PSA: Spring Record Fair (Brooklyn Flea) - May 4, 2013

The Spring 2013 edition of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair is just around the corner, and with 50 vendors, an all-star DJ lineup curated by Red Bull Music Academy, and the return of Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales—plus Smorgasburg—it's a doozy.
In addition to the 50 collectors, shops, and record labels, we'll have a small stage featuring the best music you've ever shopped to: DJ /rupture (Dutty Artz), James Friedman (Throne of Blood), James Pants, Veronica Vasicka (Minimal Wave), Dan Selzer (Acute Records), and Dean Bein (True Panther)—all of whom will take a break from selling records at their label tables to spin a few. (See below for a list of some of the goodies that vendors are pulling out special for the record fair.)
Located inside Smorgasburg, the spring Record Fair (stay tuned for the fall date) will be located just a feet away from all the tasty treats and beverages the food market has to offer—as well as a special visit from Delaware's Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, which will be providing three of their finest seasonal beers just for the day.
Hours are 11am-6pm, adjacent to Smorgasburg inside East River State Park, at Kent Avenue and North 7th St. in Williamsburg. To get first pick at records and grub, we recommend arriving on the early side. Entry is free.

Spring 2013 Specialty Items
Captured Tracks/Flying Nun:
Cleaners From Venus Vol. 2 Box Set
Flying Nun Record Store Day exclusives
Carpark/Paw Tracks/Acute Records:
Toro Y Moi / Dog Bite Split 7" *not available in stores*
and Carpark, Young Magic & Toro Y Moi T-Shirts
Famous Class Records:
30 copies of Cass McCombs/White Magic 7" on clear vinyl
Fatcat Records:
PAWS - Tiger Lily Tour Tape *not available in stores*
Ghostly International:
ADULT. full length (CD/LP), The Way Things Fall on sale 10 days prior to its release date!
Minimal Wave:
Five Times Of Dust ‎– The Dada Computer cassette (limited edition of 200)
Warp Records:
Super limited box sets and reissued releases from
Aphex Twin, Autechre & Brian Eno

DJ Lineup—Curated by Red Bull Music Academy
1pm-1:40pm- Dan Selzer (Acute Records)
1:40pm- 2:20pm- Dean Bein (True Panther)
2:20pm-3pm - James Friedman (Throne of Blood)
3pm-3:40pm - DJ/rupture (Dutty Artz)
3:40pm-4:20pm - Veronica Vasicka (Minimal Wave)
4:20pm - 5pm - James Pants

Record Labels
ATO Records & tbd records
Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records
Captured Tracks / Flying Nun
Carpark / Paw Tracks / Acute Records
Cascine
Dead Oceans / Jagjaguwar / Secretly Canadian
DFA Records
Domino Records
Dutty Artz
Famous Class
FatCat Records
Ghostly International
Knitting Factory Records
Luaka Bop
Merge
Mexican Summer / Software Recording Co.
Minimal Wave
Modular Records
Northern Spy Records
Partisan Records
Sacred Bones Records
Styles Upon Style
The Smith Tapes
True Panther
Warp Records
What's Your Rupture
Young One Records

Record Stores & Collectors
Athan Maroulis / Sepiatone
Brian Turner / Eric Neuser
Cakeshop/Capeshok
Co-op 87
Collector Scum
Deep Cuts
DJ Rekha (Basement Bhangra)
Doug Mosurock
Halcyon The Shop
Ian Johnson
James Friedman (Throne of Blood Recordings)
Kim's Video & Music
Matthew Radune / The Wilding Corporation
Other Music
Raelian Raecords
Record Grouch
Robert Schaad
Turntable Lab
Unbreakable Records
Zeke Baker

Crate Diggers: Pete Rock's Vinyl Collection

John Peel's Record Collection

Just in case you missed it, a portion of John Peel's record collection has been slowly and steadily uploaded to be shared to everyone online.  Over the next six months, 2,600 albums will be uploaded including

Check it out here. 

From The Guardian:

John Peel's record collection is about to go online. Starting on Tuesday, the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts will begin uploading details of the late DJ's cherished vinyl, unveiling 2,600 albums over the next six months.

Every week, the Centre will expand the scope of its virtual museum, adding another 100 records, covering everything from Appalachian mountain music to zouk. "It's a very personal look at John's collection," producer Charlie Gauvain said. According to Sheila Ravenscroft, Peel's widow, curators will highlight one artist from each batch, picking through more than 65,000 items in his archive. Peel kept meticulous files about his records: each sleeve was given a typed filing card, with all sorts of information.

