While this might seem an old subject by now, it is, in fact, a growing one. LPs. It seems that every time we post, there is guaranteed to be vinyl in there somewhere. That wasn't the case even in January of this year. But now, labels are looking into the vaults for albums to reissue as LPs, and new bands are issuing in LP more often than not. Vinyl is lovable right now.

The labels, all of them that issue older materials on new vinyl, have to gimmick it up a bit by insuring that most releases are at the heavy-grade 180g weight, or even 200g. That's a heavy record. But the fun thing is that vinyl is cool once again.

For years, vinyl was the way that many of us have listened to our music. We slotted them on shelves in numbers, we ogled the artwork, handled the jackets, put the needle to the groove. Many of us have fixated on the audio capablity of vinyl. But, no matter how your thinking is concerning vinyl, it is a rising star.

Of course, many of us really don't need to pay the exhorbitant prices that accompany new reissues of 180g vinyl. And pricey it is. Many titles have climbed upto the $30 mark, a bit high ( a lot) if you ask me. But much of the new releases are rather accessible with a decent price point. My newest acquisition was vinyl only (Band of Skulls). If it could be had in vinyl, I go that route exclusively. With the resurgence of record stores, there are plenty of used vinyl to go around. Since I started recollecting vinyl in an effort to regain what I gave up in the past, I have largely found much of what I had feared I wouldn't, even the rare stuff. Example: I located Mondo Deco by The Quick (a Fowley-produced all-boy band to match the successful all-girl band, the Runaways). There is plenty of vinyl out there.

Here's to the resurgence of vinyl. I love it! If you haven't come back to vinyl or if you haven't enjoyed it yet, then you should get onto the wagon. Turntables are climbing in value, there are LP shows everywhere with more vinyl then you can shake a stick at. And cheap, too! Don't dawdle.

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Original Recordings Group (a division of WEA) plan the reissue of Don't Tell a Soul (1989) by The Replacements on vinyl LP, a trend that is climbing higher. This 180g LP re-release will be available on August 17.

Also on August 17, Original Recordings Group will release Bandwagonesque (1991) by Teenage Fanclub as a 180g LP.

Scooting forward a week, Original Recordings Group will reissue Incesticide (1992), a demos and outtakes compilation of Nirvana tracks, on vinyl LP at 180g. This arrives specifically on August 24.

And before the previously mentioned LP titles, Original Recordings will re-release two Sonic Youth albums, Sister (1987), and Bad Moon Rising (1985) on high-grade 180g vinyl, streeting the albums on August 10.

Wounded Bird (a bare-bones reissue label) plans the CD re-release of Jan Akkerman 3 (1979) by Jan Akkerman on August 10.

Lost Again Records will release Cabbage by Gaelic Storm on August 3.

Koch Records will release Land That I Love by The Charlie Daniels Band on August 10 (CD).

Watch for the 3CD A Tale Untold: The Chrysalis Years, a Box that accumulates the 5 studio albums of Robin Trower between his productive work years of 1973-1976, as well as collected B-sides ("Take a Fast Train"), single edits of album tracks ("Day of the Eagle," "Long Misty Days"), and an outtake from Long Misty Days ("Let Me Be The One"). This releases on August 3.