Q-I saw your article in the Tribune and was surprised to learn that someone is still making and marketing equipment to play vinyl LPs for audiophiles. My question is: Where can I purchase new ...

If they sell four classical LPs a day, it will take the shocked volunteers of a tiny second-hand shop in Devon more than three years to get through their latest donation. Staff at the Oxfam charity ...

So, you’ve decided to nerd up your record collection and expand your aural palette by getting into classical music on vinyl? Awesome! But where to start? The good news is that high-quality classical ...

As with any hobby, audiophilia has its legends. Among veteran enthusiasts of sound recordings and playback systems, the legends include recordings produced by the American Mercury label from the early ...

A neighbor has around 300 mostly classical vinyl records and is looking to sell them. She contacted several local (Raleigh, NC) record stores, but there was little, or no interest. I don't know the ...

Weinberg wrote this set of 24 instrumental numbers in 1969 for Rostropovich. Exactly why Rostropovich never performed them isn't clear, and they weren't heard in public until 1996. Gidon Kremer's ...

RECORDS Cut-Rate Classics In the modern supermarket, the hapless shopper is besieged at every turn by labels of BARGAIN BONANZA! slapped on everything from brussels sprouts to lawnmowers—and, of late, ...

German director Florian Hoffmeister’s debut film The Have-Nots is a European exploration of the emotional after-effects of 9/11. The score comes from the British musician Adrian Corker. He’s worked ...

In the thirteen years since the plastic LP era began, no classical record has exhibited the sales allure of such old champions as Enrico Caruso’s 78-r.p.m. performance of Vesti la giubba from ...

FOR THE RECORD A Lazarus species is an animal that was presumed to be extinct, only to be rediscovered years later. Percival Records is one such creature: a street-level record shop. Tucked behind the ...