"There'll be information about the record sleeve, front and back, all the information about the record itself, as well as whether John rated the album or not," Ravenscroft explained. Although copyright prevents the centre from streaming the records, links will be included, when available, to purchase or stream the music on Spotify and iTunes. "I think people are going to be very interested as to what's in the collection," Ravenscroft said. "They will be amused and intrigued by it."

Besides the details of Peel's records, the virtual museum will also include videos, and incorporate Peel's own home movies. Producers discovered 30 hours of footage at his home in Suffolk, with everything from clips of bands to footage from Liverpool's Anfield stadium. The website will apparently launch with John Peel's Suffolk Comforts, a 1989 film "that's never been broadcast before", Gauvain said. "It's a real gem … [with] some really personal things in it."

Peel died in 2004, after almost 40 years as a BBC radio DJ. He was 65.

As previously reported, Peel's virtual museum is part of the Space, a digital arts service funded by the British Arts Council and the BBC.

Paul Mawhinney's Record Collection

Watch The Archive on PBS. See more from PBS Online Film Festival.

Vinyl sales jumped 39 percent in 2011

Vinyl sales jumped 39 percent in 2011, music industry not quite dead

By Liza Eckert

There’s been a lot of doom-and-gloom talk in the music industry for several years now. Execs keep blaming internet piracy for slumping sales figures while record stores large and small are closing their doors. But it seems like the industry keeps chugging back, refusing to fully die.

We previously noted a very tiny increase in sales for the first half of 2011 — up one percent compared to the first six months of 2010 — which was the first sales boost since 2004. It seems the good news continued through the rest of the year.
Nielsen SoundScan reported that vinyl records saw a huge bump in sales last year — 3.9 million units, compared to 2.8 million in 2010. That adds up to a 39.3 percent increase.

Vinyl has been slowly crawling back into public consciousness for a few years now, and it’s gone from a hipster-nostalgia thing to a more widespread resurgence. It’s possible to buy albums from some really popular artists on records, as opposed to just the obscure indie acts, which means the medium will naturally have more mass market appeal. And whatever else you might want to say about mass market appeal, the fact is that it will translate into larger sales.

Consumers aren’t stupid. For people to spend money, they have to be getting a product that’s worth it. As the Dead Kennedys said, “Sales are slumping and no one will say why. Could it be they put out one too many lousy records?”

Focusing on putting out higher quality records instead of flash-in-the-pan garbage will help. There were a lot of decent releases in 2011 from a lot of well-known acts, so that had to be a boost.

Records are, in fact, a really good way to keep people actually paying for music instead of pirating it, as well. A lot of fans love the tangible aspect of the format and the accompanying larger-scale artwork. Bands can also include extra incentives to make the deal even sweeter, like bonus tracks or free posters, that aren’t included in other versions. And if they put in a free download code, the listener can also grab a digital copy to load into their iPod.

Events like Record Store Day encourage artists to put out special edition releases, like singles or bonus tracks, that are available in limited quantities in selected stores. It makes people want them, and it’s pretty win-win — the consumer gets unique stuff on top of the album, and the artist gets to actually make a living.

Vinyl Manufacturing

I've previously posted videos showing how vinyl is made, but came across another vid and thought I'd post it as well.

Behind the Scenes - Beastie Boys Vinyl Creation

NYTimes: In Age of Digital Music, Vinyl Gets Second Life in a Brooklyn Factory

Here's an article about a guy who's pressing vinyl in Brooklyn that was in today's NYTimes. Link to article is here.

April 17, 2011
In Age of Digital Music, Vinyl Gets Second Life in a Brooklyn Factory
By KRISTOFER RÍOS

In an industrial and uninviting stretch of Brooklyn, near several strip clubs and a factory that makes electrical tubing, Thomas Bernich’s small plant recycles vinyl and preserves a fading piece of history.

In fact, Mr. Bernich’s workplace in Sunset Park is one of the few of its kind in New York City and in the country.

Inside the one-story, red-brick factory on 42nd Street, boxes of discarded albums from used-record stores are piled high on wooden pallets, awaiting their end and a new beginning.

