Articles
Stories, practical guides, and notes for physical-music collectors.
How to Care for Vinyl Records Without Losing Your Mind
Vinyl records need some care. They do not need a climate-controlled vault, a chemistry degree, or a $4,000 cleaning machine. Here's how to keep your records clean, playable, properly stored, and ready to actually listen to.
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Why I Still Buy Music I Can Already Stream
Streaming gives me access to almost anything. But I still buy records, CDs, cassettes, and box sets because a collection is more than a library. It carries memories, stories, and copies of the music I actually chose to keep.
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Why We Built RecordRoom
RecordRoom was created by longtime friends, physical-music collectors, and IT professionals Trevor Cobain and Keith Johnston. Their goal was to build a practical collection system that could remain simple or capture detailed information about the exact release and the collector's own copy from the start.
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