A neighbor has around 300 mostly classical vinyl records and is looking to sell them. She contacted several local (Raleigh, NC) record stores, but there was little, or no interest. I don't know the ...
I began collecting vinyl in the 1980s, back when it wasn't so much a conscious act of 'collecting', but as a music-loving kid was simply my preferred format to buy LPs and singles on. Having survived ...
Back in the 20th century, vinyl record collecting was the standard for audiophiles and casual music listeners alike. It was the only massively-available format for music in the United States, after ...
When Frank Camarda first found out about “Vinyl TikTok,” he was a little surprised. The 22-year-old, who lives in Perth, Australia, has been collecting records for eight years, since he was barely a ...
Tips and advice for storing, cataloging and sorting a very large vinyl record collection. I arrived two nights ago, and am still heavily jetlagged. Woke up at 2:00 a.m. yesterday morning and today, ...
Amidst all the recent talk of a “vinyl resurgence” and the renewed admiration for physical media in music, one niche seems to miss its fair share of the attention. Countless reissues, think pieces and ...
If you collect records for, say, a half-century or so, people will ask you questions (some of them brilliant; others kind of dumb) about your hobby. And if you’re a record collector who also happens ...
In our Record Store Day 2024 issue of the BrooklynVegan Digital Magazine, we talked to many different musicians about how record collecting and independent record stores shaped who they are today. One ...
GATHERING DUST. THERE COMES A TIME IN THE LIFE OF THE COLLECTOR WHEN ONE’S PRIDE AND JOY. YEAH, BECOMES A BIT OF A PROBLEM. AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE YOU TURN. LIKE MANY AN AGING BOOMER, JIM ...