The records are tossed into a large shredder to start the process of putting music on them again. The used vinyl is eventually fed into a press that creates new albums. “Taking rotten milk and breathing new life into it is not an easy thing,” Mr. Bernich said.

Mr. Bernich and the five employees at his company, Brooklynphono, have preserved the craft of applying music to vinyl.

Mr. Bernich stumbled into the record business after he realized that his talent for sculpture, which he studied at the Pratt Institute, could probably not support a career. But while at Pratt, Mr. Bernich, 40, started collecting records, inspired by a friend’s passion for vinyl.

“You have these moments when you are playing a record when you get caught in a location and time,” said Mr. Bernich, who lives in Brooklyn Heights. “There is a magic with vinyl and the memories that are connected to it.”

When he finally had the chance to buy two used vinyl-pressing machines from a plant that was closing, Mr. Bernich pounced, turning his hobby into a job and opening a small business. While vinyl records are clearly a relic, Mr. Bernich has found a niche. When it first opened in 2003, Brooklynphono was making about 2,000 records a month. Now, Brooklynphono has five pressing machines, making more than 10,000 records a month. It caters mostly to indie-rock record labels based in Brooklyn, but also to several European dance record labels.

One skill that has proved useful is the comfort with tools and machines Mr. Bernich gained while studying sculpture.

“I’m really not very musical, and the best thing I can play is the stereo,” Mr. Bernich said. “This fits because I have mechanical experience.”

He has tinkered with all his pressing machines, attaching them to a customized network of vacuum tubes and other pieces which automate the loading of vinyl plastic and the recycling of excess material and also maximize the power of the presses.

“Essentially, I’ve taken a regular machine and hot-rodded it,” Mr. Bernich said.

When the machines start up, the smell of warm plastic fills the factory. The vacuum tubes suck granules of vinyl from the industrial plastic shredder. The small plastic bits are then pumped into a hot extruder, which melts the plastic. Black vinyl flows out like toothpaste and is then formed into a misshapen puck. At that point, a label is glued on each side of the puck.

The pressing machine hisses as it opens and heats, the puck is slid onto the press, and 120 tons of pressure stamp sound waves into grooves on the vinyl. Once it cools, the flattened plastic is pushed out onto a trimmer, where any excess vinyl is cut, and the black disc is dropped onto a spindle. A record is born.

“I love how you can play a record, look at the cover art, and read the liner notes,” said Heath Bodine, 40, who does quality control at Brooklynphono. “You don’t get that with an MP3 file.”

While new vinyl plastic is still available, the material is expensive and hard to find. Mr. Bernich prefers recycled vinyl because it is suited to his retrofitted machines. “It’s like being a short-order cook,” Mr. Bernich said. “The music is only as good as the ingredients you get.”

A major responsibility for Mr. Bernich and his workers is tending to the pressing machines, which demand constant adjustment. During production, the movement of the machines causes parts to shift, and the slightest misalignment can cause a malfunction and stop production for an entire day. A disc can become jammed inside one of the machines, or the brace that holds the part that stamps grooves onto the vinyl can come loose.

Another worker, Sarah Himmelfarb, 26, wears latex gloves to test the machines and examine records. Every so often, she will stop the machines and use a small mallet to reposition the metal plates that keep the vinyl stamper in place.

Ms. Himmelfarb, who has applied to several medical schools and is waiting to hear back, compares the process of maintaining the presses to diagnosing problems in the human body. “There are symptoms, and they can be caused by a variety of things,” she said.

Zach Cale, a 32-year-old musician and a founder of All Hands Electric, an indie rock and folk music record label in Brooklyn, is one of Brooklynphono’s clients. Aside from the convenience of having records made by a local plant — his label saves on shipping costs by picking up orders — Mr. Cale prefers having his music on vinyl because, he said, fans like the tangibility of a 12-inch album. “We’ve always been really into the physicality of vinyl,” said Mr. Cale, who paid $1,300 for 500 records. “People really respond to it because it’s visual and it feels like you have a piece of the band.”

While vinyl records have largely been consigned to the dustbin of the music industry, Mr. Bernich said he still found magic in turning musicians’ ideas into physical objects to share with the world.

“Once a musician makes a record it lasts a very long time,” he said.

Vinyl Records Spin Back Into Vogue

Via USA Today:

By Brian Passey, USA TODAY

CEDAR CITY, Utah — As both a music lover and record store owner, Tim Cretsinger is excited about the recent resurgence of vinyl record albums.

