T he vinyl record has been around in its current format since Columbia Records launched the first 12-inch LP in 1948 ...

While most are just plain, vinyl records can be found in a variety of colors, shapes, and some even glow in the dark. [Evan and Katelyn] decided to spruce up a plain old record by replicating it ...

An analog audio recording pressed in vinyl. The 45 RPM record holds one song per side, while 33 1/3 RPM "Long Play" records hold an entire album (see LP). With the sound literally "carved" in a ...

Not long ago, a Czech record company was making its money producing harmless pop songs for the eastern bloc. Now they're helping facilitate the world's newfound addiction for vinyl records.

So, even if you're also a collector of the preferred music format of the gods (there, I said it), vinyl, why would you want to convert your records to digital? There are actually several reasons.