Vinyl age : a guide to record collecting now
by Brzezinski, Max,
| Print Book 2020 |
| Available at 2 Libraries 2 of 4 copies |
Summary
From Carolina Soul Records, one of the world's largest online record sellers, comes the definitive guide to every aspect of record collecting in the digital era.
Any music fan knows that there's nothing like the tactile pleasure of a record. Even with access to a variety of streaming services, digital technology has paved the way for the analog revival; from multiplatinum megahits to ultra-obscure private presses, millions of records are available for purchase from all over the world. Vinyl Age is the ultimate post-internet guide to record collecting.
Written by Max Brzezinski of Carolina Soul Records, one of the world's largest high-end record dealers, Vinyl Age combines an engaging narrative and incisive analysis to reveal the joys and explain the complexities of the contemporary vinyl scene. Brzezinski demystifies the record game and imparts the skills essential to modern record digging -- how to research, find, buy, evaluate, and understand vinyl in the twenty-first century.
Any music fan knows that there's nothing like the tactile pleasure of a record. Even with access to a variety of streaming services, digital technology has paved the way for the analog revival; from multiplatinum megahits to ultra-obscure private presses, millions of records are available for purchase from all over the world. Vinyl Age is the ultimate post-internet guide to record collecting.
Written by Max Brzezinski of Carolina Soul Records, one of the world's largest high-end record dealers, Vinyl Age combines an engaging narrative and incisive analysis to reveal the joys and explain the complexities of the contemporary vinyl scene. Brzezinski demystifies the record game and imparts the skills essential to modern record digging -- how to research, find, buy, evaluate, and understand vinyl in the twenty-first century.
Contents
Introduction. Why vinyl now?Playing the record game
Developing a collecting method
Collectors' genres and subgenres
The politics of record collecting
Experiencing records
Conclusion. Records of our climate
Appendix 1. Carolina Soul's top sellers by genre
Appendix 2. Top genres by state
Appendix 3. Top genres by country.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Sound recordings
-- Collectors and collecting.
Popular music genres. |
| Publisher | New York :Black Dog & Leventhal,2020 |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Contributors |
Carolina Soul Records (Durham, North Carolina),
author. |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
xix, 223 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-222) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780316419710 0316419710 |
| Other | Classic View |