Tiny Vinyl, Big Idea: Neil Kohler and Jesse Mann on the 4-Inch Record

Record collectors have never exactly demanded convenience. We like shelves, sleeves, turntables, careful handling, and we have the occasional mild panic over a fingerprint.So perhaps Tiny Vinyl makes perfect sense.At just four inches across, these playable records shrink the familiar vinyl experience into something portable, collectible, and undeniably fun and maybe even adorable. The catalog already stretches from BTS and Olivia Rodrigo to Bob Marley, the Rolling Stones, and beyond.Founders Neil Kohler and Jesse Mann see Tiny Vinyl not as a replacement for the records we already love, but as another way into physical music, especially for listeners who may have grown up with streaming first and playing records second.And once you see one spinning on a turntable, it is difficult not to be a little charmed by the whole thing.So how did a record small enough to fit in a Funko Pop box become its own format, and where might it go from here?Welcome Neil Kohler and Jesse Mann to The Sharp Notes.