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Poll 

Weekly survey: How much are you willing to pay for that vinyl record you MUST own?

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Collecting, Vinyl

Last week, an obscure 2008 record by a British DJ named Scaramanga Silk sold for $52,000, making it one of

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Music News 

This obscure vinyl record just sold for HOW MUCH?

February 4, 2021February 3, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Choose Your Weapon, Record Collecting, Scaramanga Silk, Vinyl

Used vinyl can trade for hundreds, thousands, or in the case of some Beatles records, hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Gadgets 

Would you like to cut your own vinyl records at home? You can.

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ortofon, Phonocut, Vinyl

Ortofon is best known for high-end cartridges for turntables. But they also have teamed up with a company called PHONOCUT

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Music History 

The time pot was smuggled into Canada using vinyl records

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Jamaica, Pot, Vinyl

Back in the day when vinyl ruled the planet, lots of people exchanged drugs by hiding them inside album jackets.

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 907: Digital Debris part 1: B-sides and bonus tracks

January 22, 2021January 21, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment B-sides, Bonus Tracks, Cassettes, CDs, Ongoing History, Streaming, Vinyl

We are very, very deep into the digital era when it comes to music. Virtually every song we could ever

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Vinyl 

Vinyl had a good year in the UK. Here are the top-selling vinyl albums of 2020

January 10, 2021January 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments UK, Vinyl

Pandemic or not, Brits bought a lot of vinyl in 2020. In fact, sales nearly reached a 30-year high. This

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, December 1, 2020

December 1, 2020November 30, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Clash, Drake, Elon Musk, Foo Fighters, Grammys, Halsey, Headbangers, Leonard Co, Pogues, Radio, Shane McGowan, The Weeknd, Turntables, Vinyl

One more month left in this horrible year. Hang in there. Here’s music news for December 1, 2020. Halsey has

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Is “vinyls” an acceptable plural version of “vinyl?”

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Vinyl

Look, I get that the English language is an ever-evolving thing. If you had a time machine that took you

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, November 19, 2020

November 19, 2020November 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Dua Lipa, Elton John, FIFA 2021, Guitars, Jet Suit, Katy Perry, KISS, Metal, Netflix, Pavement, Roger Daltrey, Sam Roberts, Spotify, Van Halen, Vinyl

What a way to go. Wow. I’ll stick with compiling music news for November 19, 2020. Coronavirus update: This band

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, November 16, 2020

November 16, 2020November 15, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Apple, Darkness, Donald Trump, Eminem, Justin Bieber, Korn, Lil Pump, Paul McCartney, Perry Farrell, Scott Weiland, Slash, Taylor Swift, Theremin, Tower Records, Vinyl, Wu-Tang Clan

Stupid sexy Flanders ass. One you investigate that, move on to music news for November 16, 2020. Coronavirus update: This

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Music Industry 

Here’s a visualization of the evolution of the music industry since 1977.

October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassettes, CDs, Streaming, Vinyl

The recorded music industry has gone through a ton of changes in its 100+-year history. This visualization illustrates some of

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