From the pantheon of 1950s jazz to the Psych records of the 1960s, vintage vinyl records in their original jackets deliver sound as well as sensibility. No wonder contemporary artists like Pearl Jam and Radiohead insist on releasing their new work in …

There's an extremely wide range of desirable record titles available to classical-music fans, from recordings by famous conductors (Furtwangler, Orff) and instrumentalists (Menuhin, Oistrakh) to rare and compelling pressings by lesser-known artists.

Shop for-and learn about-Vintage 78 Records. Before iTunes, CDs, 8-tracks, LPs, or even seven-inch EPs, 78s were the main medium for recorded music,...

Shop for-and learn about-Vintage Vinyl 45 Records. For people of a certain age, seven-inch 45 rpm vinyl records are what music was, and is, all about. They...

Collectible vinyl jazz records run the gamut from some of the earliest blues, ragtime, and Dixieland 78 RPM recordings to bebop, hard bop, and free jazz LPs. Along the way, the genre includes big band swing, West Coast cool, and international flavors.

Shop for-and learn about-Vintage Beatles Records. Beatles records are collectible for two principal reasons. First, we’re talking about the Beatles, and...

Shop for-and learn about-Vintage Elvis Presley Records. In the 1950s, selling singles was a bigger deal for up-and-coming rock ’n’ rollers than selling...

Feb 20, 2009 · Patrick Lundborg talks about vinyl psych and garage records, including the popular artists, the best places to find records from obscure underground bands, and the differences between the psych and garage genres. Patrick can be contacted via his website, http://www.lysergia.com.

Today, vintage punk record collectors seek out the independent records released by the original punk labels. Dischord Records, founded by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson of The Teen Idles and Minor Threat, issued albums and 45s by artists such as Lungfish, Youth Brigade, and Fugazi (which was started by MacKaye after Minor Threat disbanded).

It’s time to give this vintage vinyl a spin. Records as we know them today (or knew them, before the rise of CDs and digital music) have been around since 1930, when RCA manufactured a 12-inch vinyl disc that was meant to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute (RPM).