The Art of Vinyl
New Jersey’s Bruce Springsteen began the 1970’s strong with his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., and his sophomore release The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. Both albums in their own right are vinyl classics, but Bruce had not yet a household name. In 1974 things were looking up and he…
Siamese Dream is considered by many to be one of the greatest albums of the grunge era. Nirvana’s Nevermind and Pearl Jam’s Ten might edge it out if we were going to rank albums of the 1990s, but its lyrical material alone has had a massive influence on alternative music as a whole. It was…
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…