Digging through the crates — record reviews, genre guides, and gear for vinyl collectors.https://www.cratesvinyl.com/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/3-vinyl-picks-soul-funk-afrobeat/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/3-vinyl-picks-soul-funk-afrobeat/Three records that belong in every serious crate: Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, James Brown's The Payback, and Fela Kuti's Zombie — with Discogs links.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:42:47 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/artist-spotlight-david-bowie-the-2026-reissue-wave/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/artist-spotlight-david-bowie-the-2026-reissue-wave/Bowie's 2026 reissue wave is here, led by the Station to Station 50th-anniversary remaster — the crown jewel for collectors.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:38:33 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/vinyl-in-2026-the-10-releases-every-collector-should-know/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/vinyl-in-2026-the-10-releases-every-collector-should-know/The 10 vinyl releases collectors should watch in 2026 — Gorillaz, the Bowie reissue campaign, Pharcyde's 30th-anniversary pressing, Blue Note Tone Poets and more.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:37:03 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/vinyl-collectors-guide-to-japanese-city-pop/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/vinyl-collectors-guide-to-japanese-city-pop/A collector's starter kit for Japanese City Pop: the holy-grail pressings, what obi strips mean, and the reissues finally back in print.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:49:23 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-harry-styles/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-harry-styles/Harry Styles' fourth album on 180-gram black vinyl: gatefold jacket, holographic inner sleeve, and a 12-page lyric booklet. Out March 6th.Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:25:46 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/no-bandwidth-live-raphael-saadiq/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/no-bandwidth-live-raphael-saadiq/Raphael Saadiq opens his archives for the first time: classic albums reissued exclusively through the new Raphael Saadiq Vinyl Club.Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:08:40 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/rose-in-the-dark-cleo-soul/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/rose-in-the-dark-cleo-soul/Cleo Sol's Rose In The Dark on vinyl — where to find the debut album from the voice of SAULT.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:26:48 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/vinyl-collectors-guide-to-ethio-jazz/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/vinyl-collectors-guide-to-ethio-jazz/The essential Ethio-jazz starter kit: the Mulatu Astatke, Hailu Mergia, and Mahmoud Ahmed reissues every collector should own — and where to find them.Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:08:06 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/anti-rihanna/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/anti-rihanna/Rihanna's ANTI on double vinyl from the official store — the full 2LP tracklist from Consideration to Sex With Me, limited to 4 per customer.Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:45:03 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/kind-of-blue-miles-davis/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/kind-of-blue-miles-davis/Miles Davis' Kind of Blue on vinyl — where to find a pressing of the best-selling jazz record ever made.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:07:48 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/drunk-thundercat/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/drunk-thundercat/Thundercat's Drunk on vinyl — where to find a pressing of the 2017 jazz-funk odyssey.Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:17:22 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/cabin-in-the-sky-de-la-soul/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/cabin-in-the-sky-de-la-soul/De La Soul's Cabin in the Sky on vinyl — where to find the pressing.Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:43:14 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/tame-impala-the-slow-rush-vinyl/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/tame-impala-the-slow-rush-vinyl/Tame Impala's The Slow Rush on vinyl — where to find a pressing of Kevin Parker's 2020 psych-pop opus.Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:32:10 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/let-god-sort-em-out-josh-sperling-edition-clipse/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/let-god-sort-em-out-josh-sperling-edition-clipse/Clipse's Let God Sort Em Out in the limited Josh Sperling edition — white disc, two-panel sleeve, capped at 4 per customer.Fri, 18 Jul 2025 01:06:31 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/timeless-double-vinyl-kaytranada/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/timeless-double-vinyl-kaytranada/Kaytranada's Timeless on double vinyl — where to order the 2LP pressing via Diggers Factory.Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:05:51 GMThttps://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/damn-double-vinyl-kendrick-lamar/https://www.cratesvinyl.com/blog/damn-double-vinyl-kendrick-lamar/Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. on double vinyl — where to find the 2LP pressing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning album.Tue, 01 Jul 2025 02:56:28 GMT