Some retailers give vinyl records a spin

It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain.

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An Ode to Vinyl

I feel bad for this younger, "digital" generation. Yeah, I'm an old vinyl-junkie and a bit of a crank, so I am going to rail in a very "these-kids-today-don't-know-what-they're-missing" kind of way. You'll have to excuse my curmudgeonly hater-ism.

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Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that they hope will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought to be costing the industry millions of dollars in lost revenue.

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They say music is the food of love, and who doesn't love food – especially a free lunch?

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On the third Saturday of every month, aka Vinyl Saturday, there will be exclusive new releases at your participating brick-and-mortar record shop.

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Old or new, independent record stores — and contents inside — are priceless. Youngstown, Ohio local record stores Indie Wax Records, Underdog Records, The Record Connection.

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By now you've read what I love about record stores, and what I could live without. In this third--and final--installment, I'm going to throw out some ideas for how to bring record shops into the 21st century.

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Many record stores are going out of business for perfectly good reasons that have little to do with iTunes or Amazon. In general, the brick-and-mortar music retail experience is antique and frustrating, and when it's bad, it's enough to make you swear off record shops for good.

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Last Saturday, independent music retailers organized a national Record Store Day, complete with in-store freebies and exclusive releases from dozens of bands who want to see these business survive.

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I could kill hours flipping through racks, seeing what's new in the used section, glancing at one record cover and making a connection to a different album and seeing if the store has that one.

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With the aid of a computer and a credit card, it is easy to buy almost any piece of music that has ever been released.

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Audiophiles have long argued that vinyl records offer better sound quality than CDs or MP3s, but their stoic loyalty in the face of change was seen as little more than a nostalgic bias during the 25 years in which digital recordings came to dominate the music industry.

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As the production line grinds to its own industrial beat, it's clear that music formats don't get any more physical than this.

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Yes, you read that right. Washington, D.C.'s groundbreaking indie label Dischord Records is putting out its back catalog, but on vinyl. The first releases will be by Minor Threat and the split Void/Faith album.

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Peoples' Records is an amazing vinyl shop in Detroit, MI. After a terrible fire and flooding in the shop's original location, it looked as though Peoples' Records was lost. Now, the shop has a brand spankin' new location on Woodward Ave. and is ready to find more vinyl!

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Thousands of recordings that had been largely consigned to the realm of prehistory in the digital age have gained a new life, thanks to the tireless efforts of one man.

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Vinyl shower curtains release over 100 toxic chemicals into the air in people's bathrooms, including known carcinogens and reproductive toxins, according to a new report calling for the ban of Polyvinyl chloride in bath curtains and liners.

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Ask about toxic shower curtains and many people will mention mold and mildew.

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It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain. This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of REM's latest release "Accelerate" inadvertently entered the "LP" code instead. Soon boxes of the big, vinyl discs showed up at several stores.

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Part two, fans, in which those other worst album covers are made to look almost respectable.

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Some really horrible stuff to cap off your weekend.

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The RIAA figures indicate that 2007 vinyl sales increased by 36.6 percent in comparison to the previous year, while CD sales are down by 11.7 percent. There's life in those dusty grooves yet

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It used to be the collector's dream - charity shops where ill-informed staff sold first editions and rare records for pennies.

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Uncontrollable Urges on National Record Store Day

As Listen In has reported earlier this afternoon, today is national Record Store Day. As one might imagine, New York City has no shortage of record stores (though they have certainly dwindled in recent years) so around noon I set out in search of some vinyl.

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A Diggin' the Crates Weekend Special: Today is Record Store Day!

Today is a very special day for record collectors. Saturday, April 19th: Record Store Day. Today, independent record stores across North America are celebrating the wonders of the digging lifestyle with sales and special in-store performances.

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Mr. Lambert said he wondered for years when the bottom would fall out and the store would finally be washed away by the wonders of the digital age. But last year, Mr. Weisfeld signed a new 10-year lease. Mr.

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