Vinyl Community Podcasts

The waiting is ova! Record Store Day Black Friday 2026 is just around the corner, and the list is HERE! 📋 On this super-sized episode of Surface Noise, our crew of dedicated vinylists comb through some current events, take a detour down Shill Street™️, then dive headfirst into one of the latest anticipated event on the vinyl collecting calendar. Will it be a list worth waiting for, or to quote the songsmith Michael McDonald , "what a fool believes"? We're breaking down the RSD Black Friday 2026 lineup, separating the must-haves from the head-scratchers, discussing the growing costs of record collecting, and debating whether Record Store Day still delivers the excitement, exclusivity, and value that vinyl enthusiasts expect. From overlooked gems to obvious cash grabs, nothing is off-limits! Which exclusive vinyl releases deserve your hard-earned money? What limited-edition pressings, rare reissues, first-time-on-vinyl releases, and collectible records have us excited? And which titles leave us scratching our heads, questioning the prices, or wondering who exactly asked for them? More toys? Plastic record players? We dissect and inspect all the options - win or lose. 🎙️ Surface Noise — The Show of Record, Talking Records. Click in to get in!   ↕️ ↕️ ↕️ ↕️ ↕️     For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie To vote in the "Top Host" competition, please click here: https://tophost.org/2026/chance-hollingsworth   For more on guest Kendall (Spin Doctor & His Vinyl Mayhem):  https://www.youtube.com/@spindoctorandhisvinylmayhem IG: @spindoctorsvinylmayhem   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on the returning legend Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong, aka Al Pacino): https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE   For more information on the Spinz Vinyl App for IOS and taking your collecting game to the next level, get your free download here:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spinz-vinyl-record-scanner/id6758249212  

The Power Hour of SURFACE NOISE may be over, but the conversation is just getting started. On this edition of BONUS TRAX, the crew sticks around for a spirited debate about The Anti-Grail: those expensive, rare, highly coveted records that collectors are supposed to want…but we simply don’t. What happens when a record is considered essential, commands thousands of dollars, or sits atop countless wantlists—but the music just doesn’t connect with you? Are some records genuinely worth their legendary status, or are scarcity, collector hype and peer pressure doing most of the heavy lifting? The panel puts some sacred cows on the chopping block, with Alice Coltrane, rare psych records, The Beatles’ infamous Butcher Cover, Vashti Bunyan, Nick Drake, Nirvana and plenty more entering the conversation. We also get into the difference between appreciating why a record is valuable and actually wanting to own it. As one viewer perfectly sums it up: “My grails are someone else’s dumpster crops.” Along the way, things predictably wander off the rails with Billy Joel, record-flipping stories, questionable soundtrack purchases, U2 and Bono slander, Bob Dylan’s ’80s output, rare records worth thousands that nobody actually wants to hear—and a little friendly interrogation of Surface Noise viewers caught fraternizing with another livestream. It’s loose, unfiltered and exactly what BONUS TRAX is supposed to be: the conversation after the conversation, when the Power Hour ends and nobody is quite ready to go home. BONUS TRAX is part of the Vinyl Community Podcasts network — podcasts for, by and featuring members of the Vinyl Community. Wherever you go, take the music with you. Get some!   ↕️ ↕️ ↕️ ↕️ ↕️   For more on guest Alan Always: https://www.youtube.com/@Alan_Always Video link for his VC Lasagna Tag 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03uUcIcLYqM&t=66s   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on the returning legend Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong, aka Al Pacino): https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE   For more information on the Spinz Vinyl App for IOS and taking your collecting game to the next level, get your free download here:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spinz-vinyl-record-scanner/id6758249212

