Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 10 segments
Presented by Hellbender Vinyl - www.hellbendervinyl.com In this episode, Scott sits down with Cory Giordano of Inner Ocean Records to explore what independent labels…
Cory GiordanoGuestScott OrrHostHellbendervinyl.com. [upbeat music] I guess, I guess the thing that I find so interesting about it is that, uh, doing this podcast, I talk to people like yourself or like Terry or, or Neil and Chris and, and, you know, these are...
Some of these are, are conversations I've been having for three years, four years, five years, and going all the way back to COVID [clears throat] and, and, and before, and the refrain is the same.
I..." And I guess, like, the thing that continues to surprise me, and you've been doing this for a, a very long time, the thing that continues to surprise me is that, like, when am I gonna stop being surprised that, like, you know, record stores are moving lots of vinyl, labels are moving lots of vinyl? I'm buying lots of vinyl.
It, it's just like I've been hearing this over and over for now what is probably close to a decade.
Um, and I ju- I just feel like I need to stop being surprised, and [laughs] d- does that make any sense at all? And is that a question?
But I do think that there's something a little different now versus, I don't know, four or five years ago.
Um, may- like... 'Cause I w- I was thinking about it for myself 'cause I, you know, I'm in this position where I'm printing so many new records every month, and sometimes I think, "How come I wasn't doing this before?"
And, you know, the answer to that is probably scared to invest too much money into it.
But I also think, I don't know if it would've been, like, the right time to, like-
Like, people were into buying records and everything, but I think it's just gotten more.
Hellbendervinyl.com. [upbeat music] I guess, I guess the thing that I find so interesting about it is that, uh, doing this podcast, I talk to people like yourself or like Terry or, or Neil and Chris and, and, you know, these are...
Some of these are, are conversations I've been having for three years, four years, five years, and going all the way back to COVID [clears throat] and, and, and before, and the refrain is the same.
I..." And I guess, like, the thing that continues to surprise me, and you've been doing this for a, a very long time, the thing that continues to surprise me is that, like, when am I gonna stop being surprised that, like, you know, record stores are moving lots of vinyl, labels are moving lots of vinyl? I'm buying lots of vinyl.
It, it's just like I've been hearing this over and over for now what is probably close to a decade.
Um, and I ju- I just feel like I need to stop being surprised, and [laughs] d- does that make any sense at all? And is that a question?
But I do think that there's something a little different now versus, I don't know, four or five years ago.
Um, may- like... 'Cause I w- I was thinking about it for myself 'cause I, you know, I'm in this position where I'm printing so many new records every month, and sometimes I think, "How come I wasn't doing this before?"
And, you know, the answer to that is probably scared to invest too much money into it.
But I also think, I don't know if it would've been, like, the right time to, like-
Like, people were into buying records and everything, but I think it's just gotten more.
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