Vinyl Moon landed on my doorstep last week. Launched on Kickstarter in May, the project from The Burning Ear writer/founder Brandon Bogajewicz licenses music from a variety of emerging artists, stamps them onto a vinyl mixtape and packages it all together with original artwork once a month for delivery to a growing subscription community. There was more than enough speculation about the success of the venture, but the funders were there and the product is everything it promised to be. Continue Reading
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Unboxing Vinyl Moon
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First look at the official Discogs app
A year in the making, the first official Discogs app is poised for release, aimed at helping the vinyl community keep track of its collection. While only a short press release and a few images have emerged during the invite-only beta release, Wax Times digs into the details with an exclusive interview from the development and release team. Continue Reading
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4 strategies for returning records
Imperfections in record pressings happen. Don’t let a blanket no return policy leave you stuck with a $20 placemat. Stores, labels and distributors claim that production problems don’t exist, that their pressings are perfect. But nobody’s perfect — not even a machine. Financially you’re committed but sometimes things aren’t sounding good. Despite the policies and no matter what anyone tells you during checkout, sometimes there’s still hope for returning records. Continue Reading
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Finding rare records online the easy way
Some out-of-print records don’t show up in-store that often, even during the regaining popularity where it feels like everything is getting repressed. Still needing to find a copy of Eno’s Music for Airports or another favorite that isn’t part a reissue series just yet isn’t that hard. With eBay, Discogs and Google Alerts, to name a few, finding rare records online is really simple. Continue Reading
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Maintaining the value of original pressings
Maintaining the value of original pressings isn’t only about the vinyl it’s also about making certain all the packaging, inserts and extras included with the album are never separated, damaged or lost. Even the smallest element misplaced along the way impacts the overall value of a record down the road. Continue Reading
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