Eivissa, ES | For The Record: The Vinyl Bubble Has Burst: Vinyl was already a labour of love at the beginning of the decade but the great irony of today is that now sales are up, the labour has never been harder. The question of whether to release on vinyl only or not has become all the more complicated. If you’re a touring artist, a vinyl only release runs the risk of alienating your fans in South America who may not be able to afford the cost of imported wax. So many artists and labels have turned to Bandcamp as an alternative way of releasing digitally, in part tempted on there by the companies more attractive royalty split than other digital stores like Beatport and by the falling numbers of orders.
Kochi, IN | Not antique but original! Gramophones are still the favourite for many: Open veranda, long-armed easy chair, a glass of piping hot coffee, the day’s newspaper and soft music coming from a gramophone…they evoke an image that is no longer a part of life today. Everything, even music, used to be untouched and original in the good old days. Today due to technological advancements, music is available on the tip of our fingers. “But it has lost its ethereal magic,” says Sajan C Mathew, music critic. “However, it is heartening to see that many, especially those who had heared songs on the gramophone, are turning back to them.” A Gen-Z person might not be able to comprehend the hullabaloo about the cumbersome vinyl records and the unwieldy music machines. “It is the lilting music in its original state that holds the listener spellbound…”
Peterborough, CA | From vinyl to fashion, new Peterborough businesses are embracing the past: They say everything old is new again, and one market trend is proving just that in Peterborough. At The Twisted Wheel, a newly-opened bar and music venue, sounds of the past are spilling from its Water Street location. For co-owner and operator Jonathan Hall, there’s nothing quite like the sound of vinyl and the experience that goes along with it. “I like being in a record store and finding something I’ve been looking for for ages and that natural feeling you get when finding something,” said Hall. “I love the art and touching it and reading the lyrics; there is a lot I love about vinyl.”
A platinum record: the vinyl LP celebrates its 70th birthday: At a press conference in New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel in June 1948 (there is some dispute about the actual date – the 18th, 20th and 21st are all suggested), Columbia Records introduced its long-playing vinyl discs. The company had embarked on the task of developing a storage format that could hold 20 minutes of music per side in 1941, had paused almost immediately due to American involvement in World War II, and resumed in 1945. By 1948 it was ready. Two types of discs, 10in and 12in, both turning at a mere 33⅓ revolutions per minute, were unveiled – and by 1956 the previous standard for recorded music, 10in shellac discs that turned at 78rpm and would break if you dropped them, had been abandoned by every major recording company in the United States.
Record Store Day disrupts Discogs bestselling records for April 2018: The Discogs Top 50 Best Selling Records Of April 2018 chart is live and speaks to the massive influence of RSD2018 throughout the Discogs Community while also featuring the Third Man Records debut by Sleep’s The Sciences in a non-RSD ambush landing at No. 5. RSD highlights include appearances by the limited-edition reissue of Pink Floyd’s The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn entering in the Top 50 at NO. 1 along with David Bowie’s Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78) and The National’s Boxer (Live In Brussels) landing at No. 2 and No. 7.
Music Downloads & Compact Discs To Be Replaced By USB Music Cards, Says TVM.Bio: …According to the Recording Industry Association of America (via The Quietus), sales of physical music rose above those of digital downloads for 2017 in the U.S. for the first time since 2011. The appetite for owning physical music is growing and it can only be fed by the USB Music Card, the replacement for the compact disc. The USB Music Card™ is a record label’s dream come true with built in worldwide tracking analytics by TVM.Bio Inc. Envision a physical medium that contains mp3’s from a musician’s newest album, plus pics, and videos with live time analytics and then throw in sponsorship advertising to reduce the cost to record labels, that’s a USB Music Card™.
These are the best phono preamps that won’t break the bank: Great-sounding vinyl setupsdon’t have to cost an arm and a leg. They can be pieced together and slowly upgraded over time, an ever-changing amalgamation of gear that is steadily upgraded as the years go by. If you’re just starting your vinyl collectionand own a solid turntable, the next big piece of the listening puzzle could be a phono preamp, which is why we’ve compiled this list some of the best phono preamps around. But first, a little background on the technology.
Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains The Same to be reissued in September: Led Zeppelin’s 1976 album The Song Remains The Same is to be reissued later this year. The soundtrack to the band’s concert film of the same name was recorded at New York’s Madison Square Garden in July 1973, with guitarist Jimmy Page personally overseeing the remastering of the new release, which is scheduled to arrive on September 7 via Atlantic/Swan Song. The album will be released on CD, vinyl, on digital platforms, as a hi-res 5.1 surround sound Blu-ray and a Super Deluxe box set…Meanwhile, on the 4LP set, Page has changed the track sequence, allowing the 29-minute version of Dazed And Confused to appear in full on one side of vinyl for the very first time.
