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Record Collecting

Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Records without a cover

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Art Project, Christian Marclay, Record Collecting, Record Without a Cover

If you’re into collecting weird records, here’s one that’ll grab your attention. Back in 1985, an experimental musician named Christian

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Help with collecting vinyl

May 11, 2023May 10, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments CDs, Collecting Vinyl, Max Brzezinski, Record Collecting, Vinyl

Vinyl continues to experience incredible growth—or should I say re-growth—with the public. In some countries, the revenues generated by vinyl

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Record Collecting 

Bored with collecting normal vinyl? Here are examples of abnormal vinyl.

May 8, 2023May 7, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments DNA, Record Collecting, Record Shows, Vinyl

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Last weekend, I spent a couple of hours at the semi-annual

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Ongoing History of New Music Record Collecting 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 985: MVV (Most Valuable Vinyl)

May 5, 2023May 4, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Collecting, Record Store Day, Records, Valuable Records, Vinyl

Times are good for vinyl. The format was all but dead until some desperate independent record store owners in Baltimore

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Record Collecting 

One of Canada’s biggest and best record shows is moving to a new venue

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Record Collecting, Toronto Downtown Record Show, Vinyl

[A heads-up on the Toronto Downtown Record Show by Elisa FG. – AC] Make like a cassette and rewind with

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 975: More vinyl stories

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments CDs, Compact Discs, Record Collecting, Records, Vinyl

At the dawn of the 21st century, vinyl was dead, dead, dead. We were all going digital and the general

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Tips for the New Generation of Vinyl Junkies

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Collecting, Record Collectors, Vinyl, Virgin Vinyl

Why sales remain a tiny slice of the pie, there’s no denying that there’s been an interesting resurgence in the

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The original record collectors, part 3

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Collecting, Record Stores

Here’s one more story about how women, not men, were the original record collectors when recorded music first became available

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The original record collectors, part 1

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Gramophones, Phonographs, Record Collecting

Today, the vast majority of record collectors are male. Just go to any record show and you’ll see what I

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Documentary Movies 

If you’re into vinyl then you’ll need to see this new doc called Vinyl Nation

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Record Collecting, Records, Vinyl, Vinyl Nation

There’s no sign that interest in vinyl records is going to end soon, let alone plateau. Why? That’s the central

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, August 26, 2021

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Covid, Record Collecting, Songwriting, Surf Festival

If you’re a fan of The Simpsons, check out this special TV. Cute. As for music news for August 26,

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