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Robots Suck At Scratching Vinyl
The DJs of the world can breathe a sigh of relief, because if this video is any indication, it's going to be a long time before they're in jeopardy of losing gigs to robots.
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Inside the Project to Immortalise John Peel’s Record Collection
Before even cassettes became kitsch, we had the vinyl record. Our legendary Englishman, John Peel, had more vinyl than just about anyone else. And, as one of the most influential disc jockeys ever to...
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This Is the Oldest Vinyl Album In the History of the World
Sometime in 1890, Emile Berliner recorded the first album in the history of the world. Then, that record by the father of the gramophone was destroyed. Today, Patrick Feaster, a sound historian at...
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How to Digitise Your Vinyl Collection
Your LP collection may be the coelacanth of storage mediums, but it is often a repository of tracks and titles that you simply can’t get anywhere else. Here’s how to digitise your wax-platter music,...
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Global Streaming Music Revenue Up 40% in 2012
Maybe the music industry isn’t doomed after all, as research points to on-demand services like Spotify and We7 generating up to £696m for the global music industry this year alone, which is a complete...
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This 1960s Gadget Is More Kid-Friendly Than Today’s
The Kenner Close n Play was a modest gadget from the outside: you put in a vinyl record, closed the lid, and it would play. It looked like a lunchbox. It was simple. But above all, it was for kids....
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How Records Are Made
While 8-tracks and cassettes are as relevent to the digital world as wax cylinders, the vinyl LP is still being steadily produced and collected despite, or perhaps thanks to, their imprecise warm...
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Do You Still Buy Vinyl?
In the US and UK, yesterday was Record Store Day, complete with a slew of special releases on everybody’s favourite antiquated audio medium. Hobbyists everywhere rushed out this morning to stand in...
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Daft Punk’s Patchy Pop Comeback Fuels Vinyl Revival
Amateur DJs wishing to drop Daft Punk album tracks in their wedding party set lists have boosted sales of vinyl at Amazon, with the online retailer selling the highest number of 12-inch records this...
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This Hypnotic Turntable’s Glowing Platter Floats on Magnets
If you’re a fan of the supposedly warmer, richer sound of vinyl, you owe it to yourself to outfit your sound system with gear that does your record collection justice. And as long as you’re not...
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UK Vinyl Sales Get Lucky Thanks to Daft Punk and Bowie Successes
UK vinyl sales have got Harder Better Faster Stronger in 2013, doubling year-on-year as music fans’ Digital Love wanes as they Give Life Back to Music through the waxy discs One More Time, thanks in...
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With HMV Re-Opened, Can You Teach An Old Music-Loving Dog New Tricks?
The first record I ever bought was from HMV. It was Weezer’s Green Album, and while I can’t pretend it was the moment that my obsession with music kicked off (I’ll put that down to the literal wall of...
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Amazing 1956 Video Explains How Music Went From Concert Hall to Vinyl
Vinyl may have had its day—hell, some readers of this site may never have seen it in action—but for a small group of dedicated fans, it still lives on. This amazing 1956 video explains the process,...
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Watch This Vinyl Record Play Music and a Full Colour Animation
Man, there is something inexplicably magical about moving images. GIFs are currently living large as the forever-looping medium of choice, but the ol’ timey zoetrope is having a bit of a renaissance....
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