Vinyl Records

In February, Digital Music News was first to report that a fire had destroyed Banning, California's Apollo Transco, one of two plants in the world (the other being Japan's MDC) known to create the lacquer dis... Read More...

Though the first of three planned Record Store Day 2020 legs won’t arrive for two months yet, UK-based music retailers enjoyed more than $1.24 million (£1 million) in one-day sales on Saturday, June 20th. Th... Read More...

Manhattan’s oldest record store, Record Mart, is permanently closing its doors. Record Mart recently confirmed the unfortunate news on Facebook, writing: “Sad to say it is the end of era!!” Outside of tha... Read More...

Although states across America are reopening their economies following lockdown measures stemming from the coronavirus crisis, many independent record stores are being forced to permanently close their doors.... Read More...

The Los Angeles Lakers, a storied basketball franchise worth more than $4.4 billion, recently scored a $4.6 million 'small business' Paycheck Protection Loan from the federal government.  Millions were also g... 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...

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 change of plans, Record ... Read More...

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 purchasing pause is expected to last until at lea... Read More...