One collector s eclectic flexi disc collection
Welcome to a peek inside Michael Cumella s collection of flexi discs, phonosheets, cardboard discs, and oddity records, acquired by many years of music collecting and many years of hosting WFMUâs The Antique Phonograph Music Program.
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By Michael Cumella Welcome to a peek inside my collection of flexi discs, phonosheets, cardboard discs, and oddity records, acquired by many years of music collecting and many years of hosting WFMU’s The Antique Phonograph Music Program. These records have a long and mostly undocumented history, spanning the early 1900s through the 1990s. The products of such forgotten manufacturers as Durium, Auravion, Rainbo, Eva-Tone, and American Audiographics, they are made from metal, shellac, celluloid, or flexible materials like plastic or cardboard. The people who made these records would be astounded that we’ve saved them; far from being pop hits, these recordings were meant to have short live
1-2-3-4 Go! Records gets a stellar Record Store Recon review on the Goldmine Podcast
1-2-3-4 Go! Records of Oakland, California, gets reviewed for its stock, store, website, social media presence and selection (a perfect score!) by veteran anonymous reviewer Dr. Disc on an episode of the Goldmine Podcast.
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1-2-3-4 Go! Records of Oakland, California, gets reviewed for its stock, staff, website, social media presence and selection (a perfect score!) by veteran anonymous reviewer Dr. Disc on an episode of the Goldmine Podcast.
Plus, listen to the episode and receive a hint on how to win signed vinyl from a well-known Northwest rock band!
10 Albums That Changed My Life: Mike Peters
As we celebrate The Alarm s 40-year legacy, lead vocalist Mike Peters shares with us 10 albums that changed his life.
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The Alarm with their album
Sigma, following the quartet’s 2018 album
Equals. Additionally, their 1985 album
Strength was re-released in an expanded format as a double CD, with two flip sides added to the first CD along with a second CD of studio cover songs and outtakes. “Strength” is one of The Alarm’s six singles, on the I.R.S. label, to reach the U.S. Top 100 from 1984 through 1989.
In August 2019, our
Mike Peters, highlighted songs from
10 Albums that changed the life of Johnny Winter
A torch-bearer for the blues, Johnny Winterâs artistic canon offers a clear link between British blues-rock and American Southern rock styles. Here are the 10 albums that Winter had picked that were life changers.
Author: Johnny Winter. Publicity photo by Paul Natkin.
Since he signed a historic record deal with Columbia in 1969, Johnny Winter had crafted music that influenced generations of artists.
A torch-bearer for the blues, Winter’s artistic canon offers a clear link between British blues-rock and American Southern rock styles. The guitar legend was also a man of relatively few words as evidenced by his to-the-point accounting of the albums that changed his life who preferred to let his music do most of the talking. So which albums influenced Johnny Winter the most? Here they are, in his own words: