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Mar 10, 2025

Surface Noise | Latest Freestyle (A-Side Edition)

Mar 10, 2025

1hr 4 min

We are not done ringing out the towel here, folks! For the FREESTYLE after the latest SURFACE NOISE: A-Side, our panel discuss bands or artists that should have been bigger (but were not, for some reasons - known and unknown). They follow that by touching on a light week in current events in the record collecting sphere, then share their latest pickups found for their record collections. Not recommended for your daily run, this FREESTYLE could be hazardous to your health!

(Not really)

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Mar 6, 2025

Surface Noise (A-Side) | Why Are They Repressing That (Again) + Best Cheap Heat! 🔥🔥

Mar 6, 2025

57 min

We are BACK with another adventure into the curious world of vinyl record collecting as SURFACE NOISE: A-Side is in full effect! 💥 Our power panel is back to touch on a delicate part of the vinyl renaissance - reissues - and specifically titles that make us scratch our heads why they are repressing them: over and over, titles still easily accessible, etc.

Then we delve into the exotic warm waters of the cheapest of 🔥🔥 - albums that are GREAT and don't break the bank (at least they don't until AFTER this show airs). Feast and feast well, our crate digging fanatics! 🍗

All this - and MORE - on the latest SURFACE NOISE: A-Side! 🎧

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Mar 3, 2025

Concert Buddie x Spinz Vinyl | Collecting Like You've Never Seen: Wayne Johnson of Rockaway Records

Mar 3, 2025

50 min

Welcome back Buddies! For this latest 'sode on Vinyl Community Podcasts, we have a guest and a conversation so rare, so valuable, so unique, that we had to enlist another host to reign in this collecting madness! Joined in the co-pilot seat by Spinz Vinyl (Jason), we speak with Wayne Johnson: co-owner and co-founder of Rockaway Records in Silver Lake, CA. Founded alongside brother Gary Johnson in 1979, Rockaway has seen the peaks, valleys, and rebirth of music on vinyl, while also growing, shrinking, and pivoting their business in various forms along the way. What once was the largest store in the Los Angeles area, Rockaway has diversified their focus to not only include the rarest of vinyl recordings, but also pieces of memorabilia that can only be dreamed about.

We are talking much more than a Beatles' "Butcher" covers here: think BIGGER...think RARER....think UNBELIEVABLE pieces, unreal stories, and customers that would make the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame Museum blush: Jimmy Page, Steven Tyler, Robert Plant, Chris Robinson, and other music loyalty. Even Lucinda Williams once worked at this legendary store! We are talking items that the public rarely gets to see, with access and the ability to provide a revolving inventory that not few stores can compete with.

Also in the conversation Wayne shares some great advice for those considering seriously purchasing unique vinyl or memorabilia, gives his thoughts on the emerging "slabbing" of vinyl, and offers his opinions on auction house buys and sourcing today versus 10, 15, 30, and even 45 years ago at the beginning of his journey. It's a fun walk down memory lane, and one you will find here RIGHT NOW on Vinyl Community Podcasts! Walk with us! 🎧

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Feb 27, 2025

Surface Noise (B-Side) | Are Expensive Pressings Really Worth It? Luxury vs. Budget Vinyl Showdown!

Feb 27, 2025

58 min

Vinyl collectors - are you the customer for luxury records? In this episode of SURFACE NOISE: B-Side, we break down the booming market for high-end audiophile pressings: those super deluxe, ultra-limited, $100+ vinyl releases that sell out instantly. Are they actually worth it, or are we just falling for the hype? The latest in this trend - the announcement from ERC of a Grateful Dead '72 Europe reissue for the low, low price of $700(ish), has blown this discussion WIDE OPEN! 💰🤯

We’ll compare high-end pressings vs. budget releases, explore who’s really buying these records, and put them head-to-head in the Luxury vs. Budget Showdown! That and much, more more (not $700 worth - sorry!), only on the latest SURFACE NOISE: B-Side!

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Feb 24, 2025

Surface Noise | Latest Freestyle (A-Side Edition)

Feb 24, 2025

1hr 7 min

Oh. Hey.

You've caught us clearing up the crumbs in the cookie jar from the latest episode SURFACE NOISE: A-Side FREESTYLE. Coming up, the panel discusses the recent SNL50 concert and where it ranks on the pantheon of greatest live tv concerts. And after touching on the actual SNL50 broadcast itself, the guys share their latest pickups and finds that have been successfully re-homed into their respective vinyl collections. Grab those 45 adapters and drop your needle on the latest FREESTYLE courtesy of the SURFACE NOISE: A-Side!

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Feb 20, 2025

Surface Noise (A-Side) | Shady Vinyl Record Sellers?

Feb 20, 2025

56 min

Back in the building, SURFACE NOISE is bringing the A-Side front AND center! For this trip around the turntable we will be focusing on bad experiences with shady vinyl record sellers - online, in store, at record shows - anywhere and everywhere. What practices have we experienced that are out of bounds, shady, and downright off-putting? Have you run into these cretins? Scammers? Rip off artists? We have (ugh) 🤬.

Then the conversation turns to returning records - when is the "right time" to return a record to a seller: private, online, or even a direct-to-consumer exchange? 🤔

Hear this (and more) from our panel only on SURFACE NOISE: A-Side Edition! 🎧

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