PCR Podcast Episode 06: Mike Condo of Superfan Vinyl on DC Talk's Jesus Freak & What It Takes To Get a Record Made On Vinyl

I am relaunching the PostConsumer Reports Podcast and the first episode back is a good one. It features Mike Condo, general manager of the record label and music store Superfan Vinyl who has just released DC Talk's Jesus Freak on vinyl for the first time (http://www.superfanvinyl.com/). 

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Hymnals = Vinyl Records: The case for and against hymnals in worship

For music lovers there has been a resurgence of vinyl sales over the past decade. (Or so they say.) The story goes that once tape cassettes and CD's were introduced into the music industry artists put their music on records at a steeply decreasing rate. Now, through illegal downloading services, itunes, Youtube, and through all the many streaming services even the compact disc has become obsolete. But in the midst of the binary age (some) people realized they love their music in a physical form, loved the "warmer" sound of "analog" recordings, and loved spending lots of money on audio equipment. Records are back baby! From used record stores, to remastered reissues of classic albums, to entirely new albums, people are buying and listening to music on records again.

When Will the Christian Music Industry Get Its Act Together? (especially when there is money to be made)

The release of Steve Taylor's new album Goliath last week reminded me of something that has continued to irk me for a few years now.

As far as I see it Taylor's old record labels (Sparrow/Geffen/Warner Music) have missed a prime opportunity to:
1. Make a decent amount of money (which I assume they are interested in)
and
2. Introduce a whole of new group people to his music and give old fans a chance to reconnect with the music they have come to love.