What were the most collected albums of 2024?
Vinyl sales have been increasing by double digits every year since 2024. Some buyers actually play their records, but others are concerned just with collecting them. Discogs.com tracks this sort
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Let’s check on the Canadian sales battle between CDs and vinyl
I have a feeling that vinyl is going to have a good holiday season, especially with the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day. CDs will still outsell vinyl in
Read MoreHow much longer can the vinyl boom last? There are questions.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] I know exactly how many single compact discs I bought this year: Zero. None. The only new CDs to enter my
Read MoreConfused about the sizes and speeds of different records? Let me explain.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There are some things we don’t really question: the sun coming up in the east; American politics will continue to be
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Human voices are the new bootleg records
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] n early 1969, Ken and Dub, two music fans from Los Angeles, found themselves in possession of some unreleased Bob Dylan songs
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What can you do with 15,000 78 RPM records? Give them away.
I often get emails from people looking to unload record collections. Can I hook them up with a dealer who might buy everything? Since I do have a couple of
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Ongoing History Daily: The first two-sided record
This is for people who are still into vinyl. Here’s the question: what was the first record to have music on both sides? For the answer, we must go back
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Dirty and risque records through the decades
Some may complain about the lyrical content of today’s music, but this is nothing new. Almost from the moment we had the technology to record audio, we’ve had dirty and
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: The psychology of collecting music
If you collect physical music—CDs, vinyl, tapes, whatever—have you ever asked yourself why you do it? There could be several reasons. It could be that you like being able to
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There’s a new site for vinyl lovers: Vinyl.com
Jaxsta is an Australia-based company that spends a lot of time with music analytics and metadata. Their latest venture is a Discogs.com competitor they called Vinyl.com. (Yeah, I know. How
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 985: MVV (Most Valuable Vinyl)
Times are good for vinyl. The format was all but dead until some desperate independent record store owners in Baltimore invented Record Store Day in 2008. Since then we’ve seen
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