There's something wonderful about the ceremony of playing records: dropping the needle, enjoying the gatefold artwork, holding on to something weighty while listening. It's easier to feel connected to ...
The volume of The Kinks playing through the speakers at Port of Sound Record Shoppe is loud enough to stop a conversation. But listening to music – and even touching it – is the point of the store.
That dusty stack of records in your parents' basement? They're not as retro as you might think. Many record collectors, DJs and music junkies still consider vinyl to be the gold standard of recorded ...
Once upon a time in the distant past, record labels great and small would press up singles, two (sometimes more) songs on a seven-inch piece of vinyl. Many of these records had either plain white ...
Over the past year, the increase in stories about the Return of Vinyl have mirrored vinyl sales themselves. This is likely because the old record is a rare area of discernible growth in music retail, ...