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Music lovers pursue technologies to return to high fidelity
USA TODAY
(Jobs, Young noted, preferred listening to his music on vinyl records.) Last month, at the former historic RCA Studio A on Music Row — now known as Ben's Studio — country artist Jerrod Niemann recorded tracks for his latest album with a new invention ...

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Short quotes and book notes: Feb. 5
Knoxville News Sentinel
Pellissippi State Community College's 30th annual Faculty Senate Book Sale will offer gently used books, CDs, DVDs, videos, vinyl records, magazines, calendars, puzzles and computer games. The two-day sale takes place at each of Pellissippi State's ...

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Music lovers pursue return to high fidelity
The Tennessean
(Jobs, Young noted, preferred listening to his music on vinyl records.) Last month, at the former historic RCA Studio A on Music Row — now known as Ben's Studio — country artist Jerrod Niemann recorded tracks for his latest album with a new invention ...

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For the record: printing your art on your sleeve
printweek.com
For example, a current trend is the box set, where several vinyl records are packaged with books and CDs and other items in a presentation box. These can fetch up to £100 or more. "You can charge more because you are creating a buzz about the record ...

Boston Globe
HIGH FIVE: Nick Zammuto
Boston Globe
The duo, featuring Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong, were beloved for their frenetic sound collages built around samples they found everywhere from old vinyl records to bits of overheard conversations. He hasn't elaborated on the band's demise, ...

CTV.ca
Irony alert: Steve Jobs, vinyl music fan?
The Week Magazine
Steve Jobs introduces iTunes in 2003: Despite driving the music industry into the digital age, the late Apple founder still fetishized vinyl records. Photo: Kim Kulish/Corbis SEE ALL 114 PHOTOS The story: Apple may have given users on-the-go access to ...
Why Neil Young hates MP3s -- and what you can do about itWired.co.uk
Rockin' in the Free World: Young Wants 30-Minute-Per-Song DownloadsHouston Chronicle (blog)

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Marquette Tribune
Vinyl record sales settle into good groove
Marquette Tribune
The Exclusive Company in Milwaukee, located at 1669 N. Farwell Ave., has “made the switch,” Hackbarth said, meaning less CDs for sale and more vinyl records. So what accounts for the switch to vinyl records? “There is a certain warmth to vinyl,” said ...

A funny little thing called Dubstep
Montana Kaimin
Vinyl records are the origin and constant of electronic music even as subgenres continue to evolve. You can't say, "You probably haven't heard about it," anymore. In fact, you've probably heard it. Dubstep dropped into Missoula like last week's storm, ...

Rory Gallagher's First (And Best?) 6 Records Re-Released
Rock Cellar Magazine
Fans of legendary Irish rocker Rory Gallagher can finally throw away those worn out tore-up vinyl records of their much revered guitar hero. Or hang them on the wall of their “Rory Shrines.” To mark the 40th anniversary of Rory's first solo album Sony ...

vinyl records
NPR
February 1, 2012 That's not a slam at digital music, the rock 'n' roll legend says. It's a recognition that current formats don't match vinyl's sound. He and Jobs were talking about a new player to give music lovers back the sound they used to get.

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Christian Science Monitor
Steve Jobs preferred listening to 'better sounding' vinyl records than own ...
Economic Times
LONDON: Legendary singer Neil Young has claimed that late Apple's visionary-co-founder Steve Jobs, who was credited with delivering the iPod, preferred listening to vinyl records rather than modern gadgets. The rocker, speaking at a technology ...
Neil Young said Steve Jobs was a vinyl music fanChristian Science Monitor
Steve Jobs Listened To Vinyl At Home, Neil Young SaysNPR (blog)
Steve Jobs Preferred Vinyl Claims Musician Neil YoungSmartHouse
ABC News -ITProPortal
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Onalaska Ink: The Resurrection of Vinyl
my.hsj.org
Most of you won't remember this, but there was a time when people had all of their music on big vinyl records. Well, those ancient records are still being sold, just like CD's and digital downloads. The surprising fact is that the sales of those are ...

New Generation of Music Fans Give Vinyl a Spin
CNBC.com (blog)
As Xiu Xiu pushes the rock genre forward, it gives a nod to its experimental brethren from another era: Its fans can listen to the band on vinyl records. “It tends to make the experience of listening to music deeper,'' said Jamie Stewart, ...

New Velouria Records owner shares plans for the store
Visalia Times-Delta
Some of the first vinyl records Zito ever owned came from her parents. But they came with a catch. "My parents had an amazing record collection that I split with my brother," Zito said. "But [the records] had to be left at their home.

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SonicScoop
“Sound Thinking” by Joe Lambert — The Vinyl Evolution Part 1: To Cut or Not ...
SonicScoop
As you may already know, vinyl records have made a big comeback in the last several years. Fanfarlo's upcoming 12" "Rooms Filled With Light" is one of the recent albums that Joe Lambert cut to vinyl. This past year, sales of vinyl records were up 40%, ...

Dallas Record Company Benefits From Vinyl Record Boom
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (blog)
By Kevin Cokely According to Nielsen SoundScan, music fans bought 3.9 million vinyl records in 2011 -- the most in two decades. It's also 36 percent more than in 2010, when the previous record of 2.8 million was sold. It's great news for A&R Records in ...

So you wanna press your record? Things to know before you do
The Manitoban
With the revitalization of vinyl records today many bands both new and seasoned are seeking out the medium. It's an additional way to purchase their music as well as of promoting themselves to the audiophile niche. If you're choosing to press a record, ...

Vinyl holds nostalgic value for area audiophiles
Press of Atlantic City
And by tapping into the past, particularly through the sale of used vinyl records, Tunes has benefited from the recent surge in vinyl album sales. Nearly four million vinyl albums were sold in the United States in 2011, which was the most in the ...

Blabbermouth.net
THE CULT: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed - Jan. 30, 2012
Blabbermouth.net
Legendary rock band THE CULT has set "Choice Of Weapon" as the title of its long-awaited ninth album, due on May 22 via Cooking Vinyl Records. The group's first full-length work in five years (though the band has kept active by putting out "capsules" ...
The Cult Return With 'Choice of Weapon,' Offer Download of New Track 'Lucifer'Loudwire

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"Your Turntable's Not Dead:" Jack White's Third Man Records Is Living Its ...
Huffington Post (blog)
Not too many years ago, lots of people thought vinyl records were -- like rotary telephone dials and typewriters -- a thing of the past, replaced by digital recordings, CDs and MP3s, used mostly for obscure and alternative music.