Why vinyl makes a perfectly imperfect format for discovering classical music July 10, 2021 More than 3 years ago Just a smattering of critic Michael Andor Brodeur’s classical music collection on ...

As mentioned above, record stores ordinarily leave much to be desired in the classical music department. For the most part, they offer feeble, ever shrinking classical sections, that is, if they ...

The band Arctic Monkeys’ album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino was the biggest hit, with 38,000 copies sold, while the classical genre saw sales of 1.3 million records.. And in April this year, 200 ...

Conventional wisdom insists people don’t buy old records much anymore. That may be true of some pop-oriented MP3 and iPod devotees, but it doesn’t apply to collectors of classical recordings.

On a recent night, strewn across my living room carpet was an array of audio parts of a rather historic nature: a platter, a drive belt, a tone arm and cartridge, a counterweight, and an anti ...

Classical music records are barely worth anything at all. Obviously, if she has some kind of "super rare" LP, then that might be worth something. But she shouldn't expect to get more than $100 for ...

Delving into the world of vinyl box sets, commanding high prices and often composed of previously scrapped material, to deduce whether they are worth the hype.

The latter figure marks the single biggest sales week for a classical album on vinyl since Luminate began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. Related Oasis Storm Back to U.K. No. 1 ...

Despite streaming services offering more music for less money, records — sold for anywhere between $30 and $60 for mainstream artists — are akin to “merchandise,” Page explained.

Vinyl goes green 01:42. Vinyl records are back and more popular than ever. A new report found that vinyl record sales continued their more than decade-long growth in 2022, and for the first time ...

More than seven million old-fashioned vinyl LPs have been sold this year, up 49% from last year, largely on demand from indie-rock fans. But the few creaky U.S. factories that still press records ...