Recover EP by Chvrches on transparent tangerine vinyl
According to the Official Chart Company, UK sales of vinyl records in the first quarter of 2013 rose 78%, compared with 2012. In 1993, only 300,000 vinyl records were sold in the United States. In 2012, according to Nielsen SoundScan, 4.6 million vinyl records were sold across the US. What the hell happened? Vinyl was supposed to be dead. Why such a remarkable comeback?
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Interior of Banquet Records on Record Store Day 2013 (click for larger image). Photo by James Perou, courtesy of Banquet Records.
Saturday 20 April 2013 was Record Store Day. If you didn’t visit and support you nearest vinyl emporium, shame on you. My 15-year-old son, Harry, and I had the most glorious time at Banquet Records, Kingston upon Thames, London. We bought some very special vinyl.
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This year Jack White is the official ambassador for Record Store Day, which takes place on 20 April 2013.
A promotional video made for Record Store Day features Jack White on location at United Record Pressing in Nashville, the pressing plant that creates vinyl for his Third Man Records label.
Record Store Day supports independent record shops around the world. Buy vinyl. You know it makes sense.
Based on the successful book of the same name by Graham Jones, Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop is a charming 50 minute warts-and-all documentary about the history of independent record shops in the UK. (Read more…)
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable
If you read my last blog post, you’ll know that lately I’ve been listening to “Cortez the killer” (by Neil Young with Crazy Horse) a lot. Writing about that track reminded me why I don’t own an iPod, or other portable digital music player. Read more…
