The Classic Vinyl Record

As I’m sifting through news stories and articles looking for something to talk about, I keep coming across ads about LP to MP3 converters.
What the crap?
Isn’t the point of records to enjoy the high quality music? I understand that a lot of people have records, but don’t really care to listen to them. So [...]

That’s right, Elvis Costello is releasing his new album “Momofuku” only on vinyl album. If you buy the album, you will get a code so you can download it on MP3. There will be no CD release for this.
Is this a hint of the direction of formats?
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (NIN) has [...]

I saw a great interview with a record store owner in Santa Cruz, California. The article was done by City On A Hill Press, a site from the University of California.
It’s nice to see that there are still stores open that sell vinyl.
With peer-to-peer programs and CDs making music far cheaper than buying vinyl [...]

I’m reading this e-book about collecting vinyl records. It has a lot of history and reasons why people collect records. you can find “The Fascinating Hobby of Vinyl Record Collecting’ at Robert Benson’s blog, Collecting Vinyl Records.
The one part that really stands out to me is the difference between CD’s and vinyl. It’s not saying [...]

This made me laugh, because, yes. People who listen to records and claim that they are better than CD’s maybe are snobs. (From the website of DePaul University.)
Ever since Napster came onto the scene in the late 90s, the music industry has been in a state of limbo, finding it hard to cope with the [...]

Well, Time Magazine has now just noticed that vinyl records are becoming more popular. How very journalistic of them to be so on top of popular culture (sorry for the sarcasm). After reading their article, I really got the idea that Time thinks that the reason vinyl is selling more is that young people think [...]

I have seen a number of articles and posts about whether or not it is legal or ethical to rip an album or CD that you already own to MP3. There are at least two schools of thought on this.
The first idea is that once you own something, you own the content. The music is [...]