David Byrne: Record companies siphoning money from streaming websites instead of paying royalties: “A report into ‘Transparency and Money Flows in the Music Industry’, published last month by the Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship, supports Byrne’s contention.“
Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me soundtrack reissues are almost ready: ““We’re happy to say Twin Peaks & Fire Walk With Me lacquers were cut last week and are currently winging their way to the plant to be turned into test pressings,” reads the update, adding that the audio was transferred from the original tapes and then mastered for vinyl.“
Cassette Revolution: Why 1980s Tape Tech Is Still Making Noise in Our Digital World: “…it’s baffling that millennial music lovers are embracing the cassette tape, as new indie cassette labels are popping up all over the country.”
86-Year Old Forced To Part With Lifelong Collection Of Vinyl Records: “If you were saddened by last week’s news of a son selling off his father’s estate of over 250,000 records, this story about octogenarian Ian Murray is bound to tug at your heartstrings.”
Antique Phonograph Show and Banquet returns to Buena Park, CA: “The Antique Phonograph Society is hosting its annual show and banquet August 8 and 9 in Buena Park. All types of antique phonographs, gramophones, 78 rpm and cylinder shaped records, plus antique music boxes, radios and microphones will be offered at 70+ vendor tables.”
