You have just got home after a weekend day of driving around town looking for the perfect album to bring home. Being thrilled at your bounty you decide to open the sleeve, slide out your new record and give it a listen. The sound of the needle dropping. You hear some light static from surface…
Vinyl represent timeless music and a different listening experience than other audio formats. From their cultural and historical significance to the nostalgic feelings they bring, even young listeners – who do not have the same connection as their parents or older siblings – listen to and own vinyl. But what makes them better than the…
If you are anything like us, sometimes when you get deep enough into a hobby you begin to think about things like the history, how it is made, or even who thought of it. At Vinyl Bro we hope to be able to answer all of those questions for you when it comes to vinyl…
This is a topic that is approached often, and everyone has their favorite vinyl record storage method and their preferences. However, we aim to guide you through the definitive methods around storing your vinyl records the proper way. As long as we follow some general guidelines your records will be kept safely regardless of what…
How To Ship Vinyl Records? Shipping vinyl records may seem like a very basic thing to do. There are some things you need to think about and consider before you just throw your records in a box and send them out. It needs to be done properly or it is almost guaranteed that the records…
What!? Window cleaner on a vinyl record? Who has ever heard of such a thing? Well, apparently a lot of people in the days of old used this exact thing to clean their vinyl record collection. Before a time of record specific anti-static brushes, clothes, and cleaners you had to use something to clean them….
Once the most popular media used for listening to music, records became all but obsolete to just about everyone and sales plummeted. There were always the die-hards out there that still collected and listened to records and they never let go. Vinyl eventually mostly became replaced by the CD for a multitude of reasons which…
Maybe you just do not have a record cleaner and want to know if you can use water. Maybe you spilled water on your brand new record? Or maybe, unfortunately, your house flooded and your vinyl records got soaked? This does not have to be the end of the world. As a matter of fact,…
While this may seem like an odd question to some, it is still a valid question and is still asked often. If you think back in the history of turntables, this question actually becomes pretty cloudy. We seek to directly answer your question in this article. So, Do Record Players Need Electricity? Modern record players…
There are several terms used to describe records in general as there are many different types of records. If you landed here, you were likely trying to get someone a gift who collects records, and you wanted to make sure that the “Vinyl” they asked for is the same thing you remembered or you are…
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