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Weekly Vinyl Record Sales Surge to 827,000 Following Record Store Day — a Brand-New ‘Record’

April 24, 2019

A Nielsen Music report says Record Store Day drove record-breaking vinyl sales, with more than 827,000 sold that week. Nielsen Music says this year's Record Store Day — held on April 13th — was the third-lar... Read More...

Bandcamp Announces a Vinyl Record Pressing Service: ‘The Format’s Resurgence Is Now Firmly Established’

Marsha Silva

April 18, 2019

The vinyl resurgence just got a supply-side boost. The US-based domestic demand for vinyl records hit an all-time high in 1986, falling just short of hitting the one-billion-dollar mark in annual sales. The ... Read More...

Streaming Now Makes Up 71.4% of the Australian Music Market

71.4% of Australian Recording Revenues Come From Streaming

Daniel Sanchez

April 4, 2019

Streaming continues to expand global recorded music revenue. Now, Australia has revealed just how much the medium has driven up its local industry. Over the past few years, multiple music markets around the... Read More...

Downtown’s $200 Million Buyout of CD Baby Only Included Digital — Now There’s a Physical Spin-off

Paul Resnikoff

April 2, 2019

Last week, Downtown Music dropped $200 million to purchase AVL Digital Group and its crown jewel, CD Baby. The deal also included other AVL-owned digital properties, including AdRev, DashGo and Soundrop. Wh... Read More...

Warner Music Group’s ‘Record Store Crawl’ Is Hitting Major U.S. Cities — Here are the Upcoming Dates

Ashley King

March 15, 2019

Think of this like 'Record Store Day — The Tour'. Warner Music Group has announced a new series of dates for its Record Store Crawl event. Several locations across the country are featured in the fourth ann... Read More...

Beatport + DJcity = Beatsource, an ‘Open-Format’ EDM Production Venture

Marsha Silva

February 14, 2019

Beatport and DJcity are coming together to create Beatsource.com, a considerable catalog of curated music dedicated to DJs and producers. According to a joint announcement released by Beatport and DJcity ear... Read More...

The Technics SL-1200 MK7 for DJs Is Coming In a Few Months — Here’s What It Looks Like

Ashley King

January 15, 2019

DJs rejoice: the new Technics SL-1200 MK7 turntable is coming in a few months (most likely by the summer). We got a first-hand look at the new turntable at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vega... Read More...

BPI Successfully Shuts Down Counterfeit Vinyl Records Ring

With Vinyl’s Resurgence Comes Vinyl Counterfeiting. The BPI Just Busted an Operation In Wales.

Daniel Sanchez

December 14, 2018

Whether you make a few dollars or a thousand dollars on the side selling vinyl records, the BPI won’t tolerate any counterfeit operation. For the past four years, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and ... Read More...

Quadraphonic Sound Died In the 1970s. So Why Is Somebody Bringing It Back?

Paul Resnikoff

November 1, 2018

Quadraphonic sound was one of the earliest surround sound technologies that emerged in the 1970s. It was technically known as '4.0 surround' in audiophile speak. The idea was to have 4-speakers in each corner... Read More...

A Rare Pressing of Prince’s ‘The Black Album’ Resurfaces (Price Tag $40,000)

Ashley King

October 25, 2018

Twenty-four years after Prince signed an agreement with Warner Bros. to release The Black Album, a factory sealed copy has appeared on Discogs. The factory sealed version of the album is one of eight known t... Read More...

Universal Music Group Partners With Marvel to Reinterpret Classic Hip Hop Album Covers

Ashley King

October 23, 2018

Through a new partnership between Marvel and UMG division Urban Legends, three legendary hip-hop albums will get a comic book makeover. That could be the first of several rare reinterpretations. Urban Legen... Read More...

Third Man Records Opens a Old School Photo Lab In Nashville

Ashley King

October 22, 2018

A celebrated producer of vinyl records has announced a new old school photo studio. Third Man Records in Nashville soft-launched the venture this summer. Like its Detroit vinyl records plant, Third Man Phot... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Londoner Jailed Following UK’s Largest Seizure of Counterfeit Vinyl Records

Dr. Dre’s ‘2001’ to Receive a ‘Definitive Sound Series’ Release — Limited-Edition Vinyl Was ‘Mastered Directly from the Original Analog Master Tapes,’ Interscope-Capitol Says

Columbia House is Shutting Down (Again), This Time for Good

Does Stevie Wonder Oppose the Proposed Phono V Settlement? New Comment Says ‘The Extraordinary Gift of Songwriting Has Too Often Been Undervalued’

Weekly Vinyl Record Sales Surge to 827,000 Following Record Store Day — a Brand-New ‘Record’

Bandcamp Announces a Vinyl Record Pressing Service: ‘The Format’s Resurgence Is Now Firmly Established’

71.4% of Australian Recording Revenues Come From Streaming

Downtown’s $200 Million Buyout of CD Baby Only Included Digital — Now There’s a Physical Spin-off

Warner Music Group’s ‘Record Store Crawl’ Is Hitting Major U.S. Cities — Here are the Upcoming Dates

Beatport + DJcity = Beatsource, an ‘Open-Format’ EDM Production Venture

The Technics SL-1200 MK7 for DJs Is Coming In a Few Months — Here’s What It Looks Like

With Vinyl’s Resurgence Comes Vinyl Counterfeiting. The BPI Just Busted an Operation In Wales.

Quadraphonic Sound Died In the 1970s. So Why Is Somebody Bringing It Back?

A Rare Pressing of Prince’s ‘The Black Album’ Resurfaces (Price Tag $40,000)

Universal Music Group Partners With Marvel to Reinterpret Classic Hip Hop Album Covers

Third Man Records Opens a Old School Photo Lab In Nashville