Brothers in Arms, released in 1985 by Dire Straits, was one of the last HUGE LPs before CDs came along and changed the game forever. The videos created for this record were some of the more adventurous of the time. Embedding is disabled but go to You Tube to see Money for Nothing video, Brothers [...]
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Backstreets, the Bruce Springsteen fan magazine, is encouraging fans to donate $25 to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, which will then enter you into a contest to win an original Springteen print from one of fourteen noted photographers. Together with “Photographers Against Hunger,” we’re encouraging fans of Bruce Springsteen to donate $25 to the [...]
Had lots of fun visiting Vintage Vinyl in Fords NJ yesterday for Record Store Day. They had live music, including The Color Fred & Willie Nile. Nice size crowd (of all ages!) turned out. Pat was on a camping trip with our kids but I met up with my friend Mike, a Vintage Vinyl veteran, [...]
Record Store Day is April 18, 2009. We recorded a special (non)episode to remind our listeners to patronize their local record stores! And we got a little silly doing it. Twitter shout out! Head over to the Record Store Day site for more information and a list of participating retailers!
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We pull out the debut album by the band Boston. This is was what Album Oriented Rock radio was invented to play. For a look at the tight chart competition in 1976 check out this list of the Best Albums of the Year created by an Amazon user. Original album review from Rolling Stone. Listener [...]
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On our first episode we talk a little about who we are and what Basement Vinyl is. Then we dive into the stacks and pull out Some Girls from the Rolling Stones. (By the way, Annie was right, it was the White Sox.) Buy Some Girls on CD or mp3 or maybe it’s available on [...]
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Turns out there are vinyl records in the President’s basement too! When Barack Obama moved into the White House on January 20th, he gained access to five chefs, a private bowling alley — and a killer collection of classic LPs. Stored in the basement of the executive mansion is the official White House Record Library: [...]
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