“The vinyl record is not the only timeworn technology currently being resuscitated. Valves (aka tubes in the US) – glass bottle-like devices from a distant era when semiconductors were yet to be fully developed – are also making a rather unexpected comeback.”
“A gallery of photos from the NYC Roosevelt Hotel Record Convention, 1993–1995″
“Placebo are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album by making their entire back catalogue available to stream and releasing remastered vinyl of their milestone albums.”
“For each tour stop, different local record shops are setting up before the shows to peddle their goods. “I have been trying to come up with some idea of how to get the rock ‘n’ roll community more involved with our shows so we could have better turn outs for all the bands,” [Paul] Collins says. ‘When I hit on this idea I didn’t know how it would work, but now that we have done one tour with record fairs almost every night I am convinced it is my new model for touring; and it works! It gives everyone a sense of community and of rock ‘n’ roll history, having all these great vinyl records that we grew up with at the shows for the next generation to groove off!'”
“Dole & Kom: ‘A DJ should have held a real vinyl record in his/her hand at some point in time…'”
