Category: NEWS
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Abbey Road Mixing Desk
$1.8 MILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Bonhams Auction House has reported via Twitter that the recording console used to record Pink Floyd’s 1972, 15–times platinum album Dark Side of the Moon has just sold at auction for $1,807,500. https://reverb.com/au/news/abbey-road-recording-console-used-on-dark-side-of-the-moon-sells-for-1-point-8-million-dollars
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Rise Up
Not all the news is streaming though. Vinyl sales continue to grow exponentially, almost doubling between 2015 and 2016, to a high for this century of $15 million. This is impressive in its own way though still not much more than 10 per cent of streaming revenue. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/streaming-takes-over-from-downloads-as-the-future-of-music-20170328-gv8ls4.html
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Diggin’ Sydney and Record Store Day
The new Diggin’ Sydney Map hits the streets of Sydney today. Pick up yours from any good Record Store and selected street press outlets. Pick up one for a friend while you’re at it! 33 awesome stores in total – spanning Greater Sydney from Town Hall to Katoomba, and beyond. The website and store guide have […]
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Welcome RPM in Marrickvile
RPM – Records, Posters, Memorabilia 113 Marrickville Road | Marrickville, 2204 (02) 9569-3465 | www.rpmrecords.com.au Tue-Sun: 11am-7pm | Thur-Sat: 11am-10pm RPM Records is the ultimate destination for music lovers. We have a large amount of Vinyl, CD’s, DVD’s, also Music Posters, Books, T-Shirts, and an impressive collection of Framed Vintage Music and Sports Memorabilia for […]
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Mobile Record Store
With rental prices in Sydney always on the rise, one enterprising artist decided to take his trade on the road – literally. For eight years, George Pizer sold vintage records and clothes at Pigeon Ground Records & Clothing. The Camperdown store was a two-pronged operation; Pizer oversaw clothing, Tim Barber took care of the records. […]
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A Record Store Photo Book
“Since 2009 I have been working on the photographic documentation about the culture of record stores. I travelled around five continents and photographed over 160 record stores in 35 cities to date, such as New York, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Stockholm, Sydney, Oslo, London, Paris, Brighton, Berlin, Newcastle, Glasgow, Reykjavik, Los Angeles, San […]
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New Printed Guide OUT NOW
Available from all the independent record shops in Sydney. For online versions click the two links up there on the right.
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Even Steve Jobs Hated MP3s
Steve Jobs, the man who invented the iPod and ignited the digital music revolution, never listened to MP3s. Instead, he only listened to vinyl. He felt there was something vacuous about listening to music in a digital form and was surprised at the success of his own product — that so many people had […]