Vinyl Record News & Music Notes

Top Record Stores In America: 5 Vinyl Retailers That Should Be On Your Bucket List










Best Places For Vinyl In Los Angeles






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Best Vinyl Shops In San Francisco






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from our neighbors to the north:

Why the reports of vinyl’s death are greatly exaggerated





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from our friends at SlyVinyl

Sunn O))) & Ulver 'Terrestrials' Limited To 1000 On Red Vinyl





Tokyo Police Club – Champ // Limited to 1000 White Vinyl LP











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love the concept, but the cost is for the filthy rich ($4,500 could buy a lot of records!)

Handcrafted Record Storage Carts Help Vinyl Fans Show Off Their Music










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Neil Young to Release New Album 'A Letter Home' via Third Man

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DEF LEPPARD To Release Vinyl Edition of 'Slang Deluxe Edition' Next Month

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Fred Armisen's 'SNL' Bands Treated to 7-Inch Series on Drag City











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Parliament-Funkadelic to record super limited edition live LP direct to vinyl






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The 10 Best Grateful Dead Songs







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this is neat:


 The Beatles Team With Vans for 'Yellow Submarine' Shoes





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St. Vincent - St. Vincent Album Review











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The 25 Most Inexplicable Wins in Grammy History







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ShopRadioCast Best Sellers

Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at ShopRadioCast for the week of January 14 – January 20th, 2014:

New Releases & Pre Orders:

1.The Juliana Theory – Love 2XLP
2. Rise Against – Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture LP
3. Taking Back Sunday – Happiness Is LP
4. Beth Orton – Central Reservation 2XLP
5. Various Artists – Mad Men: On The Rocks Soundtrack (Import) LP
6. Blink 182 – Take Off Your Pants and Jacket LP & 3×7″
7. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak 2XLP + CD
8. Cold War Kids – Robbers & Cowards LP
9. Bayside – Cult LP
10. Angels and Airwaves – Stomping The Phantom Brake Pedal LP

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GRIMEY'S BEST SELLERS 1/13 - 1/19, 2014

Vinyl Top 25:
1. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Give The People What They Want
2. Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes
3. Self - Subliminal Plastic Motives
4. DeRobert & The Half-Truths - I'm Tryin'
5. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
6. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Wig Out At Jagbags
7. Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
8. Lone Justice - This Is Lone Justice
9. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
10. The Features - The Features
11. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
12. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Mono)
13. The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
14. Arctic Monkeys - AM
15. Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams
16. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
17. James Vincent McMorrow - Post Tropical
18. Mark Lanegan - Has God Seen My Shadow: An Anthology 1989-2011
19. Burial - Rival Dealer 12"
20. Carole King - Tapestry (Mo-Fi reissue)
21. Moon Taxi - Cabaret
22. Volcano Choir - Repave
23. Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
24. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
25. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Stereo)

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album cover art of the day:

HELSTAR: New Album Title, Cover Artwork, Release Date






















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album cover art of the day, part two:

Near Death Condition Reveals "Evolving Towards Extinction" Album Details