “To the makers of music—all worlds, all times.”
The Rarest Vintage Vinyl LP Records You’ve Never Seen: It was magic then and it’s magic now, and it’s no wonder that people are building new collections of old vinyl, searching for those gems, maybe paying quite a premium for rare disks, those from a production run with some aberration or mistake on the cover, or more likely, records that had very limited distribution, in spite of the incredible flash bang impact of the music hidden on those sultry hip-wagging grooves. No serious vinyl collection will ever be complete without some of these stand-out hand-crafted releases from the boutique label Royal Flusher Records. If you should be so lucky as to come across one of these rareties in the local junk store or in a barn full of vintage cars that haven’t seen the light of day since 1957… grab them at any cost.
