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Vinyl Community PodcastsSurface Noise | Has the Collector Mindset Changed Vinyl Record Collecting For The Better?
The conversation keeps spinning on SURFACE NOISE —the show of record, talking records. In this episode, the panel kicks things off with the latest current…
Vinyl Community PodcastsSurface Noise | Bonus Trax: The Return of Overrated, Underrated, and Properly Rated
After the mics cool down on SURFACE NOISE, the conversation keeps spinning on BONUS TRAX —and this time, it’s all about perspective. In this laid-back…
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Surface Noise | Record Store Day 2026 Aftermath & Whatever That Looks Like
It's almost over - we promise! On this episode of SURFACE NOISE, we break down the full aftermath of Record Store Day 2026 — what time did we set the alarm…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Elton in the 80's Plus a Warehouse of Vinyl Goodness
If you are still needing a taste of vinyl record collecting talk, we serve it up in spades for this portion of BONUS TRAX. 🫗 Did SURFACE NOISE land a new…
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Surface Noise | The ULTIMATE Record Store Day 2026 Preview
Get ready for the ULTIMATE Record Store Day 2026 preview on the next episode of SURFACE NOISE as we break down everything vinyl collectors need to know before…
Vinyl Community PodcastsAxpona 2026 Panel: Is it The Best Time EVER to Be a Record Collector?
Is this the BEST time ever to collect vinyl… or are we just living through the most complicated era the hobby has ever seen? Fresh off the floor at the 2026…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Is the "VC" Too Crowded?
Continuing the conversation from SURFACE NOISE to these here BONUS TRAX, technology still lingers in the air. For the bonus morsel, the panel openly opines…
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Surface Noise | Is the Future of Analog...Digital?
Get ready for a thought-provoking new episode of SURFACE NOISE as we dive into one of the biggest questions facing vinyl collectors today: is the future of…
Vinyl Community PodcastsConcert Buddie | Everyone Loves a Sequel! Dada x Record Store Day, Round 2 - Interview with Joie Calio
Get ready for an exciting deep dive into one of alternative rock’s most beloved cult bands as Concert Buddie returns to Vinyl Community Podcasts with a…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Vinyl Inventions
After another triumphant turn around the turntable, the crew from SURFACE NOISE still had a few clips in the chamber in the form of BONUS TRAX. For this extra…
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Surface Noise | When What We Already Have Isn't Good Enough
Welcome back our fellow seasoned audiophiles! Get ready for another must-listen episode of SURFACE NOISE, the podcast where the vinyl community dives deep into…
Vinyl Community PodcastsSafe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion | Behind the Scenes of Vinyl Record Manufacturing - VRMA Board Member Bryan Ekus
For his next audio excursion join David Bianco from the Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion YouTube channel as he sits down with Bryan Ekus of the Vinyl Record…
Vinyl Community PodcastsBeer & Vinyl | Power Pop Legends Blue Ash Share Latest Project "Dinner at Mr. Billy’s"
Back for another round on Vinyl Community Podcasts, Alex from Beer & Vinyl returns to share his love of music on our airwaves. In this episode, Alex sits down…
Vinyl Community PodcastsChasing Better Sound | Starting with The Basics, Part One
Welcome back to Chasing Better Sound, where we break down the art and science of great audio for real-world music lovers. In this episode, we’re starting with…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Is Discogs The Center of the Vinyl Universe?
After a word from yet another prospective new sponsor on SURFACE NOISE, the first topic on BONUS TRAX might just aggrevate or agitate some in the Vinyl…
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Surface Noise | Record Collectors vs. Music Fans - Is There a Difference?
Get ready for another deep-dive episode of SURFACE NOISE —your go-to destination for real talk in the vinyl record collecting community. This week’s show kicks…
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Concert Buddie | Interview with Craig Moerer, Founder of Records By Mail
Step back inside the world of rare records and serious collecting as Vinyl Community Podcasts presents a special interview hosted by Concert Buddie with one of…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Did I Really Buy That, Power Outages, and The Bong Takeover
This BONUS TRAX episode sets the hobby back decades (not really). We kick off the extra session with a little collector honesty in “Did I Really Buy That?”—a…
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Surface Noise | Try This...Instead of That. Plus Vinyl Records Growing ONE BILLION DOLLARS?!?
