We actively collect books, magazines, videos, films, press kits…
Nifty update this morning on NPR of ongoing progress on a visual scanning technology for reading records that the Library of Congress is funding. A no-toucha-my-vinyl routine which will preserve a whole lotta music without damaging the original artifact. Basically this machine… read more >>
Today the ARChive got a package from Sanctuary Records that included some really amazing albums. In the glamorous world of ARChiving, what happens normally is that material shows up, it gets cataloged and it gets put away. Now and again, we pull… read more >>
Wednesday is Hawaiian Shirt day, again. Let the ukuleles ring out, and we’ll celebrate with one of my favorite cereal commercials: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvCxfdcl1yM] Aloha, – Jonny
Did a little shopping for my brother-in-law’s birthday at the ARChive sale today. Is everyone hip to this trip? Shuggie Otis’ Inspiration Information re-issued on vinyl, with bonus tracks, we got a big stack of them, AND THEY ARE TWO DOLLARS APIECE!… read more >>
The other day I was cataloging a box of 80s punk and metal records (lots and lots of bad 80s metal from Metal Blade Records) and came across this record: Not a bad cover, I s’pose. Anyway, it stood out because it… read more >>
I’m becoming a bit of a specialist, I’m afraid. Whenever a comedy record comes over the transom, usually found tucked discreetly in a dark corner of a large donation of music, it lands on my desk. Don’t know what gave it away,… read more >>
Sunday is a slow day at the sale, so I decided to punch a hole through the wall from the old to the new space. Drill in hand, I exit oldARC and who do I see, like a vision, crossing in the… read more >>
Overture, curtain, lights This is it, the night of nights! Members, don’t forget! Tonight is our big pre-sale party! We want to see you all there not simply because we love you,and not merely because this will be our biggest sale EVAR,… read more >>