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Kamis, 28 Oktober 2010

Kamis, 16 September 2010

The Best Record Stores in the USA: The top 25 spots for unique vinyl and CDs, from San Francisco to Boston


Amoeba MusicEven in the days when record-store chains ruled the music world, nothing compared to Amoeba. It was, and is, simply the most thorough and welcoming place a record lover could hope to shop. Each of its three stores features more than 100,000 items — much of it surprisingly high-grade, and with loads of surprises and rarities around seemingly every corner. Which, as anyone who's been

Minggu, 12 September 2010

Play It Again: Promoter Has One-Track Mind About Eight Tracks



DALLAS—Last fall, more than 200 people crammed into one of this city's premier contemporary art galleries for a three-day show. The white walls, accustomed to paintings that sell for thousands of dollars, were home to less rarified fare.
The show? Eight Track Tapes: The Bucks Burnett Collection. "It was packed," says gallery owner Barry Whistler.
Presiding over the affair was James "Bucks"

Senin, 06 September 2010

Top 10 Vinyl Myths [Record Pressing]



MYTH # 10 – Only old music sells on vinyl
MYTH # 9 – Vinyl is dead
MYTH # 8 – New vinyl manufacturing equipment is currently being manufactured
MYTH # 7 – 7″ vinyl cut at 33rpm sounds as good as 12″ vinyl cut at 33rpm
MYTH # 6 – 7″ vinyl always comes with a big spindle hole
MYTH # 5 – Gold records are made of gold
MYTH # 4 – You can NOT play a lacquer master on a record player
MYTH # 3 – Direct

Bought some vinyl today: The Golden Earring - "Switch"

Kamis, 02 September 2010

In Praise of Tiny LP's!



Not long ago Amoeba brought in an original 1964 Japanese pressing of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night LP. Typically, we have found that we are able to fetch upwards of $250 for that record in Near Mint condition (which this copy was). However, the LP we purchased also had that strip of paper, printed primarily in Japanese, that it was originally purchased with back in 1964. "Big deal!," one

Rabu, 01 September 2010

The First Sony “YEDS” Japanese Promotional CD Sampler


It should come as no surprise that both record labels and manufacturers of CD players produced many sampler CDs in the early days to promote the new digital format.  After all, CDs were hailed as revolutionary when compared to scratchy LPs and worn casettes due to the CD's portability, durability, and "clean" sound (no excessive hiss inherent to tapes and no pops and clicks inherent to records).

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