How labels use metrics, research, formulas and instinct to decide which albums get a vinyl release. By Steve Knopper For the past year, hallowed jazz label Blue Note Records has reissued dozens of ...

Want a shot at scoring some records from Back on Black? Read the interview and then check out the contest below! This year marks Back on Black's 10th anniversary. How did you decide to start this ...

Launched in January of this year, boutique vinyl label Omertà is reuniting hip-hop with its roots by making both mixtapes and albums that have never been previously released on vinyl available in… By ...

Jack White urged major record labels -- whom he claimed have "more money than God" -- to build their own vinyl pressing plants. “Vinyl records have exploded in the last decade and the demand is ...

“It’s still a little damp,” Stefan Mitterer warns as he ushers me inside his cozy Berlin flat. The Norwegian DJ accidentally left the hot water in his bathtub gushing full blast while away for a week ...

Ahhh, the sweet smell of fresh wax. Vinyl's making headlines quicker than HMV can sell turntables (ie. one a minute over the Christmas period) these days, so we thought the time was right to run down ...

Vinyl recorded a 15th year of growth in 2022 and overtook CD in terms of revenue for the first time in 35 years. Vinyl has been a good news story for the music industry, but the format has faced ...

Independent record labels have expressed worries after a large vinyl distribution company, Utopia Music, has started to involve major labels in its finances. READ MORE: What’s causing the vinyl delay?

When Liz Dunster, known to friends as Vinyl Mama, moves through Erika Records’ 65,000-square-foot vinyl pressing plant in Buena Park, she’s usually trailed by Elvis, her little Yorkshire terrier. On a ...

Sales of vinyl are enjoying a huge resurgence. Long left behind in the audio landscape, music fans are flocking back to records during the pandemic. File this under the category of what's old is new ...