Manic Street Preacher donates rare vinyl to cancer charity: “Manic Street Preacher James Dean Bradfield has donated a rare vinyl record to raise funds for a charity which cared for his mother in her last days. He has donated an original 7-inch of Suicide Alley to Velindre. Only 300 copies of the band’s debut single were pressed and financed by the then unsigned band and relatives in 1988.”
Ten Bands One Cause: “Ten Bands re-issue their albums on limited edition pink vinyl, all for once cause…This year’s limited pink vinyl are from Run The Jewels, Sturgill Simpson, Ingrid Michaelson, Joey Bada$$, Between The Burried and Me, Chet Faker, Clutch, Al Green, Pierce The Veil, and Primus.”
Vinyl Lives: Streetlight Records – San Jose/Santa Cruz, CA: “The first Streetlight Records was opened in Noe Valley, San Francisco in 1975 by Robert Fallon. Originally a stereo components store, the store morphed into a record store as customers made it clear that they wanted to buy music. In 1979, Fallon opened a second store on Market Street in San Francisco. In 1981 he expanded to San Jose, and in 1997, a store was opened in Santa Cruz.”
