Vinyl Collecting Addiction

Are we record collectors or vinyl hoarders.

Vinyl collecting addiction. Vinyl collectors live for the high of digging through crates of vintage records at stores or flea markets searching for new vinyl finds online going through their parents collection and finally sitting down to listen to the unique sounds of vinyl. Here s the answer to every question you could possibly have including some that may be embarrassing. Crate digging is a term used by dj s and collectors to refer to the act of checking record stores flea markets or thrift shops for second hand music on vinyl. Joe bussard s record collecting obsession began at the end of the world war ii.

Eilon paz s 436 page coffee table book illuminates over 130 vinyl collectors and their collections in the most intimate of environments their record rooms. Some people jumped back into collecting some never stopped collecting and others are just starting down this path but for some reason all vinyl collectors soon become addicted. Adventures in record collecting. After playing his parents phonograph to death bussard was hooked and set off around the us on collecting trips.

Need to own every version of a song that an artist has committed to vinyl cd. Open mobile menu. Posted onjun 25 2014 18 signs you are addicted to collecting vinyl it always starts off like a little hobby. 18 documentaries about vinyl and record collecting.

A personal insight into the psychology of a record collecting completist. These people will try to find the most obscure or rare records to either put it in their collection play in their disc jockey set or to reuse pieces of. 24 things you should know before starting a vinyl collection. Alan zweig explores the eclectic world of record collecting.

And then before you know it you re spending 150 on an out of print import. With a foreword. Record collecting is like any other addiction.