Since I didn’t feel like doing the things I really should have been doing this evening … I decided to do a little roundup to see what’s going on with one of my favorite subjects — record collecting. I found a bunch of interesting tidbits. Here are a few of them.
The Vinyl Revival and the Resurrection of Sound
Most recording artists are also fans of other artists’ music; they own vast and eclectic record collections. Sometimes finding rare and collectible vinyl created by artists who have influenced their own music and whom they admire can be …
Collecting Vinyl Records- your source for the latest vinyl record …
VinylCollective.com Stop by and pick up some cool and collectible vinyl! VinylCollective Top 20 Sales for May 2009 1 CHUCK RAGAN/ BRIAN FALLON “Gospel Songs” 7? brown vinyl VC exclusive color 400 copies … Buy Vinyl Records …
5 Websites for Rare and Hard-To-Find Records and CDs …
EIL.com/Esprit (www.eil.com) – EIL.com touts itself as the world’s biggest online Record Shop for new, rare, collectible, used and hard to find CDs, vinyl records, CD singles, picture discs, memorabilia and more. …
An Introduction To Grading – Part 2 – Glide Magazine
Near Mint (NM) – A Near Mint record is really the standard collectible album. Price guides use NM condition as the base price you can expect to pay. If the vinyl has anything more than the most minor wear, it is not NM. …
For the record, vinyl is alive and kickin’ – The Bus Stops Here …
Amid the hoopla of Record Store Day (see sidebar for a list of special releases), Vertical House is presenting a ‘Wax Museum: Record & CD Show.’ Local and regional vendors will be selling rare and collectible albums and CDs. …
These articles show very clearly what we already knew … namely collecting vinyl is still going strong and even picking up speed.
Intro to this fantastic film.
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper in depth record album cover discussion. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison.
A ‘Moneywise’ (TVS) report from February 1990 on the UK Record Collecting scene pre-internet/Ebay. In one of his final presentation roles, Frank Bough introduces the segment hosted by Fiona Pethick which includes interviews with Phillips’ expert Andrew Milton, Record Collector magazine’s Mark Paytress and Vinyl Demand’s Geoff Finch. How things have changed!