Music News Are Katy Perry and Justin Bieber about to sell off their music catalogues? by Tom Disalvo Katy Perry and Justin Bieber might be joining the ever-growing list of musicians who’ve sold their catalogues at eye-watering prices. Katy Perry and Justin Bieber are reportedly looking to sell…
Features Happy Studios Music News Discogs: what is it, where it came from, and how to use it by Luke Saunders Is the internet really the best place for a rare vinyl transaction? We’re here to find out whether Discogs is the place to buy physical music, and why. It started…
News Pro Audio Vinyl A rare copy of Daft Punk’s ‘Discovery’ sells for $2,380 by Oliver Newland A rare Japanese copy of Daft Punk’s Discovery sold for $2,380 on Discogs in February. Funnily enough, it wasn’t even close to the record sale of the month. Daft Punk has…
News Vinyl Self-isolating? Here’s where to buy vinyl to help support artists by Manning Patston Vinyl is a great way to support artists, and these online stores can deliver it right to your door (but maybe not any further). There’s nothing like the crackle of…
News Vinyl Electronic Music Conference joins forces with Discogs for a Sydney vinyl fair by Patrick McKinnon The world’s foremost database, marketplace and community for music, Discogs, is setting up shop at The Factory Theatre in Marrickville on the 16th of November, in association with the Electronic…
News A new Discogs update lets you buy records straight from the app by Louise Osborne As you know, Discogs is the largest physical music database in the world and ab online marketplace allows you to buy and sell CDs, vinyl and cassettes to and from…
News Vinyl The only known Canadian pressing of Prince’s Black Album just sold for $27,500 by Louise Osborne A copy of Prince’s The Black Album has just sold on Discogs for a huge $27,500. The production copy from the original 1987 Canadian pressing broke the record for the…
News The stats are in: vinyl collectors spent more the $200 million last year on Discogs alone by Liz Campbell Data from online music marketplace Discogs has revealed record collectors spent more than $200 million ($267 million in down under dollars) last year. In total more than 10 million records…
News Discogs is set to launch Gearogs: an audio equipment marketplace with a really underwhelming name by Happy Last year Discogs announced a series of new databases for audio gear, films, books and comics. The archive specific to audio equipment, Gearogs, looks like it’s taking the poll position…
Lists Vinyl What’s the rarest record in your crate? They’ve got nothing on these, 8 of the most expensive vinyls ever by Tom Cameron There’s no doubt, vinyl is back. The recent wax renaissance may have it’s ups and downs, but unless you’ve been living under a rock, loading old cassettes into a boombox…