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Happy National Vinyl Record Day, everyone! To celebrate, we’ve been spinning a number of our favorite LPs as our soundtrack for the day, both old/reissued and new alike. We’ve also compiled a related story about a wonderful local vinyl-donation initiative called Spin It Forward. Read on to learn more about this library program that champions a truly good vinyl-centric cause, in addition to marking some personal vinyl touchstones and reinforcing the ongoing importance of indie record stores. . . .

In June 1964, Nick Perls, Dick Waterman, and Phil Spiro, three young white men from the North, traveled to Mississippi in search of Son House (1902-1988), a blues singer/guitarist whose career had been so abject a commercial failure that he was completely forgotten and unknown, except to a small group of perhaps two dozen country blues collectors who, based upon the recordings available, maybe twenty minutes in total, had proclaimed him to be the greatest of all the Delta Blues singers.

AP editor Mike Mettler, still recovering from a nasty cold, masked up to venture out for Record Store Day today on November 28, 2025. Read on to see what he found (and obtained) while out and about on his masked but not anonymous RSD 2025 ventures. . .

Record Store Day 2024, the Black Friday edition, is soon upon us — just two days from now on November 29, 2024, in fact. Read on to see ten cool RSD 2024 picks from AP editor Mike Mettler and chief LP reviewer Mark Smotroff that might be worth adding to your own shopping list for that special day. . .

You have to hand it to Jack White. The multi-talented, multi-hyphenate producer/vocalist/guitarist has successfully created a personal brand of stylistic flair alongside his own multifaceted music and musical tastes — and he’s also known as the force behind Third Man Records, which he co-founded with Ben Blackwell and Ben Swank in 2001. Read on to see everything our Julie Mullins came across during her recent onsite visit to the Third Man Records record store locale in Nashville. . .