Paul McCartney, Aurora and The Chemical Brothers to feature on War Child’s ‘Secret 7”’ vinyl project
The return of the charity initiative will see 700 records auctioned up, each with a different sleeve design by an anonymous artist
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Vinyl sales increased 51 per cent thanks to National Album Day
In honour of National Album Day's '90s theme, a number of albums from the decade were reissued on vinyl, including Tricky's 'Maxinquaye' and Blur's 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'
Indie labels concerned as major labels intervene in vinyl and CD distribution
Indie labels have voiced their concerns as majors bailed out distribution company Utopia in a move that could see them take over the industry.
Vinyl sales up nearly 15 per cent in 2023
Albums from Taylor Swift, Blur and Lana Del Rey are among the best-selling
Sound It Out: The legendary last surviving vinyl record shop in Teesside will close following owner’s death
The remaining "vast quantity" of its stock will go up for auction
Scotland’s first ever vinyl-pressing plant is under construction
Seabass Vinyl will open in East Lothian later this year
Vinyl distributor and record store Unearthed Sounds to close this month
A statement cited the impact of Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost of living crisis
Vice President Kamala Harris shows off new vinyl records haul
“Mingus, Ayers, Fitzgerald and Armstrong—if you don’t know, now you know!”
Metallica have bought their own vinyl pressing plant
The band have purchased a majority stake in Furnace Record Pressing in Virginia
Scientists create world’s smallest record that can barely be seen by human eye
Scientists said it's so small that it "can fit within one single groove of a regular vinyl record”
Vinyl outsells CD for first time in 35 years
Vinyl album sales grew to £150.5million in 2022, as CD album sales fell to £124million
The US just had its biggest vinyl sales week since 1991
2.2million vinyl albums were sold in the week ending December 22