Gold Rush Vinyl

Some new, limited edition gold records just dropped in our sister store! Authentic vinyl plated with actual gold. Order before the holidays! Link in bio.
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We were honored to make this gold record plaque for Mayor Dario Nardella of Florence, Italy - a soon-to-be sister city of our hometown Austin, Texas! Ciao, Firenze! 🇮🇹

We loved making these kinds of commemorative records for all types of occasions. Email or DM us if we can help you give your own awards that golden touch. ✨

Thank you to our summer interns Jaz, Olivia and Serenity for their hard work and enthusiasm! You made such an impact on the company.

And a special thank you to and for sponsoring these opportunities. Your commitment to this community is exemplary and we are grateful for your help in empowering the next generation of the vinyl industry.

Monday vibes.

This month, our friend John Kunz of celebrates 50 years of selling records in our hometown of Austin, TX! wouldn’t exist were it not for John and fellow record store owners who helped vinyl have its big comeback. Thank you, John, for all the ways you’ve supported this music community!

In honor of John and his awesome team, our press operators recently created this new vinyl color variant which we’ve named “Waterloo.” We can’t wait to see bands order it for their vinyl pressings. Cheers!

Our newest product is here: floating frames for your classic LPs. Display both the front and back of your favorite retro records. It easily opens so you can swap out records at any time.

Exclusively in our merch store! Link in bio.

New merch has dropped, including limited edition tumblers, corduroy hats and slipmats! Get ‘em while we’ve got ‘em! Link in bio.

All four presses are now up-and-running here in Austin, plus our gold record machine. This means shortened turnaround times (10-12 weeks sure beats 10-12 months!).

Get in touch with our sales team if you’ve got a project we can help with.

Thank you to everyone who supported our expansion.

We were honored to press this exclusive for , an Austin-born initiative to get more female and non-binary artists in the studio as producers. Thank you to for including us in this special project and for extending his studio to Project Traction. Get one of the limited edition LPs thru VMP!

We’re so excited for our internship program this summer with and , providing four women with opportunities to learn all about the vinyl industry in manufacturing or sales roles.

Applications are due Friday. Check our Careers page for the info (link in bio).

(And scroll thru the post to read reflections from two of our former interns about their Gold Rush experiences!)

Thank you Today Show 3rd Hour of TODAY for sharing the story of Gold Rush Vinyl and our new business goldrecordsusa. Most importantly, thank you to all the incredible people who have supported our journey.

How a music trailblazer is shaking up the industry with vinyl Caren Kelleher helped launch Google Music, but a presentation she gave struck a chord and led her to start Gold Rush Vinyl. TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer shares her story.

This week we celebrated our 5 year anniversary of pressing vinyl!

To every person who helped us get here: THANK YOU. Whether you trusted us with a project, referred a client, bought our merch or simply offered encouragement, we’re incredibly appreciative.

Most importantly, THANK YOU to our team members — past and present — for all of your contributions to GRV. You’re what has made this company (and our records) so special.

Here’s to the next 5! 🥂

Thank you to our friends at for helping us better amplify the factory! Our QC team love the headphones and now we can play our tunes all over the factory. Look forward to seeing you at .

The word is out: Gold Rush Vinyl is doubling our vinyl pressing capacity! While we’ve been preparing for this milestone and installing new presses, we’ve also been quietly building up two new businesses: making 24-karat gold records and designing home decor products in our new Creative Studio. We can’t wait to help even more artists and fans connect thru vinyl. Read all about it in this week.

Our heartfelt thanks to for reporting the news, and for kindly sharing their GRV stories and for coordinating.

New year, new colors coming soon. We’re in awe of our press operators and what they’re coming up with, like this “Stained Glass” style for ’s new release.

Y’all see that blood moon eclipse last night? 👀🩸🌕

Cool, local record stores are our jam. 🤘 And few are cooler than Fourth Rock Records — a Dripping Springs store specializing in eclectic gems. With a wide variety of sourced vintage vinyls to choose from, Fourth Rock is committed to helping you find music as unique as you are!

Looking for something specific? Reach out to them directly to chat about your vinyl needs/special requests!

What other hidden gem should we visit next? 🎶🛸🌱

It’s soccer season, y’all, and we’re back for ’s Liga Verde! We had a blast last season playing against formidable competitors like , , , , and more.

Thursday nights starting after Labor Day in Cedar Park.

Wanna play with the Gold Rush Vinyl team? We have a couple spots open on the roster. Send us a DM!

Intern had to make Rocky their own lil vinyl flower bouquet!!! 😍🌷🦝

Flashback to ’s Fourth of July Picnic in 1984. An Austin tradition! 📸 Scott Newton Photography

It’s wild to think our factory once looked like this a little over 5 years ago…..😳🫢🤯😮

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is so lucky to be in a city that puts on shows like sponsored by ACL radio!! Watch out for the one coming in July it’s a MUST see!!!!!