"This is my favorite thing to do — hold a batch of records like this," Cretsinger, owner of Groovacious in Cedar City, Utah, says as he hugged a stack of new records close to his chest. "It reminds me of the old days."

The old days are making a comeback.

According to recent Nielsen SoundScan numbers, vinyl was the fastest-growing musical format in 2010, with 2.8 million units sold, the format's best year since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.

Vinyl's increase in popularity is providing a beacon of hope for independent record stores — an industry that has suffered with the increase of digital downloads this past decade.

When Cretsinger moved his business from Keiser, Ore., to Cedar City in 2000 there were two other record stores in the college town of about 28,000. Now, the closest independent record store is in Las Vegas, 175 miles away.

"Vinyl seems to be the light at the end of the tunnel for those of us who have hung in there," he says. "It's kind of a surprising light at the end of the tunnel. It's incredibly exciting."

Not only have vinyl album sales picked up, but the interest in record players has increased as well. Cretsinger said he got tired of directing his customers to other businesses where they could purchase turntables, so he began offering a small selection at his store in January.

Like Groovacious, Plan 9 Music stores in Richmond and Charlottesville, Va., are fairly new to the turntable market, but have offered vinyl records since the first store opened in 1981, says owner Jim Bland. Although he never quit selling vinyl, Bland says sales were slow for many years as CDs dominated the market.

However, as CD sales plummeted in recent years, Plan 9 Music found itself with some open space on the floor. That empty space is now back to the basics.

"It's filled in with vinyl," Bland says.

As a way to promote their businesses, 700 independent record stores across the nation have joined together since 2008 to celebrate Record Store Day on the third Saturday of April. Record Store Day regularly features limited-edition CDs and vinyl records available only at independent retailers.

"Last year all the cool stuff was vinyl," Bland says. "People were lining up to get it."

Like Record Store Day itself, Cretsinger says, listening to music on a vinyl record is an event. It forces listeners to sit down at a turntable and listen to the music, giving them an opportunity to enjoy the cover art and read the liner notes.

"There's something organic and historical about playing music that way," he says. "It sounds better."

The scratches and pops often associated with the vinyl sound are all part of the "warmth" Cretsinger and other record store owners such as John Kunz, of Waterloo Records in Austin, say vinyl offers.

Kunz says CDs are more convenient than vinyl and easier to manage, so they had their place in the music industry for a time. However, Kunz sees a change in his customers' taste from the digital sound of Internet downloads to what the classic vinyl format offers.

"I think there was a pendulum swing back to the analog sound," he says. "It's sound waves rather than zeroes and ones emulating a sound wave."

Terry Currier, owner of Music Millennium in Portland, Ore., says vinyl aficionados treat their passion as art, as opposed to a product.

"People didn't interact with CDs the way they did with vinyl," Currier says. "I think people lost that interaction they had with the vinyl."

The music lovers buying these records aren't necessarily those who grew up with them in the 1960s and 1970s. Record store owners across the nation say teenagers and young adults constitute a large portion of their vinyl customers.

"There are tweens, teens and twentysomethings looking through Mom and Dad's record collection," he says. "All of a sudden Mom and Dad are a lot cooler than the kid might have expected."

Currier says it's almost like vinyl appreciation skipped a generation. Now purchasing vinyl is "cool" for younger customers because it's "retro." For the youngest of the customers, it might even be something their parents never experienced.

Bland agrees: "It's cool; it's hip. My 14-year-old's even getting into it."

Among Cretsinger's customers at Groovacious in Cedar City is Matthew Montgomery, a 25-year-old Web developer, freelance music journalist and student at Southern Utah University. Montgomery says he began to seriously get into vinyl about two years ago, and now it's practically his exclusive musical format.

He says there is an "aesthetic difference" in the sound of vinyl records compared with the digital downloads purchased by many others of his generation.

"I think vinyl is incredibly exciting," Montgomery says. "To see a resurgence in it is beautiful."

Montgomery says the act of walking into a record store to purchase his music is part of vinyl's allure as well.

"To me that represents a cultural idea that is incredibly attractive," he says. "It's a place you can explore and learn and talk to people."

While vinyl sales help independent stores stand apart from nationwide retail chains, even Best Buy seems to have noticed the popularity of vinyl records.

