Vinyl album pressing company Vinylkey is linking the physical world of music, in the form of old-fashioned records, with digital identification and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that provide traceability ...

Vinyl is no longer just nostalgia, it is a serious asset class hiding in closets and milk crates. Recent reporting on records "worth a fortune" shows how specific pressings, misprints and ...

The riveting new book Dust & Grooves Volume 2 explores the history and legacy of a little-known but fascinating music industry grift As a result, these tax scam labels wound up creating catalogs ...

Ever since he was a kid with an allowance, Chris Johnson has collected records. By his estimate, he’s now got more than a thousand of them in his basement. But that doesn’t mean he couldn’t add a few ...

Editor's note:This is the second in a series of stories on collectors and collectibles. Spinning records is not just a nostalgic way to listen to music. It hasn't been for years. The popularity of ...

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 ...

RICHMOND — Music lovers are traveling from Washington and all parts of Virginia to check out Richmond’s expansive record scene. “It’s a huge vinyl town,” said Bobby Egger, owner of Vinyl Conflict ...

Garage with open door, shelves filled with things, pegboards, and items on the floor. - Boogich/Getty Images A University of Arizona study posits that humans collect things, from vinyl records to ...

Back in the days before the commercial advent of the compact disc, when vinyl records were the format of choice for purchasing and listening to music, albums would go out of print all the time, ...

Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism. Carson Williams owns all nine colored-vinyl editions of Taylor Swift’s ...