Music News Vinyl Vinyl just saw its best sales week in recorded history by Emily Elvish A whopping 1.842 million vinyl albums sold last week, setting an all-time record. Here’s a Christmas miracle for you! Vinyl has well and truly made its comeback, setting a record…
News Amazon to suspend new vinyl shipments amid coronavirus pandemic by Claire Adema The consequences of the coronavirus epidemic have seen measures taken to contain the spread of the disease across the globe. Supermarket shelves have been left empty, universities have stopped face-to-face…
Lists 5 albums that inspired Hazy J & The Wasted Daze to release their own by Happy Some call it an obsession, some call it an addiction, others, a simple hobby. For me, I lay somewhere between all three when it comes to collecting vinyl. The hunting…
Vinyl When is it the right time to press your music to vinyl? by Happy Vinyl is hot hot hot right now, with physical sales slowly edging their way back up into the industry for the first time since the ’80s. The last five years…
Interviews News Vinyl 80,000 records and counting: meet the owner of Australia’s largest vinyl collection by Tom Cameron A few months ago an article on ABC broke the news that Ken Perkins, owner of the largest known record collection in Australia, had sadly passed away. The 80,000-strong archive had…
News Vinyl Vinyl sales are killing it again in 2017, shooting towards 10 million units this year alone by Happy If you somehow haven’t already heard, vinyl sales are in a very, very healthy place right now. And only getting healthier. After an especially strong 2016, vinyl’s best sales year…
News Vinyl Want the vinyl resurgence to continue? It’s time to stop using digital masters by Happy While vinyl has undoubtedly been enjoying a surge in popularity the likes of which we haven’t seen for 30 years, sales are slowing down. And many think quality is to…
News Get a load of Spinbox, the DIY Record Player you can take on your vinyl travels by Happy There are Kickstarter projects aimed at vinyl enthusiasts popping up everywhere. We’ve seen a bamboo turntable, a record player with Spotify integration, zero-gravity records… the list goes on. But this…
Needle In The Hay News Watch Tom and Molly have a solid crack at a Needle in the Hay theme tune by Happy Happy Mag’s inaugural Needle in the Hay vinyl comp kicked off yesterday, and we’re loving the entries so far. It may have even inspired a few tunes of our own….
News Vinyl Record Store Day 2017: exclusive releases from David Bowie, The War on Drugs and Pink Floyd by Happy Record Store Day has revealed the extensive list of limited edition vinyl, cassettes, and box sets that will be available as part of its 2017 edition taking place on April…
News Vinyl Surface noise: a collection of analogue photos which capture the heart of crate digging subculture by Happy When you think about it, the nostalgic collectors of both vinyl and analogue photos have a lot in common. The ‘heart’ of either media is in their inbuilt imperfection, physicality…
