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Vinyl revitalize music industry


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Vinyl records are not just for DJs to spin any more. These hunky, 12-inch pieces of wax are quickly becoming the physical medium of choice among music fans. In an age when thousands of songs can be stored on a miniscule device like an iPod Nano, younger consumers are discovering that perhaps their grandparents were […]

Record Store Day proves true value of buying records


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I steal music. Most people reading this probably do too. I’m not saying it’s right, but I rarely feel guilty. Much of my generation has fallen into the easy routine of downloading music for free. As a result, record release dates mean nothing, as albums leak weeks in advance. Yet while the Recording Industry Association […]

Record Store Day spurs vinyl comeback


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Saturday, April 17, 6:59 a.m.: A line of bleary-eyed yet eager shoppers snaked along the sidewalk adjacent to Fingerprints, an independently run music shop in the Belmont Shore section of Long Beach. The throng, a shoddy assortment of teenagers and adults donning jeans and sneakers, plaid button-downs and band T-shirts, was a somewhat unusual fixture […]