AN APP FOR VINYL COLLECTORS
CrateCore
A new music story every day. Every record in your collection in its place. Every stylus watched over.
CrateCore is an app for vinyl collectors: stories about albums and artists, a collection catalog with barcode scan and Discogs search, and turntable tools. Android is in final testing, iOS is next.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Five reasons to open CrateCore every day
Stories
A new music story every day: albums, artists, labels, anniversaries. By your genres, in Russian and English.
Collection
Catalog your vinyl: barcode scan, Discogs search by title, catalog or matrix number, import your collection from a CSV. Your own photo of the record, Goldmine grade, tracklist and pressing country — works offline too.
Tools
A stylus wear tracker, a 33/45 speed check via gyroscope and a printable stroboscope disc, a speaker placement calculator, an audio chain diagram.
Drops
Reissue and upcoming-release announcements with push notifications — hear about a drop before it sells out.
One account
Web and app share one account: interests and your feed sync, sign in with an email code, no passwords.
FRESH
From the feed right now
Live stories — no need to wait for the app. Read right in your browser.
STORY
The Datebook Issue That Set American Beatles Records Ablaze
July 29, 2026
A single copy of Datebook, the American teen fanzine with its garish cover and breathless gossip columns, landed on newsstands and ignited a…
STORY
The Homemade Pickup That Rewired a Century of Sound
July 29, 2026
In the late 1930s, a young guitarist in Oklahoma City faced a problem that would quietly alter the course of popular music. He simply could …
STORY
Cass Elliot: The London Night the Sunshine Faded
July 29, 2026
An anthemic, sold-out concert at the London Palladium, followed by a silent death in a borrowed apartment. The life of Cass Elliot, born Ell…
STORY
When 600,000 Showed Up for a 10-Dollar Ticket
July 29, 2026
One hundred and fifty thousand people paid ten dollars each to see three bands on a racetrack in upstate New York. More than four times that…
STORY
The Night Venice Shrugged: Vivaldi's Death in 1741
July 29, 2026
On the night of July 27, 1741, in a rented room in Vienna, a red-haired priest drew his last breath. The city barely stirred. Antonio Vivald…
DROP · PRE-ORDER LIVE
Meridian Archive Quartet - Blue Room Pressing
July 27, 2026
Format: 180g audiophile LP Genre: Spiritual jazz / modern jazz reissue Short description: A collector-focused jazz release framed as a res…
TOOLS
Your collection, properly shelved
Scan a barcode or find a record by title, catalog or matrix number via Discogs. Already have a collection? Import it from a single CSV file. Each card carries your own photo, a Goldmine grade, tracklist, pressing country and matrix data. Everything works offline.
Helpers that watch your turntable
The tracker counts stylus hours and tells you when it is time to replace it. The speed check reads your phone gyroscope against a printable stroboscope disc — honestly: it is an estimate, not a calibrated instrument. The calculator helps place your speakers in a room, and the audio chain diagram is there when you build a system.
Hear about reissues first
A drop is an announcement: a reissue, a limited run, an important date. In the app you can subscribe to push notifications so you never miss a pre-order.
HONESTLY
How we handle data
- Article artwork comes from freely licensed sources (such as Wikimedia Commons), with attribution on every image. AI illustrations are always labeled. No Discogs covers, no AI-generated artist portraits. Release covers are shown from the Cover Art Archive with a link to the source: the artwork itself remains the copyright of its owner.
- Release data comes from Discogs and MusicBrainz, under their terms of use.
- The speed check is an estimate from the phone gyroscope, not a calibrated measuring instrument.
- We write honestly: if a feature is not in the stores yet, we say so.
Start with the feed today
The app is launching in the stores very soon. In the meantime, read music stories in your browser — once you install CrateCore, your sign-in and interests come with you.