Record Store Photos

Photos: Vinyl and More - flickr.com

Information: Vintage Vinyl - University City, Missouri

Photos from the Vintage Vinyl in University City, Missouri.


Vintage Vinyl - Street


Vintage Vinyl - Albums


Vintage Vinyl - Markdowns

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Vinyl Documentaries

Article: 18 Documentaries About Vinyl and Record Collecting - Colored Vinyl Records

With Colin Hanks' documentary, All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (2015), I'd like to tell you about other documentaries on vinyl records. Subjects include record stores, record collecting, and more!:

 ● When Albums Ruled the World (2013) - BBC Four

 ● I Need That Record! (2008) - Unsatisfied Films

 ● Records Collecting Dust (2015) - Riot House Pictures

 ● Last Shop Standing (2012) - Blue Hippo Media

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Gramophone - Editor's Choice Recordings for March

Article: Editor's Choice recordings – March 2016 - Gramophone

Gramophone has released its March Editor's Choice recordings list.

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Classical Music - Best Places to Listen Online!

One of my great loves is Classical Music! The Internet has brought a great deal of classical music to those who love it. Here are my suggestions as to where to find the best Classical Music resources online!

 • NRK Klassisk


This radio station is from NRK, the national radio network of Norway. They have a number of different stations. I listen to their classical station, NRK Klassisk. If you are on Google Chrome, you will be automatically prompted if you would like to translate the station's page. Click yes, and you will see the current selections playing, with the current selection highlighted.

 • Spotify Classical


Spotify, as you probably know, is a streaming music service. They have a variety of genres available, including Classical. There are a number of symphony orchestras that have concerts and albums available on Spotify. Those include: Wiener Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. When you listen with their Free option, you get 160 kbps streaming. When you use their Paid option, you get 320 kbps streaming.

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Cassettes Are Back!

Article: Cassettes roll back into fashion - Daily Mail

Article: Are cassette tapes making an unexpected comeback? - BBC News

Article: This Company Is Still Making Audio Cassettes and Sales Are Better Than Ever - Bloomberg Business

Article: Audio cassettes are back—because hipsters - Quartz



Vinyl has been making a massive resurgence! And now, cassettes are joining them!

I have two copies of a classic JVC boombox that has a very good cassette recorder. So, doing cassettes is pretty easy for me. I know that it isn't for a lot of people, which is perfectly cool. But, if you do have the right equipment, the rest has become a lot easier to do!

I have bought a number of vintage blank cassettes, plus a number of pre-recorded cassettes. The blanks have worked really well! The pre-recorded ones have definitely shown their age. The sound quality on most of them has clearly degraded. The ones on better tape, Chromium Dioxide (Cr02), are clearly better! But, listening to music on cassette mostly means making your own cassettes. After all, that's what's most legendary about cassettes: making your own mixtapes. So, that's what people who love cassettes most would be wanting to do, anyway!

Having a good cassette recorder is the first step. But, having good blank cassettes is the second step. And, you can still do that with National Audio Company (NAC). They make both regular bias and CrO2 blank cassettes. They also make pre-recorded cassettes for companies like Sony. You can order the higher-bias cassettes for just over $4 US a piece.

If you love classic tech and classic tunes, try out cassettes! And, have fun!

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