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Goldmine's Essential Guide to Record Collecting Paperback – June 29, 2017

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Goldmine's Essential Guide to Record Collecting celebrates some of the finest vinyl ever pressed by music’s greatest artists. You'll find the royalty of Rock (Elvis, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones), the pioneers of Punk (The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones), Motown's movers and shakers (Berry Gordy, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight), Jazz kings (Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon), Disco queens (Donna Summer, Diana Ross, Deniece Williams), the first couple of Folk (Joan Baez and Bob Dylan), and a host of others from Psychedelia, Classical and the Eighties.

Filled with record art, concert posters and artist profiles, as well as lists and values of the best rarities, 45s, 78s and albums from across the musical spectrum, Goldmine's Essential Guide to Record Colleting isn't the reason you'll love vinyl. But it just might be the reason your love affair will last.

About the Author

Dave Thompson is the research and pricing expert for an array of vinyl record guides, including The Standard Catalog of American Records, Goldmine Album Price Guide and Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide. He has authored more than 100 music books and is a regular contributor to Goldmine magazine.

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June 29, 2017
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6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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1440248036
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Krause Publications (June 29, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1440248036
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1440248030
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches

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Trish

Awesome

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2021

Exactly what I need

Essential guide to record collecting

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2018

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Easy to read and informative. Lots of fun facts for record collectors I enjoy reading this book!! I'am very happy with my purchase!!

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Gail Rhinehart

Good Book

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2019

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Good book, lots of interesting info. Great seller, arrive quickly, just as described.

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Vickie Beach

Great for a record collector.

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019

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Really good reference book, just what he wanted.

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m williams

Very helpful for anyone collecting.

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2018

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Very good information cocernlng collecting music. I learned a lot. Worth the investment!

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Irish Luck

Easy to Dance to

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2017

I recently picked up this book up at my local book store. I have several Goldmine record price guides and enjoy them and am familiar with Dave Thompson's writing from Goldmine magazine -- which, I'm pleased to discover, you can still find on the news stand at Barnes & Noble. Thompson knows his stuff and it shows in his writing, which is insightful and can be a little bit snarky and breezy. The design and images are quite good. I'm a fan of old concert posters found throughout the book. I really enjoyed the chapter on The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll. The photos and writing were fun. In the chapter Thompson covers the heavyweights and then spends quite a bit of time on Gene Vincent, who I have to admit I had heard of but didn't know a lot about. Fascinating reading. The book is black and white, which I thought would make me like it less but just the opposite is true. The paper and design feel just right, giving the book a funky throwback vibe. The photograph of Dexter Gordon and the concert poster for Miles Davis alone make the Jazz chapter worth it. Nice job. Could have had more classic country: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, etc. The book takes a pass on that genre, which is a shame. But I did enjoy the Punk section and to my surprise I came away with a new appreciation of Motown. