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No artist album has sold one million copies this year (but vinyl is way up)

by Bram Teitelman | Oct 17, 2014 | Metal By Numbers, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice

It’s no surprise that we’re in the middle of a transition from buying music to streaming it, but in a Billboard report last week, it was revealed just how grim music sales have gotten. In the first three quarters of the year, not a single artist album has...

Billboard clarifies: Urban Outfitters not biggest vinyl retailer

by Bram Teitelman | Sep 29, 2014 | News, Updates, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice

We were both surprised and not surprised last week when Urban Outfitters said that they were the world’s largest vinyl seller. Surprised because, well, there are so many other places to buy music out there, but not surprised because not that many of them sell...

Today in record biz: Pornhub launches label, Urban Outfitters sells tons of vinyl

by Bram Teitelman | Sep 25, 2014 | Music Biz, News, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice

With the music industry continuing to mutate and adjust to biz in 2014, it’s a slightly uncommon occurrence to see a new label launch that isn’t one directly by an artist. However, today it was officially announced that there’s a new label being...

Five early Megadeth albums getting vinyl picture disc reissue treatment

by Bram Teitelman | Sep 15, 2014 | News, Reissues, Video, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice

If you were to ask nearly any Megadeth fan what the band’s best albums were, they would likely bring up the Marty Friedman era of the band. On November 11th, some of those will be getting the reissue treatment, as the band’s output from 1986 – 1993...

Code Orange tops the Billboard vinyl charts

by Seth Werkheiser | Sep 12, 2014 | News, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice

Code Orange’s sophomore effort, I Am King, tops the Billboard Vinyl Album charts this week. To compare, Every Time I Die’s From Parts Unknown and Mastodon’s Once More ‘Round the Sun peaked at #3. Drummer Jami Morgan explained the new album in a...

Iron Maiden’s ’80s albums to be reissued on vinyl

by Seth Werkheiser | Aug 26, 2014 | News, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice

Parlophone Records (BMG/Ingrooves in the US) will be reissuing the  first eight Iron Maiden albums in heavyweight 180g black vinyl, along with limited edition 7″ singles (19 of them!) to go along with each album. Both will be made from the original, analog...
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