Dead Format vs Track One

Dead Format is a community for vinyl collectors to share what they're listening to, talk about records, connect with fellow collectors, and more! Post what you're spinning, show off your latest pickups or listening setup, take part in monthly Vinyl Challenges, join conversations in the forums, organize your collection, find record stores, and buy and sell vinyl. One of the main features of Dead Format is the Home feed, and it works more like old-school social media. There's no weird algorithm deciding what you should see. The Following feed shows you every post from everyone you follow, in order, so you can actually keep up with what they're sharing. You can also browse the Discover tab whenever you want to see more popular posts and highlights from what's being shared by the rest of the community. Every month, there's a new Vinyl Challenge with a different prompt each day. Join in whenever you want, share a record that fits the day's prompt, browse everyone else's choices, and discover some new records and collectors along the way. The forums are a place for longer conversations, questions, recommendations, polls, and anything else that doesn't really fit into a regular post. Keep track of your collection and Want List, filter your records by artist, format, and more, upload your own photos, and track how often you're playing each record. You can even scrobble your spins to Last.fm. You can also find record stores near you or browse stores in other cities, save your favorites, tag them when you post about a recent visit or pickup, and help contribute any stores that might be missing. There's a Marketplace too, built around listings with real photos of the records being sold. Buyers can make offers, see shipping costs before checkout, and pay directly through the app. Sellers can list individual records or bundles, manage offers, and purchase discounted USPS shipping labels.

Track One is a listening journal for people who still drop the needle. Not a price guide. Not a database. A place for the ritual — the spin, the note, the photo, the record you actually put on tonight. Log a spin in seconds: pick the record, rate it, write a line about how it hit. Build a diary of everything you've played, numbered and dated. Keep your collection and your want list in one place. Follow other collectors and see what's on their turntables. In Track One you can: — Log every spin with a rating, a note, and a photo — Keep a running diary of your listening, numbered and dated — Catalog your collection and track the records you're hunting — See your taste profile — top decades, artists, and genres, built from every spin — Follow other collectors and browse a feed of what's spinning — Search millions of records to find exactly what you put on — Heard it but don't know it? Identify what's playing and file the spin in seconds — Import Collection & Want List from Discogs Drop the needle. We'll keep the record.