From tips for evaluating recordings, to lively discussions of bootlegs and piracy, to the history of recording formats, to collectible artists and more, The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting covers all the tracks. Designed for anyone who collects records for pleasure or profit, at garage sales or on eBay, this guide is both informative and entertaining. If offers a wealth of detail and informed opinion - unique in a field dominated by stodgy price guides. Engaging entries and essays explore the development of all recording mediums, from 78s to MP3; the distinctive character of imports; "most collected artists," from The Beatles to Nirvana; collectible labels, such as Sun, Chess and Motown; original packaging that enhances collectability; and much more.
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Dave Thompson is a regular columnist for Goldmine, America's leading publication in the field of record collecting, and has written at length for the UK's equivalent, Record Collector. Thompson has also contributed to Discoveries, Live! Music Review, Spiral Scratch, Record Mart, and similar magazines in Poland, Germany, Japan, Canada, and Australia. His work has appeared in such key music magazines as Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Mojo, Q and Melody Maker, and he has written liner notes for such major artists as Lou Reed and Pink Floyd. Thompson's books - now numbering over 70 - include the best-selling Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story and Third Ear guides Alternative Rock, Funk, and Reggae and Caribbean Music.
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This book was ok but very general. It shouldn't be called the Music Lover's guide to record collecting. A More appropriate title would be The music Lover's guide to the history of records.
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You remember those books we were assigned to read in school... Almost falling asleep as you reread the same tired line 3 times before you realized you had been doing so. Well this book is not entirely like that, but it does come close. I came away feeling like I was told to read this book instead of picking it up because I choose to.
While reading I came across some line about a shop owner having a priceless gem, and I realized I had better things to do with my life like check gemm.com to see if I could get my hands on a LP I've been wanting. At least this book did one good thing, when I went looking for that LP I found an awesome deal at GEMM. It's all about that silver lining my friends... The bottom line: the reading at times seemed laborious but it does help you solidify your own understanding of why you started collecting in the first place.
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Which Arturo Toscanini are we talking about?,
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In an excerpt from this book posted on amazon, the statement is made that one Arturo Toscanini set the record industry back, in the 1920s, by refusing to allow his voice to be recorded. The Arturo Toscanini that most music lovers remember was conducting La Scala and the New York Philharmonic around that time. We don't think he was singing. Can the author address this? Perhaps I read the excerpt wrong. In this case, we're not talking about an obscure historical figure.
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I was lucky. I got my start in record collecting in what was a golden age-probably the last one there ever was. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modern collectibility, mono albums, textured sleeve, picture sleeve, mono releases, rarest records, stereo copies, same catalog number, picture disc, transcription disc, original pressings, gatefold sleeve, most successful act, record collecting, first major hit, stock copies, test pressings, promo copies, mono mix, parent label, modern collectors, collectible today, quadraphonic sound, label design, most collectible Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rolling Stones, Warner Bros, New York, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Kama Sutra, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blue Horizon, Sub Pop, Red Bird, Phil Spector, Regal Zonophone, Top Ten, Big Top, Los Angeles, Rare Earth, Velvet Underground, Beach Boys, George Harrison, New Rose, Four Seasons, John Lennon, Pretty Things New!
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I was lucky. I got my start in record collecting in what was a golden age-probably the last one there ever was. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modern collectibility, mono albums, textured sleeve, picture sleeve, mono releases, rarest records, stereo copies, same catalog number, picture disc, transcription disc, original pressings, gatefold sleeve, most successful act, record collecting, first major hit, stock copies, test pressings, promo copies, mono mix, parent label, modern collectors, collectible today, quadraphonic sound, label design, most collectible Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rolling Stones, Warner Bros, New York, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Kama Sutra, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blue Horizon, Sub Pop, Red Bird, Phil Spector, Regal Zonophone, Top Ten, Big Top, Los Angeles, Rare Earth, Velvet Underground, Beach Boys, George Harrison, New Rose, Four Seasons, John Lennon, Pretty Things New!
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- Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears by Kim Cooper on 4 pages
- Collectible Compact Disc Price Guide by Gregory Cooper on page 52, page 53, and page 62
- Since Records Began: EMI, the First Hundred Years by Peter Martland on page 87, and page 190
- Classic Led Zeppelin V -- Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin on page 78, and page 92
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