artist guide
Aug 8, 2026
Metallica on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From the thrash blueprint of Kill 'Em All and Master of Puppets to the arena scale of the Black Album and the recent charge of 72 Seasons, here is a clerk's tour of the Metallica catalog on vinyl: where to start, and where to go next.
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Aug 7, 2026
Beastie Boys on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From a hardcore punk start in 1981 to twenty-five years of reinvention, the Beastie Boys never stood still. A record-by-record guide to the trio on vinyl, from Licensed to Ill and Paul's Boutique to Hello Nasty and their final album.
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Aug 6, 2026
The Beatles on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
In barely eight years the Beatles went from Liverpool beat group to the most adventurous band in the studio. A clerk's walk through the catalog on vinyl, from Please Please Me and Rubber Soul to Sgt Pepper's, Abbey Road, and Let It Be.
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Aug 5, 2026
Marvin Gaye on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Marvin Gaye turned Motown soul into visionary, deeply personal music. Our guide starts with What's Going On, Let's Get It On, and I Want You, then points you where to go next.
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Nujabes on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Jun Seba, the Tokyo producer known as Nujabes, turned jazz samples and hip-hop drums into some of the most beloved instrumental music of the century. A guided tour of his catalog on vinyl, from Metaphorical Music and Modal Soul to the Hydeout Productions collections.
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Aug 3, 2026
A Tribe Called Quest on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
The Queens crew that made rap swing like jazz. Our guide walks through A Tribe Called Quest on vinyl, from the debut People's Instinctive Travels to the classics The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders, and where to go next.
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Aug 2, 2026
MF DOOM on Vinyl: A Guide to the Villain's Many Faces
Daniel Dumile turned a metal mask into a whole universe, from Operation: Doomsday to Madvillainy and MM..Food. A record clerk's tour of the MF DOOM catalog GOOD TASTE Records carries, from the King Geedorah and Viktor Vaughn aliases to the Metal Fingers instrumentals and his best collaborative projects.
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Sade on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Sade turned smooth soul into something timeless: hushed, jazz-flecked, and unmistakably their own. Our clerk's guide to where to start on vinyl, from Diamond Life and Promise to Love Deluxe, and where to go next.
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Jul 31, 2026
Prince on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Prince turned Minneapolis funk into a world of its own. Our clerk's guide to where to start on vinyl, from Dirty Mind and 1999 to Purple Rain and Sign 'O the Times, and where to go next.
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Jul 30, 2026
David Bowie on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
David Bowie spent five decades refusing to stand still. He arrived as a folk-inflected songwriter at the close of the...
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Jul 24, 2026
Roy Ayers on Vinyl: Where to Start With the Jazz-Funk Master
Few musicians left a wider footprint on modern groove music than Roy Ayers. Born in Los Angeles on September 10, 1940...
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