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Cut Me Deep (A Story Of Indie Pop 1985-1989)
2024 UK 4xCD Box Set

THIS was something I just couldn’t pass up.

There were just too many amazing artists and too many great songs to not buy it.

Each CD has over 70 mins. of music on it, and it’s the kind of thing where you can just pick ANY of the four, let it play from the beginning, and be completely happy.
It really is an embarrassment of #80s indie pop riches.

I’ll let you read the tracklist on your own to see what I’m talking about.

This might be my favorite thing I’ve bought all year.
Which is wild, because it’s CDs!

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #indie #indiepop #1980s #80sMusic #alternative #artrock #cd #cds #compactdisc #compactdiscs #cherryred

My coolest, outdated retro device—The Sony D-E01 CD Walkman

One of the coolest, outdated devices that I am lucky to own is the late 20th century Sony D-E01 CD Walkman.

This was the pinnacle of portable compact disc (CD) player technology. Rather than use a buffered skip protection, it used “G-Protection” or a gyroscopic vibration, which was essentially “skip-free” for all normal usages including running, walking, etc...

Note: if you’re on Mastodon click-through for video and more pictures.

The skip-free functionality came at a cost requiring slide-in loading, rare at the time for single disc players. The disadvantage of slide-in is that it cannot play CD...

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Record store names worth replaying

Who doesn’t love a great record store? For those who were born after digital music swept the industry, you may not understand the aura of authenticity found in a great independent record store. Forget the boring chains, often once found in malls. A great record shop was/is the gateway to sonic bliss; to head-banging enjoyment; or to new sounds, bands, and artists.

“If you ever get lonely just go to the record store and visit your friends.”

Penny Lane, Almost Famous

(found on the vinyltapnashville.com website)

Just like independent bookstores, record shops are a bonafide third place where music lovers of all ages can meetup, talk, and jam to the sounds of the era. No digital realm can ever begin to replace the atmosphere found in a record store. There little to nothing genuine about digital formats as they lack the album covers, liner notes, printed lyrics, and other tangible features one experiences with a vinyl album or compact disc.

Listed below are my favorite names for actual records stores located across the country both already known personally or by searching via google.com. Those shown in bold are the top picks. Common terms in these names include vinyl, record, disc, groove, ear, sound, spin, and wax. The list does not rank them on the quality of their service, but solely based on the name of the business. One is not surprised to find many of these located in college towns.

Personally, I really appreciate names that are catchy, unique, and include a bit of fun wordplay. If you know of any other great record store names, please feel free to pass them along.

Peace!

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All Sales Vinyl – Fort Collins, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming

Culture Clash Records – Toledo, Ohio

Disc Daddy – Shreveport, Louisiana

Discology – Reno, Nevada

Ear Candy Music – Missoula, Montana

Earfood Record Store – Winchester, Virginia

Earshot Records – Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Earwax Records – Brooklyn, New York

The End of All Music – Oxford, Mississippi

Epic Seconds – Eugene, Oregon

Eyeconik Records – Las Cruces, New Mexico

Flipside Records – Berkley, Michigan

The Groove – Nashville, Tennessee

Groove Merchant Records – San Francisco, California

Groove Yard – Oakland, California

Hear Again Music and Movies – Gainesville, FL

High-Fidelity – Los Angeles, California and Amarillo, Texas – if you love the movie and book, you’ve gotta love this name!

Hi-Tones Records – Sacramento, California

Historic Hippie – Huntington, West Virginia

Hungry Ear Records – Honolulu, Hawaii

Inner Groove Records – Collingswood, New Jersey

Leftovertures – Marquette, Michigan

Longhair Records – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Love Garden Records – Lawrence, Kansas

MoJo’s Records – Fayetteville, Arkansas

Mothership Records – York, Pennsylvania and Portland, Oregon

My Vinyl Offer – Phoenix and Goodyear, Arizona

OffBeat – Jackson, Mississippi

Off-Track Records – Saratoga Springs, New York

Radio-Active Records – Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Record Parlour – Los Angeles, California

Reckless Records – Chicago, Illinois

Repo Records – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Retro Stereo – Long Beach, California

Revolution Records – Cape Coral, Florida

RPM Records – Traverse City, Michigan

Skele-Tone Records – Rochester, New Hampshire

Sonic Boom Records – Seattle, Washington

The Sound Booth – Birmingham, Alabama

Sound Decay Music – El Paso, Texas

The Sound Garden – Baltimore, Maryland – great name!

Sounds of Music – East Los Angeles, California

Speaking Volumes Records & Books – Burlington, Vermont

Spin Cycle – Seattle, Washington

Spin Shack – Baraboo, Wisconsin

Stax of Trax – State College, Pennsylvania

Trax on Wax – Catonsville, Maryland

Turn, Turn, Turn! – Portland, Oregon

Vinyl Consumption – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Vinyl Daze – Virginia Beach, Virginia

**Vinyl Tap** – Nashville, Tennessee – My favorite name of them all. Records, beer, and cocktails all in one! Great play on the fictional band name too.

Vinyl Valhalla – Denver, Colorado

Wax Moon – Richmond, Virginia

Wax Trax – Denver, Colorado

Yooptone Records- Marquette, Michigan- great name for a shop in the U.P. (Yoopers)

#albums #compactDiscs #cultures #music #recordShops #records #retail #stores #ThirdPlaces #vinyl

What a great night...
Time for a good music session now !

#Music #MusicLover #Retro #Cassette #VinylRecords #CompactDiscs

Been spending the last month moving around and reorganizing my music shelves. It's mostly done at this point.

Top Left: K-Pop shelves.
Top Right: Majority of my vinyl collection
Bottom Left: J-Pop, K-Pop, Future Funk, Anime vinyl shelves
Bottom Right: CD Shelves

#MusicCollection #MusicCollector #KPop #JPop #Vinyl #Music #VinylCollection #CDCollection #CD #CDs #CompactDiscs #KPopCollection #MediaShelf

Went out to a second hand book and music store today. Snagged a bunch of great CD finds! 24 albums in total!

#ShopLocal #SupportSmallBusiness #CDs #CDHaul #CompactDiscs #CD

I have some music CDs still in their original packaging, where I also have the same album already as a digital download (e.g. from Bandcamp). I don't need to open the CD case to listen on my computer, but obviously I'd need to open it to listen on one of my CD players (which I use often to avoid the internet of distraction).

Should I open the CD cases?

#CDs #CompactDiscs

Went thrift store hunting today. 3 stacks of CDs here, plus found Britney's Dance Beat game for PC. So why not? LOL!

#ThriftStore #ThriftStoreFinds #ThriftStoreHaul #CDs #compactdiscs #BritneysDanceBeat