By Marvin Marks on May 17, 2011 in Features | 0 Comments
While CD sales continue to drop every year, vinyl sales are actually climbing (up 14% from 2009.) Here are the top 10 selling vinyl albums in 2010 (with the total sold in parenthesis.) 1. The Beatles: Abbey Road (35,000) 2. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (18,800) 3. The Black Keys: Brothers (18,400) 4. Vampire Weekend: Contra [...]
By Marvin Marks on Apr 13, 2011 in Music News | 0 Comments
Radiohead is releasing two new songs this Saturday (the 16th) on 12″ vinyl for “Record Store Day” in Europe & Japan. The songs are titled “Supercollider” and “The Butcher.” As of now there are no official plans to release these songs in other ways but they’ll certainly find their way onto the internet one way [...]
By Marvin Marks on Mar 28, 2011 in Features | 0 Comments
A list of some popular (and/or critically acclaimed) albums released (or set to be released) in 2011 that are currently available to be purchased on vinyl on Amazon: Radiohead – The King of Limbs. The vinyl version of this album is popular enough to be ranked #88 overall among Amazon’s best-selling music. The CD version [...]
By Marvin Marks on Dec 1, 2009 in Features | 1 Comment
UPDATE: 3/16/10 has come and gone without any news of remastered vinyl LPs. As soon as I hear any news (hopefully it’s still happening!) on the subject I’ll be updating here. The latest rumor (and it’s just a rumor at this point, no official statement on this has been released by The Beatles) is that [...]
By Marvin Marks on Sep 16, 2009 in Music News | 0 Comments
As of yesterday The Avett Brothers new album I and Love and You is available to purchase on vinyl (it’s a double album on vinyl.) CLICK HERE to buy it on Amazon. It doesn’t have it’s wide release on CD and in download format until September 29th but the band decided to release the vinyl [...]