Scott Dudelson, an avid vinyl collector who lost over 8,000 records in the Palisades fire when his home burned down, at Record Surplus in Santa Monica. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) Scott ...

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Roughly 850 records line the shelves of a basement in a Tacoma home. Laurie Cinotto towers over the vast collection, pinches one album — smaller than the size of her palm — between her forefinger and ...

Let’s get organized! Vinyl record sales spiked after the pandemic started and managed to top CD sales for the first time in decades. A few years later, and despite slowing sales, vinyl records are ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A vinyl record collection is something to be proud of, so it makes sense that not everyone wants to hide theirs away. The album covers ...

Another prized possession in my collection is a unique playable record postage stamp from Spain, issued on November 4, 2020.

In our Record Store Day 2024 issue of the BrooklynVegan Digital Magazine, we talked to many different musicians about how record collecting and independent record stores shaped who they are today. One ...

GATHERING DUST. THERE COMES A TIME IN THE LIFE OF THE COLLECTOR WHEN ONE’S PRIDE AND JOY. YEAH, BECOMES A BIT OF A PROBLEM. AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE YOU TURN. LIKE MANY AN AGING BOOMER, JIM ...

Pentridge Prison’s radio station played donated albums for its inmates. Twenty-six years after the site’s sale, a local shop ...

Scott Dudelson, 45, peers out over the shelves of Santa Monica vinyl shop Record Surplus. First opening its doors in 1985, it's been his home away from home since childhood. While other kids were ...