Vinyl Records

RECORD BREAKER: You Won't Believe Where This Vinyl Record Lands

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 05.10.2012

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A group of college students in Pasadena, Calif., has found a new use for old vinyl records: As the basis for incredible stunts. Recently, the guys ...

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A Shift in Music

Jake Shears | Posted 04.25.2012

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There's clearly a shift in the way people are buying music now and I can't help but think about how that affects me as an artist.

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Record Store Day 2012

Amber DeGrace | Posted 04.10.2012

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Vinyl. You either get it or you don't. If you do, get out there and participate on Record Store Day! Grab some good stuff, take it home, and enjoy listening to your bounty.

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PHOTOS: MAM Exhibit Worships Little Black Discs

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 03.15.2012

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Before MP3s, CDs, mixtapes, and 8-tracks, there were records. In a tribute to the bygone music relic, the Miami Museum of Art opens “The Record: Con...

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Disco and Deindustrialization: In the Mix With 1970s Pittsburgh DJ Terry Kicks

John R. Eperjesi | Posted 04.17.2012

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The people of Pittsburgh did a lot more than just sing and clap their hands to Sister Sledge's disco classic "We Are Family." When the lights went down, they got up and danced.

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Attention Vinyl Lovers: DC Record Fair Set For Sunday

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- D.C.-area residents will have an opportunity to expand their vinyl collections on Sunday. After two recent fairs at Artisphere in Rossyl...

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Are You A Fan Of Electronic Music? Listen To How It All Started

Posted 01.04.2012

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Even if you don't know who Daphne Oram is, you probably hear her influence in the music you listen to. Oram, one of the early pioneers of electron...

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Music Sounds Better on Vinyl

Mona Elyafi | Posted 12.13.2011

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Now I don't pretend to be a tech whiz by any means and I am sure I know absolutely nothing about how it all works and why, but the one thing I know for certain is that music sounds better on vinyl.

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Amanda Palmer, Radiohead & Ukuleles

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The next logical step for Amanda Palmer was to release an album of Radiohead covers performed on the ukulele and sell it online through a donation-based model. Plus a vinyl version.

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Vinyl Is Forever: In Praise of Indie Record Stores

James Rotondi | Posted 05.25.2011

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This piece was originally posted at the MTV Music Blog For those who only buy their music on iTunes, Amazon.com, or other online digital music servic...

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Books On Vinyl?

Telegraph | Sukhdev Sandhu | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a time when a) the MP3 has supplanted the CD as the most popular format on which to listen to recorded sounds; b) literature as a physical artefact...

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Downtown Boulder Losing Bart's CD Cellar

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Retailers come and go in Boulder, but Bart's attracted many customers for its large upstairs collection of vinyl, both used and new.

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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The Second Coming Of Vinyl

New York Times | Alex Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vintage Style, Trends, Vinyl Records, Vinyl Comeback, Style News

The ranks of vinyl devotees are growing. Lately, the anachronistic LP has experienced an unlikely spike in sales, decades after the mainstream music i...

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