The VinylDeck blog
Guides on collecting vinyl: rarity, pressings, condition grading, gear, and taking care of a record collection.
How to start a vinyl collection in 2026 without wasting money
A no-nonsense starter guide: the gear that actually matters, where to buy records, how to grade condition, and why you should catalog from record one.
· 2 min read
How to tell if a vinyl record is rare (and what it's actually worth)
Want/have ratios, pressing variants, matrix numbers — a practical guide to figuring out whether the record in your hands is genuinely rare or just old.
· 3 min read