Vinylism

If you find the idea of turntablism without the hardware intriguing, but last year's surface-based TRAKTOR Scratch DJ system was just a little too abstract for your tastes, here's a rather clever compromise from Cambridge-based designerTodd Vanderlin. Using a vinyl record equipped with an AR marker, he manipulates the music by moving in front of a video camera. It's also got the added bonus of ...

Nearly $35,000 in property, mostly vinyl records, was stolen during a home burglary in Delta last week.

In response to sagging CD sales, electronics retailer Best Buy may soon start selling vinyl records, according to a report in the New York Post. The report goes on to claim that Best Buy is considering dedicating 8-square feet in each of its 1,000 plus ...

Looking to complete your vinyl collection with some classics? Here's a rare chance.... By Amy Atkins.

While CD sales are plummeting, the warm sound of vinyl records is regaining stature among audiophiles.

Best Buy is giving vinyl a spin. The consumer-electronics giant, which happens also to be the third-largest music seller behind Apple's iTunes and Wal-Mart, is considering devoting eight square feet of merchandising space in all of its 1,020...

At least one member of the Who seems to approve. Neil Schield knows the grim state of the music business as well as anyone; last May, he was laid off from a company at the vanguard of digital music distribution.

"Between 2003 and last year, more than 3,000 record stores closed in the U.S. Today, there are 185 record stores in the L.A. area, down from 259 at the beginning of 2007. But as mass marketing of LPs faded, some listeners began rediscovering vinyl.

LOS ANGELES, April 26 (UPI) -- Record stores are opening rather than closing in Los Angeles as the public is slowly re-embracing vinyl records, a store owner says.

Sales of such albums were up 89% in 2008, which has fueled a mini-boom in neighborhood record stores in L.A. At least one member of the Who seems to approve. Neil Schield knows the grim state of the music business as well as anyone; last May, he was laid off from a company at the vanguard of digital music distribution.