Top 20 Records of 2024
There are good years for new music and there are great years for new music, and 2024 definitely fit the latter category. It seemed like high-quality new albums were released every week.
Entries by Randy Goldner
Top Five: David Bowie’s Best Records
2024’s comprehensive Rock ’N’ Roll Star! 5CD box set features a deep dive into David Bowie’s legendary The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars and is a great reason to celebrate a highly influential artist. Nearly eight years after his death, Bowie is still as important as ever and it’s easy to spot devotees across the full spectrum of music.
Beyond One Love: Buyer’s Guide to Bob Marley
One of the biggest film success stories of 2024 has been the biopic Bob Marley: One Love, an engaging look at the global superstar who did more than any other musician to bring reggae to the masses. Unsurprisingly, the best part of the movie is its music, from depictions of studio recordings to live performances. […]
Record Store Day is Saturday April 20
Are you ready for Record Store Day 2024? This year RSD is on Saturday, April 20, and the list of exclusive releases is one of the longest yet, nearly 400 separate titles. We’ll be open at 7 am in Boulder and at 6 am (the earliest allowable time) in Petaluma. Please note that Record Store […]
Insider’s Guide to Vinyl Shopping–Part One
Welcome to the latest Paradise Found Records blog. One of my favorite rock films is Almost Famous, the 2000 movie from director Cameron Crowe that recounts his days as a teenager writing for Rolling Stone in the seventies. There are no shortage of great lines, but my favorite is when Penny Lane, the “band-aid” played […]
Top 20 Records of 2023
2023 was another great year for music and for Paradise Found Records and Tapes. In April we celebrated our second anniversary at our Pearl Street location and in September we opened a new store in Petaluma, less than an hour north of San Francisco. A huge thanks to all of our customers in Colorado, California […]
Black Friday Means Exclusive Record Store Day Releases!
Welcome to the November Paradise Found Records blog. Have you started building your holiday shopping list yet? Once again there are a bevy of excellent, exclusive Record Store Day releases for Black Friday, November 24. You can check out the full list of more than 170 titles here; you can also browse a copy at […]
Steely Dan’s Ten Best Songs
At this point in the evolution of popular music, most seventies rock bands have been relegated to the dustbin of history. There may be no shortage of acts selling concert tickets to boomers, and most people over sixty-five can engage in a healthy “Beatles or Stones” debate, but few artists from the decade still resonate […]
Fleetwood Mac: Beyond Rumours
Ever wonder which albums sell the most at Paradise Found Records? If you’re looking for what’s popular right now, the Boulder Weekly regularly publishes that week’s biggest sellers. Looking back a few months, special events like Record Store Day skew the numbers toward rare releases from Taylor Swift and the Grateful Dead. But some albums […]
Record Store Day is Saturday April 22!
Spring in Boulder can only mean one thing: we are gearing up for another Record Store Day, with a huge selection of exclusive vinyl.