Tag: record store
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Why Your Turntable Set-Up Isn’t Good Enough. (July 18)
Take a look at any online forum for record collectors. Read any of the thousands of articles about the best turntable and the best speakers and the best sound absorbing wall panels. Walk into your local record store, take a look at their set-up. What do you see? I can tell you what you don’t…
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Fort Collins Record Stores: A Comprehensive Guide
The vinyl record industry is booming. Just a few years ago, sales of vinyl records passed CD sales for the first time since the 1990s. Since then, record sales have continued to increase. To meet this demand, more and more record stores are popping up nationwide. No longer a novelty or a niche hobby, even…
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Record Stores Colorado: 5 of the Best Vinyl Shops in the State
As the popularity of vinyl records continues to rise, it’s no surprise that record stores are popping up all over Colorado. Fort Collins saw the opening of two new record stores in 2022. Songbyrd records and Driver 8 Records. Vinyl mainstays in Denver like Twist and Shout Records are doing better than ever. This boom…
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Leech Pit Records and Vintage – Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Colorado Springs is a complicated town. “The Springs,” as it’s called by locals, was my first introduction to life outside my small hometown. It will always have a special place in my heart, even if it is far from perfect. It’s places like Leech Pit Records that make this town so much more than it’s…
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Twist and Shout Records – Denver, Colorado
If there is one single record store in Denver that you should visit, it’s probably Twist and Shout. I say this as someone who has dedicated their entire personality to the search for things off the beaten path. Even though Twist and Shout is easily the most well-known and polished record store in Colorado, it’s…