{"id":607,"date":"2009-11-30T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2009\/11\/30\/vinyl-whats-the-buzz\/"},"modified":"2018-07-18T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T21:30:10","slug":"vinyl-whats-the-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2009\/11\/30\/vinyl-whats-the-buzz\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinyl &#8212; What&#8217;s the buzz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_916PlHmb7mg\/S_pwmoxAVcI\/AAAAAAAAAB0\/XveL9ihuY7Y\/s1600\/LPcombo_full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 79px;height: 320px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_916PlHmb7mg\/S_pwmoxAVcI\/AAAAAAAAAB0\/XveL9ihuY7Y\/s320\/LPcombo_full.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474812106102560194\" \/><\/a>Have you heard that records are making quiet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118011438.html?categoryId=3813&amp;cs=1\">comeback<\/a>? Record sales were up in North America in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/rockdaily\/index.php\/2009\/01\/08\/radiohead-neutral-milk-hotel-help-vinyl-sales-almost-double-in-2008\/\">2008<\/a> and again in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/music\/entries\/2009\/11\/11\/the_times_they_are_achagin_vin.html\">2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the age of the mp3, what&#8217;s all this buzz about vinyl? Come see for yourself at Langsdale! In addition to perusing our new <a href=\"http:\/\/langsdale.ubalt.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/leisure-reading.html\">leisure reading<\/a> selection, why not visit Special Collections and enjoy some &#8216;leisure listening&#8217; time with the Conrad Schafran jazz collection? This collection of over 6,000 records includes jazz, blues, and folk recordings donated to the UB archives by Conrad Schafran, a 1949 alumnus who wanted to share his love of jazz music with future generations.<\/p>\n<p>Wonder which albums we&#8217;ve got? You can browse an alphabetical inventory <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.ubalt.edu\/csj\/intro.htm\">here<\/a>.  All of our records are also currently being added to the library&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/langsdale.ubalt.edu\/ubworldcat.html\">catalog<\/a> &#8212; over 1,000 titles have been added so far (and counting)!<\/p>\n<p>Interested in taking a listen? Go to the archives&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.ubalt.edu\/\">website<\/a> and submit a Research Request Form.  The archivists will have a turntable, receiver, and headphones ready for your arrival in the Special Collections department (4th floor).<\/p>\n<p>Vinyl junkies and newbies alike are welcome to enjoy our Schafran jazz collection!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard that records are making quiet comeback? Record sales were up in North America in 2008 and again in 2009. In the age of the mp3, what&#8217;s all this buzz about vinyl? Come see for yourself at Langsdale! <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2009\/11\/30\/vinyl-whats-the-buzz\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Vinyl &#8212; What&#8217;s the buzz?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}