Addicted To Vinyl

Back in February, I was among the many music fans that were following with interest, the story about the mammoth record collection that was on Ebay with a price tag of three million dollars.
What will three million dollars get you?
You’ll acquire a modest music collection made up of:
3 million albums.
300,000 CDs.
More than 6 million song […]

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Mark it down - I’m pointing you all towards something from The Plain Dealer that is not authored by John Soeder.
That’s right folks, it happens on rare occasion.
Speaking of that, one of these days, I’m going to ask John if “Soeder” is pronounced in such a way that rhymes with Loder….as in Kurt Loder.

I thought […]

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You’re all winners, you really are…
Congrats to Ann, Kim, Michael, Anne, and Daniel - they are the lucky recipients of the Jackson Browne/David Lindley DVD freebie that I offered up last week. I put the DVDs in the mail today, after getting back from Virgin Festival, so you all should be enjoying the DVD […]

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And I’m not talking about “Saturday in the Park,” or “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” or even “Saturday Night” by Bay City Rollers.
And I’m not talking about the version of “Saturday Night” by Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.
But come to think of it, I should be.
Anyway.
Retro Music Snob featured my post regarding the not-so-lovely “remix” of Survivor’s […]

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As I’ve mentioned in the past, my parents (and others) helped to paint a rich musical tapestry for me in my youth, giving me exposure to a wide range of musical genres. Musical taste that was already quite diverse, has grown even broader throughout the years that I spent growing up working in various […]

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I added another great blog to my reading list this week when I came across The Lost Turntable.
The Lost Turntable is a digitally remixed slice of vinyl heaven for all of you 12 inch lovers out there. The Lost Turntable is described in the headline as “The Imported Out-of-Print 12″ Extended Remix B-Side of […]

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I was in a record store last night (Gem City Records in Dayton, OH) and was looking at their massive (yay!) vinyl section when I saw the following item:
Disturbed - Indestructible
180 gram half-speed mastered double vinyl release, etched vinyl on the fourth side.
(Purchase from Amazon)
Okay fine, probably a wise move to sell extra units of […]

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So I mention The Yayhoos in one of my recent posts, and lo and behold, the spirit of the Yayhoos saw fit to deliver a genuine real rock and roll band to a club right down the street from my house last night.
I walked a quick block from my house to The Hi-Fi Concert Club, […]

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I’m in Minneapolis for work, and was in a cab tonight, headed back to the hotel after dinner.
My fellow vinyl loving friend and co-worker Michael made note that he thought that the cab driver had a tattoo of one of those old 45 adapters. After taking a closer stealth look, he determined that that […]

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I remember the time when I came so close to you
Sent me skipping my class and running from school
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool
What makes me think I could start clean slated
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
Indigo Girls - Least Complicated
Young love. Kathy was the girl that […]

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