Today is the big day for record stores across North America. If you need any proof that vinyl records are back in a big way, all you have to do is head out to one of the many stores listed on the official Record Store Day website and (most likely) get in line! If you are in the Los Angeles region, I would recommend you go check out Amoeba Music in Hollywood. They just added Records On Walls to their store offering of vinyl record frames this week – just in time for the big event. I’m super excited, because Amoeba Records is considered by many to be the best record store on the planet. It’s a massive store, so it’s likely you’ll have to ask for help locating the record frame.
And as a special treat, if you’re like me, and you miss the Ramones, I give you the heirs apparent.. Here are the Mean Jeans, with a song that should have been written for me: “Steve Don’t Party No More”.
I don’t mean to get all mushy here, but I love my customers. Seriously. I am so lucky to be working in this niche area of vinyl record collectors, who are typically people who truly value music as much, and often more, than I do. This post is dedicated to one of the many awesome customers I’ve had since launching this simple little invention over a year ago. Ray has been a music collector for sometime, and has given these record frames more compliments than they probably deserve. His display is absolutely amazing and unique, as can be seen in the pictures. As far as I know, this is the first panoramic record room to use records on walls, and the results are incredible. What I really liked, as well, is how there is a bit of vertical white space between each row. Very cool layout. And the way he planned for the records to match up with the corners worked out perfectly, in my opinion. Ray was also kind enough to write up a little bit about the product, which I’ve included below. Thanks again, Ray, you make this whole record frame project that much more special for me.
Ray writes:
Remember how you would study and check out all the art, words, and pictures when you purchased an album? it was pretty cool. Then came cds with the smaller boxes and the excitement of the Album Art was gone. I kept my albums in mint condition stored in plastic cargo tubs. I always wanted to showcase the albums as wall art but could not find a way to set them up as wall art and cover an entire room. That is until I came across your site offering frames that were working frames (removable).
I recently completed a Music Room that is wallpapered with some of the vinyl albums I listened to growing up. Its truly awesome to see a favorites portion of my life’s collection displayed in a panoramic way, and all the great memories of the timeline they represent, and special personal meanings that music brings as it interweaves with life experiences. Very cool indeed.
One question I get from time to time is about the best way to setup your vinyl record display using records on walls frames. It’s not an easy question to answer, because everyone may have a different idea of what they want to accomplish with their display. Fortunately, I received a couple of pictures posted on our facebook page from Ron who has come up with an ingenious way to set up a vinyl display. As you can see from the first picture, he took 16 inner sleeves and mapped out the layout on the wall. That’s some good thinking.
But whatever way you decide to set up your vinyl record display, I always recommend using a level. And good planning never hurt either, as can be see in the second picture which shows how great Ron’s display and record listening station turned out. Thanks, Steve
Season’s greetings vinyl record fans! I just wanted to update you about a few happenings here at Records On Walls. First, I have added the option to buy 2 record frames for $18 to our oline store. I realize that a minimum purchase of 4 wasn’t always convenient for people, so I hope this will make Records On Walls an even more ideal holiday gift.
Secondly, I just wanted to highlight one of the best features of these LP frames – that they make an ideal ‘now playing’ display. As you can see in the picture on the right, one frame is placed above the record player. So while you spin the vinyl, you can display what is being played. Neat! As well, I would almost suggest having two frames by your record player, so you can easily rotate between ‘now playing’ and ‘up next’. This will hopefully help to keep your record player area clutter free.
Lastly, I will be adding more retailers to our store locator in the new year. So keep an eye on this site, and you’ll see several more options for buying the LP frames from ‘brick and mortar’ stores in the coming weeks. As always, thanks for keeping up with Records on Walls, and all the best during the festive season.
Do you know the band Heart? If yes, then awesome! They are probably the best female led rock band of the 70’s. We like to take credit for them here in Canada, but the truth is, the band is from Seattle, Washington. It’s too bad for us Canucks.. And in my opinion, if the ‘true’ scale of rock and roll greatness were a combination of beauty and kick-ass rock, then the ladies of Heart would have everyone beat, hands down..
Tim sent me this awesome photo of his Heart display. It’s a beautiful checker-board record display, with great looking LPs, and it’s rocking the baracudda!!!
Big thanks for sharing your way of displaying vinyl records using this simple LP frame. Much appreciated!
Lisa Christiansen of CBC Radio 3 recently produced a podcast called “Will Vinyl Save Music?” which raises a bunch of interesting questions. If you’re into vinyl record collecting/appreciation and wondering what the future holds, check it out here.
This display is the current champ for the most record frames, and it looks simply awesome. Jeff from Atlanta had a wall and an idea – to cover it entirely with album covers. Records on Walls LP frames are perfectly suited for such an endeavour and the results are stellar. Jeff writes “I could not be more happy with the way it turned out and the feedback so far from others has all been super positive as well”. To be honest, I am jealous of this display and of his amazing record collection. There are so many killer albums on display here, it’s really tough to pick one or two to single out. But the coolest part, in my opinion, is that every one of these records is fully accessible for playing on the turn table. Thanks Jeff, and congrats on holding the records on walls championship title!
These two pictures come from David Guilbault of Seattle, Washington. And again, I am incredibly impressed by the diffirent creative uses of these record frames. The first picture on the left doesn’t show any frames – it is of David’s home studio being divided by a beautiful cabinet. But here is the catch – the backside of the cabinet has 8 record frames with some classic albums on display, as can be seen in the picture on the right. So rather than showing the blank and boring backside of the cabinet, David has dressed it up using vinyl record covers as art. So creative, and it looks great too!
