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The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting (Book)

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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.

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.

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.

The book was good but I was looking for more of a price guide, however, my husband is enjoying it.