Vinyl Records

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...

Bleak news from Seattle's Bop Street Records, which is now closing its doors because of COVID-19 shutdowns. The Los Angeles Lakers, a storied basketball franchise worth more than $4.4 billion, recently scored... Read More...

After hiring approximately 175,000 new workers to handle orders being placed by self-quarantining customers, Amazon has announced that it will continue fulfilling nonessential item purchases this week. About... Read More...

In 2019, U.S. vinyl record sales grew by nearly 20 percent to over $500 million, marking the 14th consecutive year in which the format's domestic commercial performance has improved. Now, COVID-19 is putting ... Read More...

(photo: Luana De Marco) Record Store Day 2020 has been postponed until June, but that isn’t stopping vinyl fans from supporting independent record stores. Before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced a ... Read More...

A London record store (photo: Clem Onojeghuo) In an effort to more quickly and effectively distribute food and medical supplies, Amazon has temporarily stopped mass-ordering of CDs and vinyl records. The pur... Read More...