Record Collecting

Store vinyl records upright, in a cool, dry room kept at roughly 65-70°F (18-21°C) and 40-55% relative humidity, with every record in an anti-static inner sleeve and a protective outer sleeve. Learn how to store vinyl records properly and a shelf of a few hundred LPs will still play cleanly decades from now; get it … Read more

Learning how to start a metal vinyl collection comes down to three things: pick a handful of albums you already love, learn how to spot a playable copy before you pay for it, and set a budget you can keep. Buy records in the order you will actually play them, check the pressing on Discogs … Read more