Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
BeatCaffeine’s Record Store Day 2026 Recommendations
This Saturday, April 18th is Record Store Day 2026, which over the last several years, has greatly become the prime day for many labels to release limited-edition or never-before-released vinyl albums, singles, compilations and reissues — often (even to BeatCaffeine’s disliking) on color vinyl. You can even make the argument that this annual event has become more like “record label day” or “new vinyl collectables day”, given its evolution. While the day usually attracts many hardcore collectors (sometimes camping out for 10-12 hours or more), shops also often see a large influx of casual music fans and even a few that might be buying their first record. Regardless, these are all great things.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, April 4, 2026
Listen back to this past Saturday, April 4th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included jazz dance classics from Bobby Cole, Horace Silver, Sabu Martinez, and Jimmy Owens, along with music from “nu jazz” pioneers The Five Corners Quintet, Nicola Conte, Gerardo Frisina and much more!
Right Tempo / Mono Jazz releases volume two of ‘The Jazz Sinners’ compilation series
Building on the acclaim of the first volume The Jazz Sinners compilation series, Italian label Right Tempo/Mono Jazz returns with the second installment, The Jazz In You, further exploring seductive and thrilling jazz from the 1950s and early 1960s.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown March 26, 2026
This week’s BeatCaffeine Record Rundown spotlights a brilliant new album from Ontario’s Atlantis Jazz Ensemble, the latest EP from Brian Jackson and Masters at Work, and striking debut releases from two boundary-pushing duos: Brazilian drummers Antonio Neves and Thiaguinho Silva, and London’s experimental Ethio-jazz outfit ZENA.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, March 21, 2026
Listen back to this past Saturday, March 21st BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included jazz dance classics from Monty Alexander, The Quartette Trés Bien, Jorge Dalto, and Tito Puente, along with music from “nu jazz” pioneers The Five Corners Quintet and much more!
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, March 7, 2026
Listen back to this past Saturday, March 7th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included jazz classics by Karma, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Eddie Harris, Batida, music from Sun Ra Arkestra, Nicola Conte and much more!
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown March 6, 2026
This week’s BeatCaffeine Record Rundown highlights the brilliant new spiritual jazz album from Tony Burkill’s Work Money Death, a remix release from Italian bassist Rosa Brunello, the Jonny Liebeck Group’s cosmic 7-inch single on Terrasolare, and the celebratory Frisson EP Part 1 on Steve Conry’s superb Ten Lovers Music label.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, February 21, 2026
Listen back to this past Saturday, February 21st BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included includes jazz dance classics by Tania Maria, Jackie McLean, Francisco Mora Catlett, Milton Nascimento, the new Work Money Death and much more!
Two Essential Editions to BBE’s J-Jazz Series
For nearly a decade, London’s Tony Higgins and Mike Peden, have led the charge in reissuing some of the most adventurous and elusive Japanese jazz recordings through BBE Music’s acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass Series. Ahead of the highly anticipated J-Jazz Volume 5 compilation, two essential titles join the growing collection — Sachi Hayasaka & Stir Up!’s 1988 full-length Free Flight and a rare 1971 7inch from Christal Zone.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, February 7, 2026
Listen back to this past Saturday, January 10th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included some jazz dance selections by Dr. Lonnie Smith, Bernie Senensky Trio, Boy Katindig, Igor Bril, and George Benson, music from the new Jazz Room Records release 7inch from 45 Trio, tracks by Grupo Um, Lucinha Bastos and much more.
Far Out Recordings unearths Grupo Um’s previously unreleased 1977 album
Brazilian fusion pioneers Grupo Um, whom made their mark performing in Hermeto Pascoal’s mid-1970s São Paulo collective, mark their 50th anniversary with a previously unreleased album on Far Out Recordings, titled Nineteen Seventy Seven, named for the year it was recorded.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, January 24, 2026
Listen back to this past Saturday, January 24th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast includes some jazz dance classics from David Benoit, Bobby Hutcherson, Byron Morris, Art Blakey and John Thomas, along with a number of Brazilian selections by Joyce Moreno, Tania Maria, Nelson Ayres and much more.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown January 23, 2026
This year’s first edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, we highlight the much-anticipated new album from Chris Bangs and Mick Talbot, Japan’s 45 Trio and their new Jazz Room Records 7inch celebrating Brazilian piano great Tenorio Jr., in addition to a couple “must-own” releases that came out near the end of last year from Lance Ferguson and Louie Vega’s Elements of Life.
