Practical Ways To Be An Environmentally Friendly Record Collector

The environmental impact of vinyl on the planet is one of the music industry’s (many) dirty little secrets. Last year alone over 4 million new vinyl records were purchased, and considering the average LP weighs about 135g, that means that over 550 tonnes of our favourite black plastic – with all its associated energy and […]

Contest: Win ‘Kin’ On Blu-ray, Plus the Vinyl Soundtrack by Mogwai

The sci-fi coming of age story Kin hit Digital November 6 and is coming to 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand this week. In anticipation of that release, we’re giving away the film on Blu-ray along with a copy of the Kin soundtrack on […]

Cool Stuff: Let Mondo’s ‘Halloween 3: Season of the Witch’ Vinyl Soundtrack Control Your Mind

Halloween 3: Season of the Witch is the only chapter in the horror franchise that doesn’t feature the iconic slasher Michael Myers. Though it was disregarded for years, the film has earned a loyal following in horror circles, and those fans will undoubtedly be happy to see the film’s soundtrack composed by John Carpenter and […]

Red Light! Green Light! Mondo Announces ‘Mission: Impossible’ Vinyl Soundtrack Release

You mission, should you choose to accept it…I wonder, did you ever choose not to? Well, when it comes to new vinyl soundtrack releases from Mondo, the answer is no, especially when it comes to Mission: Impossible. Mondo has announced a vinyl release for the original Mission: Impossible score composed by Danny Elfman for the […]

Deep Purple to release a limited edition collection of classic albums on purple vinyl

With a changing personnel of musicians from Ian Gillan and Roger Glover to David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, and Tommy Bolin eventually taking the place of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, these releases are a fine document of a sensational British rock band. Taken from the original master tapes at Abbey Road Studios, all of these vintage […]

Cool Stuff: ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Soundtrack Getting a Peach-Scented Vinyl Release for Your Pleasure

Call Me By Your Name was adored by critics last year, and it rode that wave of acclaim all the way to a worthy Best Picture nomination. The film unfolds in Northern Italy in the summer of 1983, where a teenage boy named Elio (Timothée Chalamet) becomes enamored with an American graduate student (Armie Hammer) […]

Plastic fantastic! This season's hottest vinyl fashion pieces from ASOS, Marks and Spencer

SAT MAG Plastic Fantastic: Get this season’s hottest vinyl trend The surprising hit of the runway was the integration of wipe clean, vinyl fabrics into high end designer shows. Rubberised and plastic materials were worked into chic and feminine silhouettes at the likes of Calvin Klein, Chanel, Valentino and Balenciaga, where they became sleek suiting […]

Cool Stuff: ‘Attack the Block’ Soundtrack Gets a Collectible Vinyl Release from I Am Shark

John Boyega might be a huge star now thanks to his leading role as the defected Stormtrooper FN-2187 in the new Star Wars trilogy, but back in 2011 he was a little known name at the center of the sci-fi horror comedy with some incredible monsters,  a fantastic ensemble cast and a fantastic score. Attack […]

Alexander Armstrong celebrates release of In A Winter Light with his top 10 vinyl albums

GETTY Alexander Armstrong reveals his top 10 vinyl records On his newly released In A Winter Light, the 47-year-old presenter of quiz show Pointless covers everything from Fleet Foxes’ 2008 White Water Hymnal to There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue, which, he says “is about as old as English church music gets – it’s […]