Northern soul vinyl records can fetch eye-watering prices on the second-hand market, but how are you supposed to know if your ...

If a $145 price tag is making you feel a bit “whooo,” a 2LP version is also available. For $42, you can get 20 tracks sequenced by composer Lorien Testard, including “Alicia” and “Une vie à t’aimer.” ...

The store offers rare and obscure vinyl records, CDs and genuine vintage posters and music memorabilia. Lawless said this Record Store Day will feature merchandise for everyone.

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Vinyl's dynamic range, as you may have guessed by this section's title, is inferior to that of CDs, full stop. CDs can reach up to 96 dB of range, while vinyl records are stuck at about 70 dB.

He said that along with exclusive Record Store Day offerings, records at the front of the store will be sold for $1 and all posters, including some going back to the '50s and '60s, for 20% off ...

Vinyl sales grew for the 16th consecutive year in 2022, with 41 million albums sold — compared to 33 million CDs. Streaming is still the biggest driver of the music industry's growth.

Key Background Vinyl sales have been on the rise in recent years and Swift has led the charge, setting plenty of records for vinyl sales. In 2022, her “Midnights” was the year’s best-selling ...