How much is supporting your local record store actually worth—and when does loyalty start costing too much? On this episode of Surface Noise — The Show of Record, Talking Records, we’re digging into some of the biggest conversations happening in vinyl collecting, record stores, reissues, till simmering for vinyl record collecting talk after SURFACE NOISE? Good...these BONUS TRAX aim to satisfy! 🤩 The panel jumps into a discussion asking whether vinyl preorders still necessary? Still joined by friend of the show Louie V (Vinyl Latte) whose recent blog post touched on this sensitive issue. Preordering once felt like the only way to guarantee you wouldn't miss a limited pressing, exclusive variant, or anticipated reissue. But with rising prices, delayed releases, questionable quality control, endless variants, and records frequently remaining available long after release day, are collectors better off waiting? Still 'til the very end for a word from our new "sponsor" and re-kindle your inner thug. 😜 An informed collector is a better collector (at least that's what we keep telling ourselves). Join the brain train of vinyl record collecting!   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on guest Alan Always: https://www.youtube.com/@Alan_Always IG: @dj_alan_always For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more on the returning legend Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong, aka Al Pacino): https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE   For more information on the Spinz Vinyl App for IOS and taking your collecting game to the next level, get your free download here:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spinz-vinyl-record-scanner/id6758249212

The conversation keeps spinning after Surface Noise as the crew throws the agenda out the window for another freestylin' edition of BONUS TRAX. This time, it’s all about the records. The guys dig into recent pickups, rare 45s, albums desperately in need of a proper reissue, and the patience and perseverance it sometimes takes to finally land that elusive record. Along the way, the Beatles inevitably invade the conversation, Fleetwood Mac, Fanny and fusion enter the reissue discussion, and some decidedly unusual additions to the collection make an appearance. Then it’s time for a little record-store road trip as Chance and Arnaldo compare notes from recent digging in Florida, including stops in Tampa, Orlando and Daytona Beach. From Foundation College Park and Park Ave CDs to the shops that delivered—and a few that definitely didn’t—the crew talks prices, inventory, grading, unexpected finds and the thrill of discovering something you weren’t even looking for. Plus: bargain-bin “cheap heat,” Bobby Caldwell, Michael Henderson, jazz finds, condition upgrades, strange album covers, vintage T-shirts, listener comments and plenty of the usual detours that make BONUS TRAX what it is. No agenda. No guardrails. Just record collectors talking records after the show of record has officially ended. BONUS TRAX — from Surface Noise and the Vinyl Community Podcasts Network. 🧨💥   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on guest Adam Tiro (The Freight): YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFreightOfficial IG: @the_freight_official Music: https://thefreight.bandcamp.com   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE   For more information on the Spinz Vinyl App for IOS and taking your collecting game to the next level, get your free download here:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spinz-vinyl-record-scanner/id6758249212

After a week off, Surface Noise is BACK — and we’ve got plenty to talk about in the world of vinyl records, record collecting, music, and the Vinyl Community at large. On this episode we’re digging into the habits, obsessions, and choices that define us as vinyl record collectors. First, we hit Current Events from around the vinyl world, including yet another audiophile reissue of The Cars that seemingly nobody asked for, a major counterfeit vinyl bust in the UK, and the apparently unstoppable Bret Michaels, who simply cannot quit touring. Then we open up The Collection Within the Collection. Most serious record collectors eventually develop those weird little sub-collections hiding inside the larger collection. Maybe you chase promos and white label promos, hype stickers, Japanese pressings, Blue Note records, Christmas albums, movie soundtracks, private press records, colored vinyl variants, regional bands, or something even more specific. What started yours? Was it intentional—or did you suddenly realize you owned 30 records that all had one oddly specific thing in common? It’s the must listen weekly conversation about vinyl collecting sure to inform, entertain, and complain!   This is Surface Noise.   ⏬⏬⏬⏬   For more on guest Adam Tiro (The Freight): YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFreightOfficial IG: @the_freight_official Music: https://thefreight.bandcamp.com   For more on host Concert Buddie: https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie https://concertbuddie.com IG: @concertbuddie   For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):  https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency IG: @fidelios_frequency   For more on Jason Roxas: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas   For more on Chris (Groove Seeker): https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker IG: @thegrooveseeker   For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com . . . . .   Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE   For more information on the Spinz Vinyl App for IOS and taking your collecting game to the next level, get your free download here:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spinz-vinyl-record-scanner/id6758249212