About 100 Best Buy stores now carry a small selection of new and classic albums following a test period that began in the fall of 2008, says Best Buy spokeswoman Erin Bix. Best Buy also offers 14,000 vinyl titles online.

Record Player by Helmut Smits

Yess!! Here's another vid I saw on Shopsin's webpage, and had to share. All y'all who know me knows this fucking cracks me up:

LP-bike from Helmut on Vimeo.

Vinyl Revival

I previously wrote a little something about the resurgence of music being pressed and bought on vinyl here. I came across this neat article and thought I'd share:

Via digitaldreamdoor.com:

It's all over the news- from countless newspaper and magazine features (including write-ups in the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone Magazine, USA Today and other major publications), numerous online articles, and even the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. It's the vinyl record revival and more importantly, the resurrection of analog sound. But is vinyl for real?

Yes, vinyl records, left for dead with the advent of the 'digital age' are selling again. In fact, in 2008, it's reported that 1.88 million vinyl albums were purchased, which is the highest number since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking LP sales in 1991. Additionally, vinyl sales rose 14% between 2006 and 2007, from 858,000 to 990,000. And the sales figures for 2009 will surpass the number for 2008 with ease. In comparison, CD sales have nosedived over the past three years, from 553.4 million in 2006 to 360.6 million in 2008. MP3 sales grew from 32.6 million to 65.8 million during the same time period, according to SoundScan.

More people purchased vinyl records in 2008 than they have in almost 20 years, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

Progression of LP/EP sales in millions

•$2005 $14.2

•$2006 $15.7

•$2007 $22.9

•$2008 $46.2

•$2009 $56.7

Numbers indicate dollar values using shipment statistics from the Recording Industry Association of America.

Is the dreaded download the future of music? Yes, the sales of digital music are on the upswing, but there is almost too much available. Bands no longer need a record label contract to release their music. The result? An over abundance of bad music that has no right being released to the public, anyone can offer a song for ninety-nine cents; the music landscape is polluted. Vinyl on the other hand can't be easily reproduced and appeals to the senses. Besides the sound quality being better, there is more room for artwork, you can see it and hold it. Digital files are not a tangible product; you can't see them or touch them. They are infinitely reproducible and instantly available. Where will the song that you downloaded last month be in two years?

This is not a fad or cycle; music lovers young and old are being drawn to this historic audio format. The downloading generation has discovered the tangible benefits of vinyl and vinyl record sales are soaring across the country. Moreover, it seems to be a worldwide event, preorders and sales of vinyl records are on the increase in many countries across the globe.

Vinyl is cool again. Teenagers, who once may have scoffed at their grandparents' and parents' record collections, now wait in line to get the latest releases. More and more mainstream artists are releasing new material via the format and Capitol Records (along with many other major record companies) are now reissuing classic albums on vinyl. And now, along with the baby boomers, a new generation is discovering the special allure that vinyl records have - the limited editions, colored vinyl, picture discs, audiophile records (180-220 gram), the album cover art, and the sound - all elements in this grand resurgence.

This resurgence is fueled by many other factors. Let's explore some interesting aspects of the vinyl record.

The Sound

Yes, the hiss, snap, and crackle of a record are soothing music lovers around the globe. Vinyl records use analog recording methods; it is a clear, well-defined sound. The music is not compressed and digitized into the ones and zeros that you get with the CD or MP3; or what I term as "binary sound." There is warmth, an ambience that vinyl brings to the music and since the human ear hears in analog-not digital-vinyl records naturally sound better. So this is the secret that the DJ's, record collectors and audiophiles knew all along!

The Collectible Factor and Availability of Vinyl

Most recording artists are also fans of other artists' music; they own vast and eclectic record collections. Sometimes finding rare and collectible vinyl created by artists who have influenced their own music and whom they admire can be just as satisfying as creating and recording their own music. They also delight in finding rare vinyl of their own music. In fact, John Lennon was an avid record collector and amassed quite a collection of Beatle's bootlegs.

Buying and selling records is big business. Besides the garage sales, flea markets and yard sales, online auction sites such as eBay sell millions of records. It is reported that eBay users buy and sell six vinyl records each minute (or an average of one every ten seconds) totaling more than three million records each year. Some records still maintain their value decades after their initial release and have sold for thousands of dollars. It's been reported that the album that is bought and sold the most in the vinyl format is the Beatles' "White Album." Other acts such as Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, among many others, are highly sought after and still command top dollar for specific releases. Soul and jazz music, along with classic rock, are always in demand. Additionally, online giant Amazon is committed to expanding their 'vinyl section' offerings to include thousands of music artists. Major electronics chain Best Buy has also begun selling vinyl records, making this decision after conducting a test in 100 of their stores and discovering that vinyl records were more popular than they anticipated.

