Record stores around the world celebrate Record Store Day tomorrow. Check out what Vancouver stores are doing here: recordstoreday.com/Venues?country=Canada
From the vinyl archives:
The Beatles at Abbey Road Feb. 26, 1964 recording session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFbArd5MxtE
Anthology of American Folk Music:Ed Sanders, poet and founding member of The Fugs, recalls his deep friendship with Harry Smith, compiler of the highly influential Anthology of American Folk Music (http://goo.gl/hPBwtK). Smith produced The Fugs' first album in 1965 for Folkways Records: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM8n7JSnu_g
The first known recording of a human voice, from April 9th, 1860. (Phonautograph Etching): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBL7V3zGMUA
All That Music, El Paso, Texas — Record Stores Across America S0503 (Vinyl Community): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnwQ2uPuPkc&spfreload=10
Re-Vinylized (documentary on independent record stores in Chicago): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SGk76IqlSE
The Capitol Film Collection - The Tower Opens (1956): Some very early news reel coverage featuring the opening of the Capitol Records Tower in 1956. This reel was originally presented in the "silent newsreel" format. KTLA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2pJA-7hOSM
Capitol Vaults TV - Tour of the Capitol Mastering vinyl mastering process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGCRidX0kU
Capitol Vaults TV - Wanna buy a record? Promotional film for Capitol Records from 1951, starring Mel Blanc (the voice behind many Warner Bros and Hanna Barbera cartoon characters) and Billy May. The film shows the process of how a record is made, and shows Capitol Records headquarters before the Capitol Records Tower opened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFJyNSIkGtw
The Atlantic Records Story - Hip To The Tip - Part 1 of 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4K6OSIsDaQ
Soul Britannia examines the dynamic impact of black American and Caribbean sounds on British music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL0qe8gtygQ
Factory Records: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays (BBC 2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wAwLK1aBIw&index=10&list=RDIL0qe8gtygQ
The Joy of the Single (45 / 7") - BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h19oF8GKuQ&index=31&list=RDIL0qe8gtygQ
Frank Gossner: The archaeologist of African vinyl: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26654516
The Scramble for Vinyl:http://africasacountry.com/the-scramble-for-vinyl/
One of Africa's last record pressing plants sold on eBay: http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/one-of-africas-last-record-pressing-plants-is-being-sold-on-ebay/
World Records: The global vinyl economy in four interactive maps: http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/world-records-the-global-vinyl-economy-in-four-interactive-maps/
José Padilla’s (Godfather of chillout and master of the balearic beat) record collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwF9WIwnw-E#t=30
History of Vinyl Records #1 - The 78 RPM Single. Manufacturing plant RCA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beMV5wcf0js
Jimi Hendrix's record collection: http://www.kathyetchingham.com/jimi-hendrix-record-collection/
