In a surprising move, the Japanese tech giant is getting in on the vinyl renaissance. Portable record players aren’t exactly ...

Volatility and anti-American resentment are already hurting the niche vinyl industry, but a little-known law could help it ...

Vinyl is making a comeback in Japan. Tower Records Japan Inc.’s renovated flagship store in Tokyo’s Shibuya district was reopened in late February. Its analog record floor has nearly doubled ...

Vinyl records are said to have a richer sound than digital formats. Unlike listening to an MP3 file, listening to an album on vinyl is an interactive experience. You need to stick around and flip the ...

Most vinyl from the past couple of decades weighs in at around the 120-140g mark, but 180g pressings have become a more ...

People are buying old-school video games like "Centipede" and "Space Invaders," '70s-style Polaroid cameras and old-fangled vinyl records played on turntables. Reinier Evers, the Netherlands-based ...

The Recording Industry Association of America said in a shocking report released last fall that vinyl records outsold CDs in the first half of 2020 in the United States. In Japan, vinyl sales have ...

Drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese record bars, the restaurant integrates vinyl records into its core concept. Each dish is thoughtfully paired with handpicked tracks, spun on a state ...

Curated from high quality live recordings made as the band toured Japan including Shizuoka, Tokyo, Osaka, and Kobe, War’s Live In Japan 1974 is a killer package. The new live album by legendary ...