Vinyl Collecting Addiction

Alan zweig explores the eclectic world of record collecting.

Vinyl collecting addiction.

Adventures in record collecting. A personal insight into the psychology of a record collecting completist. With a foreword. 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.

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. Open mobile menu. Alan zweig s vinyl my thoughts on record collecting and addiction suprawes. 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. Are we record collectors or vinyl hoarders. 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. And then before you know it you re spending 150 on an out of print import.

Record collecting is like any other addiction. 24 things you should know before starting a vinyl collection. 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. 18 documentaries about vinyl and record collecting.

It doesn t turn off even when you re broke rich medina the dust grooves book. 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.