“…Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers, and that can’t be good for you.”

The Rolling Stones’ 1972 masterpiece “Exile on Main Street” is being re-released today in a new remastered version, complete with 10 outtakes or alternate versions that have never been released before. A friend posted the question on Facebook: “should I buy the remastered vinyl version?” The answer to this question is more complicated than you might expect: there are five different versions of the re-release available.

Super Deluxe Edition is $137, but you can go a la carte. Are you getting a copy? Which version?

Livestreaming a record player spinning the vinyl as a preview before the record drops on May 10. Leave it to Jack White…

Me, I walked into a music store on Saturday, April 17 for experiment’s sake. I’m all for the basic philosophy of RSD, for recognizing the corner shop as a vibrant cornerstone of musical conversation and enlightenment. But, really, is that still what my record shops are about? And I walked into a music store on Sunday, April 18th, to continue my experiment. After the limited-edition clear vinyl releases sell out and the bands get their gear out of the crowded store corners, what happens on the day after Record Store Day?

U2’s Achtung Baby tops the list of the top 125 Albums of the past 25 years from Spin Magazine (celebrating their 25th anniversary.) We haven’t had time to go thru the full list yet!

This is apparently still in production, but based on this “taster tape” it looks to be an interesting doc about vinyl records and the people who love them. Keeping our eyes open for the release!

Seems like a lof of special releases for Record Store Day will be in colored vinyl, but nothing beats this Split Enz record. Sadly I’m pretty sure my sister’s copy ended up shattered somehow.