Vinyl Records

Photo Credit: Victrola Factors including supply-chain disruptions, heightened chemical prices, and unprecedented demand are contributing to a vinyl shortage – prompting some artists to opt against releasing m... Read More...

Walmart photo by JJBers Public (CC by SA 4.0) Walmart has now exhausted its entire supply of Morgan Wallen Dangerous double-vinyl LPs — with each carrying a $34 price tag. Morgan Wallen's unexpected sales su... Read More...

Photo Credit: Jace & Afsoon Vinyl record sales reached their highest levels since 1991 during the week following Black Friday, according to newly released figures from Nielsen/MRC Data. Between Friday, N... Read More...

14 years after the closure of its famed retail locations, Tower Records has triumphantly returned – once again as an online store. Tower Records officials recently confirmed the news on social media, and the... Read More...

A bar-graph comparison of physical sales on the Discogs Marketplace in 2019 and 2020. Photo Credit: Discogs Last month, Digital Music News was first to report that vinyl had thrived through 2020’s initial six... Read More...

A promotional image for Asheville, North Carolina's Citizen Vinyl. Photo Credit: Citizen Vinyl In February, Digital Music News was first to report that a fire had destroyed Banning, California's Apollo Transc... Read More...

Drift Records' Rupert Morrison - with help from his daughter - prepares online orders received on June 20th. Though the first of three planned Record Store Day 2020 legs won’t arrive for two months yet, UK-ba... Read More...

Record Mart prior to closing in the Times Square subway station, NYC (photo: Record Mart) Manhattan’s oldest record store, Record Mart, is permanently closing its doors. Record Mart recently confirmed the un... Read More...

Photo Credit: Kevin laminto Although states across America are reopening their economies following lockdown measures stemming from the coronavirus crisis, many independent record stores are being forced to pe... Read More...