The perimeter of the camera is made from ridged plastic that almost feels like a cut-out from a vinyl record.
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Rather, the shifting and changing sounds suggest electronic sound effects, while sometimes the warping sounded like a vinyl record going very slowly.
The most improbable move for Premier Cru was Katsiris' decision to make the first album an old-fashioned vinyl record, instead of a CD.
Vinyl record sales are declining to be sure, another victim of digital downloading, but a new group of listeners are embracing the format: hipsters.
Like the vinyl record and the cassette, they served their purpose.
You could share that with a friend the way that you might loan a vinyl record or a CD to them, to listen to a song that meant something to you.
Take Apple 's iPod, which lets today's teenagers download any song for 99 cents--one-quarter of the price (in constant dollars) that kids in 1975 paid for a 45 rpm vinyl record.
Take Apple 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPod, which lets today's teenagers download any song for 99 cents--one-quarter of the price (in constant dollars) that kids in 1975 paid for a 45 rpm vinyl record.
I'm often accused of being a Luddite -- mostly based on my fervent and affectionate clinging to several physical objects that are quickly becoming cultural artifacts: the ink pen, the paper book, and the vinyl record -- but those items haven't been the only 'evidence' my accusers have historically cited.
She'll get no argument from Dave Ignizio, who owns Square Records, a vinyl-record shop in the hip Highland Square district of Akron, Ohio.
Shebiro worries that a frothy market for vinyl may have record companies a little too excited.
This felt warm and nostalgic, like the crackle of vinyl on a record player, or a good Robert DeNiro movie.
Such hip-hop heavyweights as Jay-Z, Linkin Park and Nas are pushing out new vinyl at a record clip, so to speak.
The Joy of the Single, meanwhile, will feature Jack White, Norman Cook, Neil Sedaka and others talking about the vinyl 45 rpm record.
Elbow's Guy Garvey has said he is starting a new record label solely for vinyl EPs to revive the format.
But the cafe also has a modern aesthetic, and attracts a college-aged crowd with experimental jazz records pumping from the speakers, live performances, art exhibitions and record parties, where people bring their own vinyl collection and discuss music.
For independent record stores, which sell 71% of all LPs, vinyl is becoming a lifeline even as megastores like Tower Records and HMV have gone the way of the 8-track.
Record Store Day has also helped move the needle in the right direction for vinyl.
Still, there is more than a whiff of those rockin' '80s days at punk-rock T-shirt shops, tattoo parlours and dusty stores selling furniture and vintage clothing, and the record stores are the real deal, with New York's best selection of vinyl.
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