Nothing beats vinyl: Record sales seen growing: MANILA – In a music retailer inside a posh Makati City mall, several Filipino music titles on vinyl format compete for space beside hundreds of the latest CD releases. The store started to make space three years ago for these vinyl records, a format that has seen a resurgence driven by the young market, audiophiles, and millennials hungry for nostalgia. Two to three copies of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) records are sold at this Astrovision branch everyday, store staff Gina Barin said.
Vinyl revival ‘saved the mom and pop shops’: Whether you shop in stores or online, you’ve likely noticed this trend: Vinyl is making a comeback like never before, and it’s not losing steam. At a yard sale last weekend, everyone from children to seniors was excited to see I had boxes of old vinyl for sale. To my surprise, by the end of the weekend, every last album from The Irish Rovers to Zamfir playing the pan flute was sold. “It’s definitely come back and saved the mom and pop shops that have been doing it for years when it was more on the fringes,” said Pat Deighan, who with his wife Meghann owns Back Alley Music in Charlottetown — one of those “mom and pop” shops that’s been around for more than 20 years.
A Ridiculously Massive Record Collection Of Rock & Roll Vinyl Has Been Put On Sale: If you’re looking to add a cheeky 10,000 records to your budding vinyl collection then we’ve got the perfect thing. An Ebay user has put his 10,000-strong record collection up for sale on Ebay and it’s packed full of some pretty unbelievable stuff. The collection has been built up over 60 years and consists of Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Cliff Richard and heaps more. These just aren’t your average records as well. Most of them are rare pressings that are still in mint condition.
Harry’s hi-fi obsession is rooted in his love of music: Harry, the namesake of the Regina institution Harry’s Hi-Fi, tells this story in the home theatre room of his Warehouse District store. His wife and business partner Pat drifts in and out, helping customers as they enter the store. The music switches from The Killers to The Band to Tracy Chapman as she demonstrates the equipment’s sonic diversity. A song at a time: It’s not the usual way someone would listen to a record. Usually you’d clean the record, clean the needle, sit down and listen until the arm lift signals Side A’s end, flip the record over, clean the record, clean the needle, sit down and listen…
Think the Cassette Tape Is Dead? Introducing ‘Cassette Store Day 2016’: Cassettes don’t chart. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t selling. Or, that people aren’t actively selling them in smaller indie shops and labels. Just recently, Campers’ Rule Records announced the upcoming release of Brooklyn’s Cuss Words. Campers’ Rule Records is a boutique independent record label founded in Brooklyn back in 2012. They focus on small analog runs of cassette tapes or vinyl records.
