“Good Vibrations” at 78 RPM

Anyone who bought the Beach Boys Record Store Day single for “Good Vibrations” without realizing that it was a 78 RPM pressing will be interested in this video (unless you simply went to the more recent and now old-fashioned CD backup). Furthermore, you’ll be intrigued by the method used to achieve playback on this turntable, […]

Dave Grohl nerds out about vinyl

If you’ve been following our Twitter feed, you’ll know that we were submerged in Record Store Day fun over the weekend, something that will be familiar to many music fans who mapped out their weekend plans in a similar fashion. While we came away with some good scores (Beach Boys 10″, the Beady Eye singles […]

Vinyl Safari: Record Den and the resurgence of vinyl

These articles about the vinyl comeback are a dime a dozen, but there’s a particularly good piece (of interest to Cleveland music enthusiasts especially) in yesterday’s News-Herald featuring a profile of the Cleveland-area destination Record Den. The piece features extensive conversation with owner Greg Beaumont and also an interesting look at the music discovery habits […]