Genre Guides
32 Essential Soul, Funk & R&B Vinyl, Ranked
By Keith, Viking Records · May 2026 Soul, funk and R&B form the longest continuous thread in popular music. Sixty years of recordings, from Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding through...
32 Essential Soul, Funk & R&B Vinyl, Ranked
By Keith, Viking Records · May 2026 Soul, funk and R&B form the longest continuous thread in popular music. Sixty years of recordings, from Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding through...
32 Essential Heavy Metal Vinyl Records, Ranked
Heavy metal is one of the most enduring rock traditions, and one of the easiest to collect on vinyl — the genre is built around dense, dynamic-range-heavy production that vinyl...
32 Essential Heavy Metal Vinyl Records, Ranked
Heavy metal is one of the most enduring rock traditions, and one of the easiest to collect on vinyl — the genre is built around dense, dynamic-range-heavy production that vinyl...
32 Essential Pop Vinyl Records: Every Era Covered
Pop is the broadest genre in popular music. It spans seven decades, dozens of sub-genres, and styles ranging from contemporary chart-toppers like Sabrina Carpenter and Harry Styles back through Britpop...
32 Essential Pop Vinyl Records: Every Era Covered
Pop is the broadest genre in popular music. It spans seven decades, dozens of sub-genres, and styles ranging from contemporary chart-toppers like Sabrina Carpenter and Harry Styles back through Britpop...
15 Essential Folk, Country & Americana Vinyl Re...
Folk, country and Americana sit in the same broad family of music — songs centred on lyric and melody, often acoustic, frequently rooted in a specific place and time. The...
15 Essential Folk, Country & Americana Vinyl Re...
Folk, country and Americana sit in the same broad family of music — songs centred on lyric and melody, often acoustic, frequently rooted in a specific place and time. The...
12 Essential Classical Vinyl Records to Start a...
Classical music is one of the most rewarding genres to collect on vinyl, but it can also be one of the hardest to know where to start. The catalogue is...
12 Essential Classical Vinyl Records to Start a...
Classical music is one of the most rewarding genres to collect on vinyl, but it can also be one of the hardest to know where to start. The catalogue is...
The Best Irish Bands on Vinyl: Essential Albums...
Ireland's population is just over five million people. Its impact on popular music is wildly disproportionate. From Van Morrison's Belfast soul searches to U2's stadium anthems, from Thin Lizzy's twin-guitar...
The Best Irish Bands on Vinyl: Essential Albums...
Ireland's population is just over five million people. Its impact on popular music is wildly disproportionate. From Van Morrison's Belfast soul searches to U2's stadium anthems, from Thin Lizzy's twin-guitar...
