Steven Clark (not his real name but a real person) is a record collector who lives on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. Now that Steven has retired, he has more time for leisure. He spends this time ...

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 43 million vinyl records were purchased in 2023, outselling CDs for the second time since 1987. Vinyl record sales also grew 10% to ...

I collect vinyl records, like many Gen Z music lovers. Why? It started during the pandemic. While helping my dad clean out a closet, I found milk crates stuffed with old records, along with a record ...

Back in the 20th century, vinyl record collecting was the standard for audiophiles and casual music listeners alike. It was the only massively-available format for music in the United States, after ...

Sly Stone made a lot of essential releases. But what was his one “Essential” – capital “e” – record? It’s Andrew Winistorfer’s job to decide, and then share the news with the vinyl collecting world.

There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when it comes to collecting records. You own it because you want to, whether it be Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America” or Jodie Foster’s Army’s “Valley of ...

My LPs have ended up in the basement. After 50-plus years of being played — albeit, increasingly infrequently — they’re a small, melancholy step away from the used record shop. It’s a familiar tale: ...

Vinyl lovers of all kinds filled the lobby of the Education First building on Nov. 15 for the first Cambridge Record Fair — ...