Throwback to a clear we made for ‘s sold out show when they played at in Brooklyn

So pumped to make a design by come to life through a Dream Vinyl!!🤩😎🕺🏽

Vinyl flowers and coming back SO SOON!!!!! Turn on our post notifications for updates🤭🌷💐

It was an absolute pleasure to work with !!!
The time has come to ship these dope records out!!
You can order them off of his website through his page.
Each of these records are limited addition where no two records look identical, each with its own unique blend of coke-bottle clear, yellow, orange & magenta.

Wouldn’t be a trip to Nashville without a visit to . The amount of fun, imagination and quality vinyl in that store is ridiculous. Our team was happy to load up on some goodies to bring back to Austin.

What are some of your favorite record stores?

For this week, we’re asking our team: What’s the last thing you picked up from an indie record store?

Next up is one of our newest production team members, Kaitlin, with this splatter disc from Gulch!

“I recently moved to Austin from the Midwest at the beginning of the year, and it’s been exhilarating to be in a city so rich with accessible music. Coming from Iowa, I have a deep appreciation and connection to my roots growing up in the Midwest emo/DIY scene. For kids who came from small towns with only a Casey’s and a stop sign, a trip out of town to a record store felt like a day pass to heaven - a place where you could feel connected to a part of yourself and a community that you had to work a little bit harder to find.

“The last record I bought is Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress by the band Gulch from The Record Collector () in Iowa City, Iowa. If you’re ever wandering through the many corn fields and Casey’s of the Midwest, I recommend stopping at Homer’s () in Omaha, Mill’s Record Company () in Kansas City, or Reckless () in Chicago. Oh, and definitely grab a slice of breakfast pizza from one of those Casey’s (). Trust me.”

For this wk, we’re asking our team: What’s the last thing you picked up from an indie record store?

We love this selection by one of our wonderful production team members, Shawneki:

‘Live Vibes EP’ recorded live at in 2017 and found at the renowned Domino Sound Record Shack in NOLA.

Who else has this in their collection? 🙌

For this wk, we’re asking our team: What’s the last thing you picked up from an indie record store?

Here’s a fresh selection from one of our wonderful press operators, Robbie:

“After taking my leisurely cruise through BLK Vinyl () I grabbed this copy of Willie Nelson and Roger Miller's collaboration album ‘Old Friends.’

“When I'm looking to discover something new, or head deeper down a musical rabbit hole, I put my full faith in BLK Vinyl. 

“This gem of a shop located on east 6th is well worth visiting regularly. It's as if the best ‘used’ bin you've ever thumbed through took hold of an entire store. The owners have done their homework and will almost always have something insightful to say about a record you're considering. Treat yourself to something new to you! Been a long time since cutting my vinyl teeth in Gainesville, FL at Hear Again () and Wayward Council (), but Austin is a truly incredible home for musical discoveries and BLK Vinyl is a great contributor.”

For this week, we’re asking our team: What’s the last thing you picked up from an indie record store?

Here’s a throwback from our founder Caren:

“I picked up this 78 when I was with family in Charleston, South Carolina. It’s a split 10-inch by The Homestead Trio and Walter Van Brunt and Helen Carter. helped me find that it was released in 1918. It is about as thick as four modern LPs and weighs a whopping 418 grams.

“It was a gift from Bruce at , who saw me digging thru the bottom-shelf crates and offered me a chair. We struck up a great conversation about the industry and I told him about my two refurbished record players — a Victrola from 1920 and a Philco from 1948. He kindly pulled this old 78 for me to use on them. 

“Whenever I travel I love going to records stores. No matter what language you speak or country you’re in, there is something universally familiar about vinyl. Even in a strange place, you know you’re amongst friends.”

For this week, we’re asking our team: What’s the last thing you picked up from an indie record store?

Here’s a great selection from one of our amazing press operators, Diane:

“I picked up ‘Onion’ by Shannon and the Clams () from End of An Ear (). Onion isn't their newest album, but it is the album I was introduced to from my friend Andy. 

“End of an Ear has always had an incredible selection (not only just with records, their book section is one of my favorites), their staff is very helpful and knowledgeable, and they host a lot of in store performances by great artists. I always look forward to their weekly emails, I'm not capable of leaving End of an Ear with just 1 record. Minneapolis, MN has Electric Fetus (), Portland, OR has Music Millennium (), Austin, TX has End of an Ear.“

Who's going to see Shannon and the Clams at Hot Luck Festival () at The Mohawk ()?! 🙌

To celebrate this week, we’re asking our team: What the last thing you picked up from an indie record store?

First up, production manager, Chris. “I picked up a repress of the Rollins Band debut LP ‘Life Time’ from . 

“Going to Waterloo is dangerous for me, they have such a wide selection of records, it's hard not to leave with 10+ records. My last visit was light and I only left with 3. Their sales/used selections are always great, too. LA has Ameoba, NY has Rough Trade and Austin has Waterloo. They also celebrated their 40th birthday last month — happy birthday Waterloo!” 


New custom color mix for 🙌

New year, new vinyl. Let’s go!