Thursday, March 27, 2008

Next Elvis Costello Album Will Use Vinyl Download Format | Listening Post from Wired.com

More on the vinyl front. I'm sitting here imagining a future with nice big librettos in opera LPs - somthing I miss. The booklets in CDs are ok, don't get me wrong, but if you haven't seen the beautiful booklet with Rossini's Siege of Corinthe LP (with Beverly Sills), it just doesn't compare.

Next Elvis Costello Album Will Use Vinyl Download Format | Listening Post from Wired.com

The Lonely Note: Vinyl vs. CD: An Analog Revival in a Digital World (Part 1 of 3)

I read this interesting note on loneynote.blogspot.com about a resurgence in vinyl recordings. I had to do a double-take, simply because my family thinks I'm crazy to have saved about 100 LPs from the dumpster at the local classical radio station's sale when they switched over to digital. Caveat: itt's in multiple parts, so don't miss any of it.

The Lonely Note: Vinyl vs. CD: An Analog Revival in a Digital World (Part 1 of 3)