What’s happening right now in the world of vinyl collecting—and what should collectors be paying attention to? On this episode of SURFACE NOISE, the panel…
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Chasing Better Sound | Show Debut: Are You Chasing Better Sound?
Welcome! Chasing Better Sound is a new show for music lovers who want to get the most out of their listening experience—no matter their room, system, or…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: How Social Media Fosters Artificial (or Real) Hype
The BONUS TRAX came in hot this week with an update from a shipping fiasco with Rhino Hi-Fi (tears may have been shed). What follows came an impromptu Beatles…
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Surface Noise | Are There Any Grails Left? Plus, Taylor Swift Crashes Record Store Day (Again)
Get ready for another deep-dive vinyl discussion on the next SURFACE NOISE — where record collecting culture meets real-time current events. 👀 Leading off with…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Is Discogs Cataloging a Must or Bust? Plus, a Recap of VinylCon: Atlanta
Discogs has become the backbone of modern record collecting — a sprawling, user-built archive that powers buying, selling, cataloging, and pricing across the…
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Surface Noise | Vinyl Scams: Signs to Look For Before Being Ripped Off
Thinking about buying rare vinyl online? Before you click “Buy,” listen to this episode of SURFACE NOISE — the podcast for new and serious record collectors…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Biggest Myths in Record Collecting
Rhyming, feeling, and audiophile healing - what else do you expect from the latest BONUS TRAX following the latest episode of SURFACE NOISE? The panel jumps…
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Surface Noise | Starting Over? Rebuilding a Vinyl Record Collection in 2026
It's those guys again...SURFACE NOISE is back in the building! This latest trip around the turntable begins with a recap of some current events in our world of…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: When is it OK to Over Pay?
Rounding out the latest episode of SURFACE NOISE, these BONUS TRAX focus on another matter of vinyl record finance: when is it ok to over pay for a record?…
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Surface Noise | Is Vinyl Record Collecting Too Expensive For New Collectors?
The show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE - is back to discuss whether vinyl record collecting is becoming too expensive for new collectors. 🤔 First…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Collecting vs. Accumulating
For the latest second helping of SURFACE NOISE, this episode of BONUS TRAX is going to hit a nerve (for some). When it comes to collecting vinyl records, where…
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Surface Noise | Record Store Day 2026 List Cometh: First Impressions!
The show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE - gets deep into the freshly minted Record Store Day 2026 list sharing our first impressions of this annual…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Cheap Heat Returns!
It's coming....like another Neil Diamond tribute band. It's BONUS TRAX, from the latest episode of SURFACE NOISE. And a fan favorite is back by request: Cheap…
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Surface Noise | Vinyl Jealousy Explained – and More Record Collecting Psychology
Ever feel that little sting 🐝 when someone shows off a grail you’ve been hunting for years? Yeah… that’s Vinyl Jealousy — and we’re talking all about it on…
Vinyl Community PodcastsSurface Noise | Bonus Trax: Names to Know When Buying Online + Vinyl Theft
From one segue to those that need a segway, on BONUS TRAX following the latest episode of SURFACE NOISE, this band of vinylists dive into some popular online…
Vinyl Community PodcastsSurface Noise | Critical Mass! Are Record Collectors Too Critical?
Before you spin that next black circle, let SURFACE NOISE inform, entertain, and complain! For this latest rendition of the program, we go through some current…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Top Targets for 2026, A Vinylphyle Dud?
Much more cookin' in the kitchen of SURFACE NOISE with this extra helping of BONUS TRAX to digest! 🍴 Listen to this immersed group of record collectors share…
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Surface Noise | Future Shock!
