The other day, I pre-ordered an LP record for the first time in a long while.Shogo Hamada's "Before the Stream".It is a completely limited production edition, priced at 6,600 yen. It is scheduled to ...

When the CD format debuted in the early 1980s, one of the most appealing aspects of going digital was that CDs wouldn’t wear out from being played. That’s true, but scuffed-up CDs can skip or become ...

Seventy years ago this week something important happened in music history: the first LP, or long-playing vinyl record, was introduced. At the time, the LP was a new kind of record that let people ...

Vinyl records have seen a resurgence in popularity, with 2022 sales surpassing CDs for the first time in 39 years. Columbia Records introduced the first long-play (LP) vinyl record, building on ...

Did you know that you can transform your old LP records into bowls? All you need is a record and an oven, and you can whip together a stylish, music-themed bowl that can hold everything from desk ...

Cleaning your old LPs with plain water can improve sound quality significantly. To get started I took off my ring and washed my hands. Next, I bathed a few noisy records with distilled water in my ...

“I don’t know how we ever did with out the LP,” says Composer Roy Harris. “It is to music what the printing press was to literature.” Comparing the influence of the long-playing record to Gutenberg is ...

Happy birthday to the first vinyl LP! Today marks 70 years to the day since Columbia Records first introduced the 12" 33 1⁄3 RPM microgroove long playing record with a copy of Mendelssohn's Concerto ...