“Happy Halloween from Jive Time Records. See what monsters were lurking in the dark recesses of our record bins.”
—Oldies but Ghoulies, same folks behind Project Thirty-Three

oldiesbutghoulies:

Ghostly Sounds (Power Records)

mid-century album covers designed by George Giusti

(via Aqua-Velvet)

collection of vintage photographs of the interiors of HMV record store in 1960s London

(via Vice via Voices of East Anglia, above photo via hmv_getcloser)

Crosley Spinnerette Portable Turntable Suitcase with USB

“Preserving your vinyl collection to your computer is simply a click away. Easily take your favorite vinyl and convert them to digital files in just seconds. Simply plug in the USB cable, play your record and watch as the Spinnerette creates digital files on your computer…” —Dijital Fix

(first discovered via NYMag)

Beatles VI (1966) record spinning print

(more of Grandpa’s Records photographed by Paul Octavious)

British Invasion, in paper cut illustration style by designer Chloé Fleury

(for the The Bold Italic)

adorable “Paper Record Player” wedding invitation designed by Kelli Anderson

“…The hand-spun record yields a garbled, but scrutable listening of a original song by the couple. It requires a bit of tinkering and folding —effectively championing the inner science-nerd kid in the recipient. The whole thing serves as an interactive packaging for the song—which can be experienced on the paper record player, unscrewed + set on a regular turntable, or enjoyed online…” —Kelli Anderson

40 sad, quiet photographs of shuttered record stores

(above photograph by Jeff Msangi via buzzfeed)

Center Of Attention is the online personal collection of  Simon Foster’s vintage record center labels. Though the site has a neat arrangement of record album sleeves, the colorful array of graphics, logos and art on the 7” center labels made this resource unique. If only it also included the names of the designers behind them…

(first discovered via grain edit)

“graphically wonderful, generic 45 sleeves from the collection of” Tim Cronin
(via Spine Out)

“Nashville Musician Shingles His Roof With Records”
(Matt Glassmeyer’s recycled porch first discovered via TreeHugger)

c. 1950s record album vintage vinyl LP 
(designer name unknown, via Christian Montone)

vintage 45s for kids, from The Record Guild of America, Inc. (via kindra)

“Clock made from a recycled Sanyo turntable”
(by pixelthis on Etsy)