Because Sound Matters Vinyl Music Blog

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Metallica "Metallica"
Tune in Friday at 1:00 pm PST

This week our Friday Vinyl Lunch features a live stream of Metallica "Metallica." Click HERE to order this album. We stream a different album every Friday, via USTREAM at 1:00 PM PST. Tune in HERE and enjoy your lunch!

Ira and James from Yo La Tengo go shopping at Amoeba SF!

"Vinyl continues to grow in popularity, especially among young consumers like college students." - INFORUM

More than 200 vinyl-philes strolled through a meeting room at the Fargo Howard Johnson to shop, bargain and trade with record sellers and collectors from around the area. READ MORE HERE

HIM “Screamworks: Love In Theory and Practice”
Tune in Friday at 1:00 pm PST

This week our Friday Vinyl Lunch features a live stream of HIM “Screamworks: Love In Theory and Practice.” We stream a different album every Friday, via USTREAM at 1:00 PM PST. Tune in HERE and enjoy your lunch!

"But why, when we have such lightweight, simple technology at the tip of our fingers, are teenagers fascinated by these oversized, nearly obsolete discs? Perhaps it is the fact that most of us, used to having all our music stored in iPods that fit in the palm of our hands, completely missed out on the tangibility of records." - Christina Seminara, The Buffalo News

Read the article HERE

MUSE “Black Holes and Revelations”
Tune in Friday at 1:00 pm PST

This week our Friday Vinyl Lunch features a live stream of MUSE "Black Holes and Revelations." We stream a different album every Friday, via USTREAM at 1:00 PM PST. Tune in HERE and enjoy your lunch!

Check out this GREAT REVIEW of the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Damn The Torpedoes" Deluxe Red Vinyl Reissue. The $50 deluxe double red 180 gram version includes a heavy gatefold jacket, 12 page booklet and a digital download card offering your choice of MP3 or CD resolution FLAC download. Pre-Order your copy HERE.

Robert Randolph & the Family Band “We Walk This Road”
Tune in Friday at 1:00 pm PST

This week our Friday Vinyl Lunch features a live stream of Robert Randolph & the Family Band "We Walk This Road." Click HERE to order this album. We stream a different album every Friday, via USTREAM at 1:00 PM PST. Tune in HERE and enjoy your lunch!

Never Shout Never "Harmony"
Tune in Tuesday, Oct 26 at 2:30 pm PST

This week our Vinyl Stream features Never Shout Never "Harmony" on Yellow Colored Vinyl. Special Guest Christofer Drew from Never Shout Never will introduce the album and cue up the stream. Click HERE to order the album. Make sure to tune in HERE and enjoy your lunch!

"The first copy to sell went for $800 back in 2003 and it’s been sky-rocketing ever since. Just recently I’ve had the pleasure of coordinating the sale of one of these singles for the stately sum of $18,000. Yes, you read that correctly…eighteen thousand United States dollars. This copy was painted by Mr. Buick and is pressed on especially swirly red/white vinyl."
-Third Man Records' Ben Swank speaking about ultra-rare White Stripes "Lafayette Blues" Limited Edition 45's.

“The vinyl is really important to me,” Swift tells EW, “because I’m so in love with the concept of an album — a collection of memories from your life that you’re giving to people. It’s a piece of you. Buying them on vinyl is just taking that one step further and acknowledging that albums are important.”
- Taylor Swift, interviewed for entertainmentweekly.com

Inception: Music from the Motion Picture
Tune in Friday at 1:00 pm PST

This week our Friday Vinyl Lunch features a live stream of INCEPTION: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE. Click HERE to order this album. We stream a different album every Friday, via USTREAM at 1:00 PM PST. Tune in HERE and enjoy your lunch!

THIS PRODUCT IS SOLD OUT

This Thursday October 14th at 1:00 PM PST we will be holding a one-time sale of Master of Puppets on deluxe PURPLE vinyl!!! This limited edition colored vinyl set comes as a double gatefold, two-disc, 180 gram, 45 rpm version and was half-speed mastered from the original analog tapes at Mobile Fidelity for the ultimate listening experience! Only 1,000 copies of this special set were pressed and were never released to retail and we have 500 copies to sell. Sale goes live on this site at 1:00 PM PST.

Because Sound Matters is now taking Pre-Orders on the reissue of Jack Mannequin's debut album "Everything In Transit." All pre-orders will be signed by Jack's Mannequin's front-man Andrew McMahon. Click HERE to Pre-Order now.