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The 70th Anniversary of The Vinyl LP

Part 2 This year marks the 70th Anniversary of what we now know as vinyl LPs. Although the format has been called many things including...

‘Garage Rock’ the 60’s: Part 22

We have been covering the many garage bands of the 1960s in this series over the last several months. This part will entirely consist...

Record Store Crawl 2018

On Saturday, June 23rd in Rochester, NY I went on a Record Store Crawl. I’ve been to bar crawls before, interesting in their own...

‘Garage Rock’ the 60’s: Part 21

by Jack B. Stephens More articles by Jack B. Stephens Welcome to Part 21 of The Sounds of the 60s! As we uncover bands from this...

‘Garage Rock’ the 60’s: Part 20

Sounds of the 60s: Garage Bands and Rock, Part 20 by Jack B. Stephens More articles by Jack B. Stephens Making a successful impact on the United...

‘Garage Rock’ the 60’s: Part 19

Sounds of the 60s: Garage Bands and Rock, Part 19 More articles by Jack B. Stephens Welcome to the 19th part of my series covering the...

Reel to Reel Resurrection

The Beauty of Analog For more than half of the 20th century reel to reel tape was the recording studio standard. Multitrack reel to reel...

Record Store Day 2018 – It’s All About Community

Record Store Day comes but once per annum yet the online price gouging lasts all year and then some. I if want to get...

We all love vinyl. So, why the generational divide?

The newly resurrected mainstream interest in vinyl has exploded a culture that a minority of diehards have been covetous of and a place where...

‘Garage Rock’ the 60’s: Part 18

Sounds of the 60s: Garage Bands and Rock, Part 18 More articles by Jack B. Stephens Welcome to the newest installment of my series Sounds of...

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The 45 RPM Record: The Plastic Disc That Changed Recorded Music

The 45 RPM single vinyl record celebrated its 70th Anniversary this year on March 31st, 2019. This recorded...