Articles — Vinyl records

Is it about the occasional crackle and pop that lends a nostalgic note to your day? Maybe the liner notes and photos you can actually see? How you can hold it in your hand? Whether it's nostalgia for the records they used to listen to in their youth or the sound and feel, vinyl is big with music buyers and continues to get bigger.  The burgeoning return of vinyl record sales has been well-documented in recent years. The RIAA reported in their 2021 year end recap that vinyl record sales grew 61% over 2020 and, in their 2022 mid-year report, vinyl...

Our newest section here at MusicGoldmine.com features collectible vinyl records, tapes, CDs, box sets and more. There you'll find rare "for promotional use only" (promo only) copies, limited issues, unusual format items and other collectible music media. You'll find releases from across many genres and multiple decades. Whether you're into original vinyl in great shape, promo only records, tapes or CDs or rare box sets, we've got something for you. Take a look at our selection and note that we'll be adding new items weekly.  You can find this new products section here and you'll see that each item is graded using the...

We love vinyl! Turns out other people do too. Check out this chart that shows the pretty significant resurgence of vinyl record sales in the U.S. In fact, vinyl sales grew a healthy 14.6% from 2017 to 2018. Further, this comes after years of steady increases that started around 2006 as well. While the biggest story of music consumption continues to be around the growth of streaming services like Spotify, it's nice to see that our turntables will still be useful for at least some years to come... You will find more infographics at Statista For more content like this, updates on our latest...