Record shop manager Jimmy Shannon—known as “The Oracle” by staff—retires after 47 years: The Diskery’s Jimmy Shannon remembers when singles cost 37p and has served Chaka Khan, ELO, Slade, Steve Winwood over the years
Victorious Vinyl: What “New Vintage” Is Doing For Music “Vinyl records…are the beginning of a wave of embracing “vintage” aspects of music that were neglected in the digital age…”
Is the Grateful Dead’s new 80-disc box set the ultimate musical endurance test? “Thirty Trips Around the Sun – a snip at just $699.95 – will feature 30 complete, previously unissued shows, one from each year of the band’s touring life, including their legendary 1979 shows at the Cape Cod Coliseum, in Massachusetts…”
Tuning into an old tradition: “There’s something instantly endearing about whipping out a record from its cover and placing it on a player with the turntable needle precisely on the desired track. It is a sequence of actions that can transport you into a bygone era. You can relive this experience by walking into the New Gramophone House near Old Delhi’s Lajpat Rai market…”
