From the wash to inserts - here’s what to look for when collecting rare vinyl in 2025 Are you looking at collecting or starting to sell vinyl? Are you familiar with how matrix codes can determine if a ...

Ever since he was a kid with an allowance, Chris Johnson has collected records. By his estimate, he’s now got more than a thousand of them in his basement. But that doesn’t mean he couldn’t add a few ...

Mon, February 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM UTC “We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning, February 24, 2025,” her spokesperson Elaine Schock said in the official press ...

Record collectors and vinyl fans are very familiar with Crosley. The Kentucky-based company has been a key part of the vinyl revival. Crosley kept making record players when many companies had ...

Editor's note:This is the second in a series of stories on collectors and collectibles. Spinning records is not just a nostalgic way to listen to music. It hasn't been for years. The popularity of ...

Dan Oppermann is no longer haunted by a record collector's nightmare. A few years ago, at a San Francisco music swap, the Daly City resident and another man simultaneously descended on a box of LPs.

The sale of vinyl records has hit a 25-year high, since its hey day in the 1980s. Both new and used record sales have increased over 100-percent in the past year. I visited a vinyl record swap and ...

In 1961, 10-year-old Gerry Williams cut grass to save up for his first record. At the height of his collection, he owned around 15,000 personal records and his Washington, D.C.-based store, Orpheus ...