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By Darren Mueller (Mus'05) (Duke University Press, 448 pages; 2024) Buy the Book In At the Vanguard of Vinyl, Darren Mueller examines how the advent of the long-playing record (LP) in 1948 ...
Yes, you read right -- for a short period in the 1950s and early 1960s, car owners who wanted entertainment on the road ...
The Electric Recording Co. in London cuts albums the way they were made in the 1950s and ’60s — literally. By Ben Sisario LONDON — Tucked in a trendy co-working complex in West London, just ...
Naked vinyl Bachelor-bait record cover art of the 1950s and '60s focused on the essentials: Boobs, drinking and stag parties!
By the mid-1950s, vinyl 13” LPs were the preferred music format ... For a while, convenience was king, but by 2010, audiophiles began to return to the uniquely rich, retro appeal of vinyl records.
Jazz fans have taken to buying vinyl Blue Note records that almost exactly re-create original recordings dating back to the 1950s. Vinyl junkies are apparently obsessed with the otherwise obsolete ...
While the converging vinyl market of the 1950s looked good for consumers, things still weren't great for in-car entertainment. Twelve-inch records were large and rather unwieldy, while seven-inch ...