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Hang On To Your Helmet - HD Cassette Is Here!We know it's August but we just fell across one of the best April Fool's jokes and we thought we might share.....the HD cassette....Promising updated machinery and manufacturing methods,the new cassette will offer HD sound,unchewable tape and up to 360 minutes of storage space.The HD tapes offer Shush technology which offers a quiet performance free from hiss and noise,as well as anti-tangle protect which coats the tape with a special substance that m …

The World's Worst Record Shop Customer Service....And He's Proud Of It!There is a record shop in Philadelphia  that has 4 million records on hand,mostly 45's from the 1950's and 1960's.And the owner hates customers.....how does that work?Shively celebrates his 50th year in the record business this year but don't expect him to throw an anniversary party.You won't even get a warm welcome on arrival!On his shop door hangs a sign warning "DO NOT ENTER" with the smaller words underneath "unless …

The First Record Played In Space - T Minus 33 1/3!After 4 years of planning,Jack White's hair-brained scheme to play a record in space was achieved successfully on 30th July,2016.Seeking to fulfill White's long held ambition,White's record label Third Man Records has built a custom space-proof turntable called "the Icarus Craft" which was hoisted into the atmosphere attached to a high altitude balloon.The record set that was played was a gold plated master of Carl Sagan's single"A Glorious Dawn" …

The Last Record Pressing Plant In The UK SavedThe former EMI record pressing plant is now owned by a company called The Vinyl Factory.Established in 2001 The Vinyl Factory Group bought the old EMI manufacturing complex in Hayes which was being sold and the plant was scheduled to close.The manufacturing plant had been set up by EMI in the 1970's after moving from it's old plant,also in Hayes.The plant still presses 10,000 records a week.Some interesting points about the plant include the fact tha …

New Record Pressing Plants To Open Across The WorldNorth America's second biggest record processing plant is soon to open in Burlington,Canada.It is owned by the President of major music distributor Isotope Music,Gerry McGhee.In Phase 1 of production the plant can do  4.5 million records a year.In Phase 2,once additional presses are added the plant should have thecapacity of up to 11 million  records a year which will make it the second largest plant in North America.Their delivery tim …