There is also a lot of vinyl support in such musical genres as hip-hop, punk, and heavy metal. "Indie" music is now being pressed into colored vinyl, limited edition releases, and picture discs. These are the future collectibles and sometimes sell for higher-than-average prices. The online community has responded as well with literally thousands of web sites dedicated to the vinyl format. Many music artists are making sure that they give their fans a choice of music formats, with vinyl appearing to be taking the lead.

Then there is the actual physical aspect of going out to your local record store and buying a record. Browsing through bins of used vinyl, anticipating the new releases and rushing to the store to get that new record from your favorite band is exciting and pleasurable. The downloading generation has discovered the tangible benefits of vinyl and records sales are soaring across the country. Yes independent record stores have been closing at an alarming rate, but the shops that do stay open are flourishing. Paul Russe, the manager of Off The Record, an independent record store in San Diego, is encouraged by the future of the independent record store.

"I think there will always be record stores," Russe stated. "Otherwise, it's like saying there won't be any bookstores because everything in print will be a digital download. Digital is just a convenience. And anyone who loves music will always gravitate toward record stores."

"I've always marveled at every new generation of 15-year-old boys who go to the Doors vinyl section and say, 'Wow, an original Doors LP!' "related Marc Weinstein, founder of Amoeba Music, the three-store chain whose Hollywood branch is among the largest independent retail record stores in the U.S. "Major labels should have capitalized on this years ago."

"By the end of 2008, over 50% of our business was in new vinyl, which amounts to millions of dollars a year," said Matt Wishnow, founder of the New York-based online music retailer Insound.com. And there seems to be no end in sight.

The Vinyl Experience

In our age of iPods and MP3 music, playing a record is almost a ritual experience. There is the physical interaction between the person playing the album, the music itself and the machine. Playing a record can be a communal event where the music is shared with friends and family. But it is not only the music that intrigues the masses. Add unique and compelling album cover art and deluxe packaging, and a whole new generation of vinyl record lovers can share in this phenomenon.

Going hand-in-hand with the increase in vinyl record sales is the increase and availability of turntables. Nationally, turntable sales shot to over 500,000 last year compared to 275,000 in 2006. Record players and the paraphernalia that goes with them - styli, cleaning tools, vinyl records and even the old-fashioned amplifiers - are making a comeback. Manufacturers of turntables have given the consumer a plethora of options to choose from, from the very affordable unit to some that cost thousands of dollars. Students in colleges around the U.S., as well as globally, are now beginning to consider a turntable in their dorm room one of their necessities.

The Perks

Many recording artists are not only releasing their new material via vinyl but in digital format for those who choose that medium. Many records may come with a certificate for a free Internet download, which can sometimes be a bonus cut that may not be included on the record. It also allows the music to be portable, and the consumer can choose between the alternate formats. As the demand for vinyl continues its upward climb, so to will the affordability of the records. Many mainstream releases via the vinyl format are competitively priced, allowing for more units to be sold. Add to this the already flourishing used vinyl record market, where a music lover can pick up an LP for under five dollars, and we have a new vinyl model that will flourish for decades to come.

Will vinyl records regain their dominant position in the music industry that they once held? One can only guess, but with CD sales continuing to plummet and more and more music lovers discovering the value of vinyl, this historic audio medium will not fade away anytime soon.

Article by: Robert Benson

How Vinyl Records Are Made

And if you're like me, I'm sure you can't get enough of this subject...so here's another video on how wax (to use my peers' vernacular) is made. Might be redundant at times, but there's a few tidbits that wasn't included in the above.

Resurgence of Vinyl Records

Amazon's recently launched vinyl store now has over 250,000 titles in stock. If you've ever compared the sound between a digital copy of a song to the sound of a record, you'd know why vinyl has made a resurgence in recent months.

Here's an article featured on WSJ online: Link

Best Buy, Virgin and HMV are stocking up on LP's as well. So to all those who said vinyl will fade out...buzz off.


Amazon Vinyl Store Link