Groove On….

As this year’s edition of Record Store Day fades into the distance, you might enjoy some reading regarding the vinyl-making process at Cleveland’s own Gotta Groove Records. I’ve read a lot of different profiles of the Gotta Groove operation but this one from the folks at Whopperjaw is my favorite, ranking at about 9 on […]

“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 […]

Some good news for Crowded House fans…

As Record Store Day approaches, there are two items on my “must have” list amidst the many other items on the list of releases that fall into the “would like to have” category (I’m looking at you, Tom Petty vinyl reissues).  One of those items is the Foo Fighters vinyl compilation that collects many of […]

Record Store Day 2010 – This Saturday!

For those of you that inexplicably haven’t been to your favorite local indie record store since Record Store Day last year, guess what?  It’s time to do it all again! This Saturday, music fans will once again congregate at record stores throughout the United States and the UK to celebrate Record Store Day, with a […]