I made my way over to Music Saves on Thursday night to pick up a couple of things: They had ordered Ready For The Flood per my request, the newish album from principal Jayhawks members Mark Olson and Gary Louris. Ready For The Flood is the first new studio album from the duo since Olson’s […]
Category: Vinyl
Another cool website – Classic 45s
Scored another worthy website to know about via Bruce/Not Lame/Twitter. Bruce sez: VINYL LOVERS – now this is a truly awesome site for lovers of those little 7″ers Indeed! I could spend hours looking at pix of labels and sleeves. Check out the site for yourself right here. And while you’re at it, here are […]
Youtube Fun – Surrender To Me
I’m enjoying the closing moments of the weekend after being in the suburbs of Pittsburgh today. I came home to find a link to my friend Michele’s “most awesome 80s playlist ever.” For some reason, that made me think of Zander and Wilson, and “Surrender To Me.” We don’t need first names here. But in […]
Wilco give a nice thumbs up to Record Store Day
Wilco are once again voicing their support for indie retailers with the announcement that the new Wilco live DVD Ashes of American Flags will be released on Saturday, April 18th to celebrate Record Store Day. The release will be available exclusively at indie retail record store locations only. A traditional retail release to all other […]
Wednesday: Dropping the needle in Los Angeles
Los Angeles peeps will have something to look forward to on Wednesday besides the usual smog, traffic, and people that look like famous people that probably are actually famous people. ATV reader Mitzye got in touch with me to let me know about the pending return of Album Sides Wednesday on KSWD-FM “100.3 The Sound.” […]
Laserdiscs and a vinyl-loaded trip to Detroit
Here we are at the beginning of another holiday weekend!! Happy new year to you all!! But let’s talk about the previous holiday weekend, which I’ll sum up in one word: Productive. I went to the thrift store to drop off a couple of boxes of CDs, and while I was there, I picked up […]
Any comedy vinyl record collectors out there?
Hey guys, Got the following email/question from one of my ATV readers: Dear Mr. Vinyl, Would you happened to know any COMEDY vinyl record collectors? I need someone who knows alot about comedy vinyl from the 60’s. An e-mail or phone number would be great. Hopefully, once I have album titles I can give you […]
Spinning vinyl: 38 Special – Tour De Force
This “being social in the real world” thing really cramps my blogging style! After my dinner last night with blogger/Clevo/Nashville buddy Kevin Mason, I was re-inspired and researching a future webcam purchase today. During lunch, I went to Best Buy to see a couple of the options in the flesh. I think I found (thanks […]
Spinning vinyl: The Go-Go’s
Winding down tonight after a busy day of work, and an evening of fellowship and food with Kevin Mason, I found myself back at home “spinning the black circle.” Tonight’s selections – the Mudcrutch Extended Play Live EP release that I just got in the mail, and after that, Talk Show by The Go-Go’s. Another […]
Spinning vinyl: Prince and Journey
My camera has been AWOL since I moved in about a year ago. I’ll find it someday. In the meantime, I was listening to some vinyl this morning, and snapped the following label pix using my cell phone for your viewing pleasure… Heading out the door now!