The Art of Vinyl
Thick as a Brick is the fifth studio album by the rock band Jethro Tull. It was released in March 1972. The two sides of the album are a continuous piece of music. It is a parody of the concept album genre. The album was recorded in late 1971 and features music composed by Ian Anderson and arranged with the…
Wish You Were Here was released September 12th, 1975 through Harvest Records and Columbia Records. It was their first release on Columbia. The album is based on material the band composed while performing in Europe. Pink Floyd recorded Wish You Were Here over throughout 1975 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Themes you can find throughout the album are criticism of…
Marina Eckersley, University of Toronto Vinyl sales have been surging in the last few years, as CD sales stay flat and digital downloads decrease. In the United Kingdom, data from 2016 reveals that vinyl LP sales revenue surpassed that of digital downloads. And in the United States, LP sales are on par with the sales…
More info here: http://gothamist.com/2016/04/14/video… Record store owners see LPs and 45s come and go by the dozen every day—but what are the records that make them stop and take notice? From ultra-rare ’60s psychedelic rock to modern, modestly-priced reissues, we found out which records hold a special place in shopkeepers’ hearts. Video by Jessica Leibowitz…
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Peter Tosh, the Jamaican native, released Bush Doctor in 1978. It was put out by Rolling Stone Records and even features Mick and Keith on a few of the tracks. Tosh, who was born Winston Hubert McIntosh changed his name to Peter Tosh after meeting Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer. They started singing together in…
The Real Folk Blues is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker that was recorded in Chicago in 1966 and released by the Chess label. Additional tracks from the sessions were released as More Real Folk Blues: The Missing Album in 1991. John Lee Hooker was a blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was…