by Rick Coste | Apr 6, 2024 | Vinyl Record Tips
“It’s so wasteful, and it’s irritating to me that we’re still at a point where you care that much about your numbers and you care that much about making money — and it’s all your favorite artists doing that shit.” That quote comes from a recent interview Billboard...
by Rick Coste | Mar 31, 2024 | Vinyl Record Tips
I recently created a video on my YouTube channel that addresses the argument in some audio circles around digital and analog sources. I specifically focused on whether it was a bad practice to press a vinyl record from a digital source. I do not have an issue with...
by Rick Coste | Mar 23, 2024 | Vinyl Record Tips
I use the terms “vinyl records” and “records” interchangeably on both my YouTube channel and in my writing, and I will occasionally receive a comment or inquiry from a viewer or reader as to why. Sometimes, viewers or readers will deliver the question more as a...
by Rick Coste | Mar 19, 2024 | Record Reviews
When I first sat down to listen to Judas Priest’s Invincible Shield, I had to remind myself that it’s 2024. The anticipation equaled two other moments related to a JP record – when I bought Screaming for Vengeance in 1982 and Angel of Retribution in 2005 (which...
by Rick Coste | Mar 8, 2024 | Record Reviews
My introduction to The Who happened in the fall of 1980. I was 13 years old on a class field trip, and someone had smuggled their tape player onto the bus (also known as a boombox for the uninitiated). There was one song I vaguely recognized from the radio, but what...
