The Vinyl Vibes Christmas Gift Guide 2026

Gifts for Record Collectors & Music Lovers That Can Start Something 

Some Christmas gifts are forgotten by January.

Music has a habit of doing something different.

A record can introduce someone to an artist they end up loving. A pair of speakers can change the way they hear a collection they already own. A concert ticket can become the night everyone is still talking about years later.

Sometimes the smallest gift can start something much bigger.

I know because it happened to me.

One Christmas, I received Everybody Digs Bill Evans. I had already discovered Evans through “Peace Piece,” but that record pulled me deeper into jazz. From there came Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson.
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It wasn't just another record under the tree.

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