Vinyl Collecting Addiction

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.

Vinyl collecting addiction.

Are we record collectors or vinyl hoarders. Alan zweig s vinyl my thoughts on record collecting and addiction suprawes. 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. After playing his parents phonograph to death bussard was hooked and set off around the us on collecting trips.

Posted onjun 25 2014 18 signs you are addicted to collecting vinyl it always starts off like a little hobby. 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. 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. And then before you know it you re spending 150 on an out of print import.

Joe bussard s record collecting obsession began at the end of the world war ii. Alan zweig explores the eclectic world of record collecting. Need to own every version of a song that an artist has committed to vinyl cd. 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.

24 things you should know before starting a vinyl collection. With a foreword. Open mobile menu. It doesn t turn off even when you re broke rich medina the dust grooves book.

A personal insight into the psychology of a record collecting completist. Although there are numerous great shorts floating around on youtube focusing on vinyl culture digging and record collecting here is a list of some must see feature length documentaries and mini series that capture all that it means to be a vinyl fanatic and look at record collecting from every possible angle. Here s the answer to every question you could possibly have including some that may be embarrassing.