Dead Format

Dead Format LLC

About this app

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.

Dead Format is independent, built specifically for vinyl collectors, and available on iOS, Android, and the web.

Ratings and reviews

this app is absolutely amazing especially if you love music and collecting vinyl. I don't recall seeing a single advertisement yet, there's no political nonsense, everyone is friendly and talking music and sharing their collections. this is how social media should be.

its a fun, great community to share and discover music. better than Instagram and comparable to discogs. you can even import your discogs collection

a fun place for record nerds to geek out with their records. If you like your record collection come be one of us.

What’s new

New: Stacks

Build a stack from your collection and turn it into a poster to share. Your all-time favorites, what's been on repeat, the releases that made you, anything you decide.

Pick a grid from 2x2 up to 5x5, customize the look, then share it to your Instagram story, post it to your Home feed or send the link. Your stacks live at the top of your collection.