Vinyl Community Podcasts

Welcome back everybody for this latest Audio Excursion! Saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh is my guest, and is the founder of Analog Tone Factory - a new record label that records exclusively to analog tape! Coming at this project as a musician himself, Jerome has taken up the mantle for high quality recording techniques to aid the purists among us for the highest quality audio reproduction. As their webs...

Starting your week off with the FREESTYLE portion of SURFACE NOISE: B-Side. The guys kept the show going and touched on topics like DSD-Gate - where's my refund: updates on where the panelists are in their refund/return stages with MoFi/Music Direct, and also why curious mastering choices like omitting tracks on reissues are made. Hijinks ensues...kind of.    Thanks for tuning in!   For more infor...

Surface Noise on an off week??? Time to flip the record and check out the B-Side! Let's Gooooo!!!!! Host Jason (Spinz Vinyl) is here to touch on the following: -What's up with the new Rhino Hi-Fidelity Black Sabbath reissue? -Is That OG?? The question the often comes up immediately when finding good used vinyl in the wild -Smash Or Pass? It's all fun and games... and a few facts...on Surface Noise...

Soundtracks - in this episode your host, Rob from Nothern Revolutions, is back and chatting with fellow vinyl enthusiast and now record store owner, Joe from Racer Records.  They mull over the topic of soundtracks - are they really anything worthwhile, or do some of them actually stand on their own as a musical work?  Rob and Joe take a dive into this often overlooked genre of the vinyl world and...

Back on the dance floor of Vinyl Community Podcasts, Nadine (Souldisco) is joined by Rocco (Pieces of Vinyl) to talk about some of the latest releases from Vinyl Me, Please as well as touch on some of the recent challenges the company has faced with the pressing plant situation. Rumor has it there may even be some cassette talk mixed into the conversation; you'll just have to listen to find out!  ...

A desert-sized portion of the latest freestyle from the SURFACE NOISE program. Warning - bad jokes, laughs, and commentaries ahead. To our friends in the states, have a safe Memorial Day - and greatest thanks to our veterans and servicemen and servicewomen who gave the ultimate gift.   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com    

Grab a napkin, because our panel is BACK to review, preview, and barbecue the latest news and headlines in record collecting - only on SURFACE NOISE! Plus, we have a couple late additions to the dais to discuss the following topics: (1) Rhino + Sabbath release (and future of the series + plus ready to order but not ready to ship?) (2) Apple Top 100 Best Albums List (meh)  (3) Today's Music Critic...

Join us for an interview with bassist Max Gerl. We dive into his latest projects with JMI Recordings, discover his musical origins, and much more!   Order Max Gerl’s self titled solo bass record here: https://www.jmirecordings.com/the-jmi-record-store/max-gerl-max-gerl-12-vinyl-lp   For more on Max Gerl: IG: https://www.instagram.com/maxgerlbass   For more on The Jazz Bums: YT: https://www.youtube...

The recent legal strife between Vinyl Me Please and Vinyl Media Pressings as a startup vinyl record pressing plant remind us of the long delays which have become the norm for new plants. Host David Bianco discusses what might be causing these delays based on his experience in manufacturing and seeing the realities vs. the hype. The good news is: more capacity helps keep titles stocked and promise...

Fresh from grabbing some tastiness from his local Tim Horton's, host Rob (Northern Revolutions) is joined by guests Jason Arsenault, Joe (Racer Records), Brian (Embryonic Robot), and Peter (Music is a Journey) to talk about music central to their core; namely, the music, artists, and bands of their homeland: Canada. What it means to us, what is it really, who do we think the world needs to hear an...

The after hours, after Austin afterglow continues on the SURFACE NOISE FREESTYLE. The panel (minus Jason Roxas, DNP - power outage), recaps an interstate record transaction that took place in Austin, the passing of the late Steve Albini, and even some Shaun Cassidy commentary (really). Why else would we make this crap up? All this and MORE on the latest SURFACE NOISE FREESTYLE!   For more informat...

After loading up on sweet, sweet black wax at the Austin Record Show, SURFACE NOISE recaps the event, talks the VMP dramedy, and talks to special guest June's Music Corner about the plight of digging in the dollar bins (and if it's still a good option for collection building, today). All this and MORE, on SURFACE NOISE! Here exclusively on Vinyl Community Podcasts!    For more information on guest...