We back! If you know, you know. The show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE - is looking at the potential future of our own record collecting journeys…
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Beer & Vinyl | The Economics of an Indie Record Label: Terry Cole of Colemine Records
The tap is back on at Vinyl Community Podcasts as Alex (Beer & Vinyl) returns to the airwaves with an insightful chat with the founder/owner of Colemine…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Vinyl Gifts, Vinyl Snap, Vinyl Surprises
If your New Year's resolution was to listen to more Surface Noise, we've got your hookup with the latest BONUS TRAX! Hear our adventurous vinylists discuss a…
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Surface Noise | Record Show Radar for 2026
Welcome back to the show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE! And we are ready to bring you more vinyl record talk than you can fit in your record room!…
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Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion | An Interview with Kevin Gray
Happy New Year, fellow vinylists! Back with another contribution to Vinyl Community Podcasts, host David Bianco of the YouTube channel Safe & Sound Texas Audio…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Ho, Ho, Hold up....Greatest Christmas/Holiday Songs of ALL TIME
As we close 2025 here on Vinyl Community Podcasts, the last BONUS TRAX segment of the year features a spirited debate amongst the SURFACE NOISE crew about the…
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Surface Noise | 2026 Vinyl Predictions
For the latest full SURFACE NOISE of 2025, we are taking you back....to the FUTURE! Our dais of (sometimes) disciplined vinyl mercenaries walks through some…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Is Discogs Broken? + A Record Store Tale
Buy one, get one: a record collector's dream. In this case, the home office at SURFACE NOISE attempts their own version of that retailer mantra with BONUS…
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Surface Noise | Vinyl Record Gift Ideas for The Holidays
The show of record, talking about records, doesn't care whether you've been naughty or nice, want originals or suffer from reissueitis, or are simply a…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: "The TV Show"
For the extra session of BONUS TRAX following the latest SURFACE NOISE podcast, we take a trip down mammary lane (pun intended) as we revisit a livestream on…
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Surface Noise | Reissue For Bucks or Reissue Straight Sucks?
The latest episode of SURFACE NOISE is your vinyl record collecting hookup! 🔐 Our cratedigging gluttons for dollar bin punishment recap the latest current…
Vinyl Community PodcastsSurface Noise | Bonus: Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 Picks You Didn't Know You Need
We hope this 'sode finds you in the company of loved ones, good friends, and even better records. For this latest trip around the turntable, we have an…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Best Record Store Day Releases. Ever.
It's Monday. You know what that means. 🪗 With all the attention (good or bad) to the entity that is Record Store Day lately, our panel on SURFACE NOISE felt it…
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Surface Noise | The Largest Record Fair of Them All! The Den Bosch Field Report & The Latest Vinyl News!
The show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE - is back with the latest in vinyl record collecting vitriol discussing the latest goings on in this hobby…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Records That Make Your Collection Better and TMR vs RSD
It's Monday. You know what that means... BONUS TRAX is hear to quench your vinyl thirst with our dais of dedicated record collectors talking about records that…
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Surface Noise | WFMU Record Fair Recap + No More Drama?
Excuse the sniffles, and put down your beverage, because we are bringing more ice to chill out those record collecting woes. On the latest JAM PACKED episode…
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Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion | Chasing the Perfect Pressing: An Interview with Don MacInnis from RTI (Part One)
In part one of this latest episode on Vinyl Community Podcasts, host David Bianco from the Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion YouTube channel sits down for a…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: When The Luster is Gone...
This session of BONUS TRAX following the latest SURFACE NOISE podcast hits on a much maligned topic in music fandom circles: which bands or artists no longer…
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Surface Noise | Must Own Horror Soundtracks
Frightened ghoul or fool alike, the latest SURFACE NOISE podcast is sure to awaken spirits of record collectors past, present, and maybe future 🫣. Listen as…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Polls...Where We are Going, We Won't Need Polls
The BONUS TRAX are here to start your week off on some kind of foot. Following the latest 'sode of SURFACE NOISE, our panel of physical media maestros…
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Surface Noise | Best Vinyl Record Store Grail Walls
A super-sized portion of the show of record, talking records: SURFACE NOISE! Listen as our panel of dilligent do-gooders discuss the latest current events in…
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Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion | Vinyl Legends Series: Bernie Grundman (Part 2)
David Bianco from the Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion YouTube channel returns to conclude his recent interview with the legendary mastering engineer Bernie…
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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Seasoned Audiophiles on the Menu
Putting the 'X' in eXtra, this latest BONUS TRAX following the pod-proper edition of SURFACE NOISE is one for the books! The dais discusses some disagreement…
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Surface Noise | RIP to The Space Ace + Vinyl Records in Film
Grab a bag of popcorn and your beverage of choice, because the latest episode of SURFACE NOISE discusses vinyl records in film - movies that featured vinyl…
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Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion | Vinyl Legends Series: Bernie Grundman (Part 1)
Fresh off another Audio Excusion out west, David Bianco is back to share some of his new interviews as part of his "Vinyl Legends Series"! From David: "One of…