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Who Pays For Music? - The Dish

(Source: mattpayton, via musichistory)

Low budget gramophone by Livia Ritthaler

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The Past 30 Years of Record Sales (US)

Click on the link and go to the original post from Digital Music News for comments and all the 30 pie charts.

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Record Store Day! 

Record Store Day is almost here! Tomorrow marks its fifth anniversary, and looks to continue the holiday’s increasing variety of special releases, which grows larger each year. Our guide to the 20 best exclusives cuts through a plethora of releases to highlight artists spanning The Flaming Lips to Lady Gaga, Fleet Foxes to Pink Floyd.

Oh, and if you need help finding a record store (we feel your pain), check out the RollingStone.com guide to the 30 best record stores in the USA.

(via rollingstone)

Joseph Burns gives a good rundown of the complex influences that came together in the creation of rock and roll. The only thing he doesn’t mention is that—and this should be obvious, but isn’t—nobody knew at the time that it would define the sound of popular music throughout the world for the next half-century or more.

via musichistory

rock around the clock