Anchored in Asbury: Vincent Minervino & Magdalena O’Connell of Hi-Tide Recordings & Nu-Tone

Anchored in Asbury returns with two people who helped inspire the creation of this podcast -- Vincent Minervino and Magdalena O'Connell -- an absolute renaissance couple if there ever was one. Vincent and Magdalena are the creators of the Hi-Tide Summer Holiday (aka the Asbury Park Surf Music Festival), the owners of the renowned international surf music label Hi-Tide Recordings, the new imprint NuTone Recordings, and the owners of the online record shop Boro Records (soon to have a physical location in Freehold, NJ). In this episode we discuss how Vincent & Magdalena scored the iconic surf outfit The Ventures for both the Hi-Tide Summer Holiday (happening 8/18-20 at the Asbury Lanes & Asbury Hotel) and their record label. They discuss the evolution of the Hi-Tide Summer Holiday and their wishlist for bands they want to have in future iterations as well as the far flung places the fest will go. They also discuss their labels, vinyl sales, surf music, how the pandemic lead to the creation of NuTone and more.