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Vinyl Subscription Services & Feedbands
A lot of folks have asked us what the best vinyl subscription service is. The answer is simple: Feedbands. We chose Feedbands as the best vinyl subscription service for the reasons listed below. The cost: a flat $20/month for vinyl, another $20 for a limited t-shirt of each month’s artist. The gist: Feedbands is a […]
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Vinyl Subscription Services For Everyone: We Review Them All
The Rise of Vinyl Subscription Services Vinyl subscription services are an excellent way to build a collection of interesting and rare records. Vinyl sales data paints a clear trend: every year, vinyl sales of vinyl are going up and it only makes sense that vinyl subscription services would be part of this trend. Why is […]
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Vinyl Sales Shatter Last Year’s Record
As the momentum with vinyl sales continues to only grow, the real question we’re all asking ourselves is whether or not vinyl will hit a critical mass and become a mainstream format, once again. It is the opinion and observation of the Record Collector’s Guild that every 15 years or so, the music industry needs […]
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Doon Womp by Opusoid: Vinyl Record Review
This album challenges the ordinary expectations of sound. Opusoid, a multi-instrumental, improvisational performer creates music from the odd recesses of the mind, alluding to noises and experiences not commonly displayed in rock music, but highly emphasized in more experimental electronic music. In some way, with his guitar, loop pedals and beat makers, Opusoid traverses the […]
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Mountain Whales by Amycanbe on Vinyl
Band: Amycanbe Album: Mountain Whales Released: October 2013 Amycanbe is an Italian band (whose lyrics are in English.) The group, it seems, is enjoying success; their songs have been featured in the soundtracks of two independent films, Acciaio and Savaged, and two TV shows, MTV’s Finding Carter and USA’s Royal Pains. In listening to this […]
Best Vinyl Subscription Service
Forbes Take: Best Vinyl Subscription Service Forbes has a great article on the best vinyl subscription service and they faithfully run through the list of greats. Unsurprisingly, Feedbands is ranked number one because of their low cost, quality of music, and the fact that they are crowdsourced curated. They cover Feedbands, Flying Vinyl, Trax and Wax, […]
Record Store Day 2017 Announcement
Record Store Day 2017 is upon us! Record Store Day 2017 is almost here and many people don’t realize this, but Record Store Day was the powerful catalyst behind the vinyl revival. Don’t believe us? Well then read on…
Vinyl Subscription Services & Feedbands
A lot of folks have asked us what the best vinyl subscription service is. The answer is simple: Feedbands. We chose Feedbands as the best vinyl subscription service for the reasons listed below. The cost: a flat $20/month for vinyl, another $20 for a limited t-shirt of each month’s artist. The gist: Feedbands is a […]
Historical and Rare Classic Vinyl Records
We receive lots of email from people with vinyl collections. Here’s a recent one. If interested, contact staff@recordcollectorsguild.org I am possession of some original military recording on vinyl records that I would be interested to selling to your collection. My family came into possession of these recordings as a gift from a friend who […]
Waterstrider Vinyl Record Release
This month’s vinyl record release (through our sister company Feedbands) is No Where Now by the exceptionally talented Oakland, CA group Waterstrider. The vinyl record comes in a beautiful, Deluxe Gatefold Jacket: Waterstrider is also quickly gaining a following for their stunning music videos. Here are two off this album: Calliope by Waterstrider Frayed […]
Why We Love (& Listen to) Vinyl Records
Why We Love (& Listen to) Vinyl Records There are a lot of options these days for how to listen to music. With so many to choose from, why are so many still being drawn to vinyl records? We asked our friends, fans and anyone else we could find- and here’s what they […]
What to Know Before Starting a Record Collection
What to Know Before Starting a Record Collection There are a lot of things to consider when starting a new collection- of anything. The space needed, the cost that you will incur, the time required… These are just a few things to consider before heading to your favorite record store and going nuts. […]
Floating Record Vertical Turntable Review
Floating Record Vertical Turntable Review Here comes one of the cooler things we’ve seen in a long time. The Floating Record Vertical Turntable has raised over $270,000 on Kickstarter, well surpassing their budget of $50,000 and there are still 33 days left to go. The unit will cost $449. <iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/131435099″ width=”500″ height=”281″ frameborder=”0″ webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen […]
RCG Forums are back!
We are very excited to let you know that the forums are up and running again- if you haven’t stopped by to check them out, come on by and say hello! We are committed to restoring it to it’s former glory. There is also new forum that is up along with an explanation of what […]
Vinyl Record Storage
Vinyl Record Storage What are your options? You’ve begun to collect vinyl- but now the question is… “Where am I going to put all of these?” There are so many various options- and we’re going to share some of our favorites. First- here are a few things to remember when you start organizing. Do […]