Love it or leave it, the series Mind of The Record (er, Music) Collector is back on the airwaves of Vinyl Community Podcasts! This spin around the turntable features our guest Steve Herold, a lifelong collector of music in the physical form. His pursuit of music extends beyond our beloved vinyl - of late he's been feverishly pursuing compact discs for many of the same reasons we got back into viny...

While the Vinyl Community is all abuzz about the thrill, adventures, and treasures of the recent Record Store Day 2024 event, your host Rob from Northern Revolutions is joined by Joe from Racer Records to talk about used vinyl.  Rob and Joe chat about the "other side", the "less pretty" side of the record hobby and that being used vinyl.  The resurgence of the last 15 years has seen a massive delu...

Can you feel it? A seismic shift under our feet, Buddies! For the latest edition of Mind of The Record Collector, I'm joined by the Vinyl Geek himself - Eric Callero - from the popular YouTube channel Vinyl Rewind. Eric is no stranger to YouTube nor our obsession collecting our favorite music on vinyl (and other formats). Vinyl Rewind is a channel that touches on many fun and interesting points of...

As the saying goes, "you get what you paid for". Set your expectations on low, as our dais continues the chatter from the latest SURFACE NOISE program into the FREESTYLE here for your ears. The boys touched on topic not yet discussed on these particular airwaves: The Beatles. While that lead to a steady viewer drop, we try to pull the plane up with more record talk and some preliminary thoughts on...

As we struggle to adjust to this post Record Store Day '24 world, join our SURFACE NOISE crew as we put one foot in front of the other and pick up the pieces towards making our vinyl collections great again. Or something like that. Join us, won't you?   Topics Covered: (1) RSD Hangover: Do the plethora of "haul" videos hurt/help? (2) Moving Records: Worst Thing Ever? (3) Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2...

Taking you straight across the pond for this one, Buddies! For the latest in the Vinyl Community Podcasts series Mind of The Record Collector, I'm joined by a buddie from the UK - Harris Pilton. I've had some great exchanges with him since I began making content in the community, and we share some similar (and different) experiences and approaches to the hobby that make for a different take in thi...

Exhausted from Record Store Day 2024 content yet? Let us slip this little ditty in before you are. Hear about our experiences, trials, and (perhaps) tribulations on the biggest record shopping day of the year! This emergency PODstream drops now, on Vinyl Community Podcasts!    For more information on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie   For more information on Arnaldo (fid...

Fresh from the seat at the end of the bar, we'd like to welcome Alex (Beer & Vinyl) joining the airwaves of Vinyl Community Podcasts fresh off his recent sit down with the owner of of Plaid Room Records and Coleman Records of Loveland, Ohio - Terry Cole. Colemine is a label home to some of the best indie + soul music out today, featuring artists like Durand Jones, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio (DLO...

The point where vinyl record madness, mayhem, and mischief intersect - join us for the latest Surface Noise - FREESTYLE at your own risk (the lawyers made us say that). . . . . Plus, save 10% today and every day at Vinyl Storage Solutions using the following codes: CONCERTBUDDIE VCP10   https://vinylstoragesolutions.ca   For more information on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@Concert...

You know you cannot get enough vinyl record talk, and here on Surface Noise, we got you covered! Lots of record talk plus an update on the future of the show. Don't miss it! Topics covered include: (1) Too Many Variants - what makes you buy multiples if variants are in play (2) Is the Rhino Audiophile Series a success so far? ex. The Jazz buy 3 get 1 free sale (3) How important are record shows to...

Back in the building Buddies with another pod-exclusive presentation here on Vinyl Community Podcasts! Touching on a topic that's recently been in the news with Billie Eilish and her recent Billboard interview talking about the cash grab that persists with the overproduction of vinyl color and cover variants. Sure, there's a free market component to this topic, but she was also talking about the e...

Welcome back fellow Jazz Bums! For this latest installment of Vinyl Community Podcasts, the guys discuss the recent announcement of the 2024 Blue Note Classic Series titles!    For more information on the Jazz Bums: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JazzBums Discord: https://discord.com/invite/yy4n2x8UnZ IG: https://www.instagram.com/jazzbums   Official Announcement: https://www.bluenote.com/class...

Just when you didn't think it could get any worse, we test that by putting forth the latest FREESTYLE at the end of the SURFACE NOISE livestream. More Pablo talk? Check. John Mayer as a world-class stickman? Check. Tasting a couple of records that no one asked for? Check - check - check.    All that and more, on the latest SURFACE NOISE - FREESTYLE - NOW!   For more on host Concert Buddie: https:/...