For quite a few years now I haven't had a record player. I switched to CD's when that became popular and the last years I've depended on streaming services such as Spotify and YouTube to provide me with music. Don't get me wrong, Spotify is a very convenient and user-friendly media especially when you are... Continue Reading →
The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (Epic Album Covers)
As I wrote in the blogpost Record Store Daythe rise of digital music almost extinguished the vinyl and with that one of the greatest canvasses of art - the record sleeve. Originally a record cover was just as the name describes it; a protective cover for the fragile record, but it soon evolved into a... Continue Reading →
Record Store Day: Bruce Springsteen Greatest Hits
Record Store Day (RSD) is an annual event that was initiated in 2007 by an association of independent private record store owners and employees in the USA. They objective was to deal with decreasing sales and to celebrate the unique culture around the almost 1400 of independently owned record stores in the USA and thousands of... Continue Reading →