Amazon says that it’s selecting albums from the “golden era of vinyl,” which it defines as the 1960s and 1970s. Its music team singles out Pink Floyd, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Miles Davis and Abba as examples of artists that fit their criteria. One Amazon user noted that the first two albums released to subscribers werePink Floyd’s The Wall and London Calling by The Clash.
Cartel will be doing a Chroma livestream this weekend. The performance will also be pressed to vinyl and pre-orders are now up via their Pillar page.
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American Fail, the project from Bobby of Gatsbys American Dream, is getting the vinyl treatment courtesy of Little Elephant Records.
Paramore’s 2007 album Riot! reaches the top 10 of Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart for the first time, thanks to a new pressing on silver colored vinyl.
The set re-enters the chart dated June 12 at No. 8 with 7,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending June 3 (up 1,380%), according to MRC Data, nearly all from sales of the new vinyl edition. Riot! had previously debuted and peaked at No. 20 on the June 30, 2007-dated chart. The album was issued on silver colored vinyl on May 28 as part of the Fueled by Ramen record label’s ongoing 25th-anniversary festivities.
In just three days, Taylor Swift’s Evermore has set the record for the biggest sales week for a vinyl album in the U.S. since MRC Data began tracking sales in 1991.
The vinyl edition of Evermore, released on May 28, sold over 40,000 copies in the U.S. through May 30, according to initial reports to MRC Data. That beats the record for an entire single-week of vinyl sales, held by the debut frame of vinyl devotee Jack White’s Lazaretto, when it launched with 40,000 copies in the week ending June 15, 2014. (MRC Data began electronically tracking music sales in 1991, when the company was known as SoundScan.) It’s presumed that Evermore’s vinyl sales sum will grow by the end of the tracking week on Thursday, June 3.
A 20th Anniversary boxset for Almost Famous has been announced.
Silverstein have announced a collector edition of When Broken Is Easily Fixed.
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7Seconds’ debut album is getting a vinyl repress.
The Shins have announced a 20th anniversary edition of Oh, Inverted World.
Record Store Day has announced their list of 2021 releases. You’ll find stuff from Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag, Thrice, From First to Last, Senses Fail, and many more. You can also download a PDF of the list here.
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Phoebe Bridgers will release Copycat Killer on vinyl on May 14th. Pre-orders are now up.
Paramore’s Riot! will be getting a new silver re-pressing for Fueled by Ramen’s 25th anniversary.
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Bad Astronaut have announced a vinyl boxset.
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The MxPx vinyl box set is now available for purchase.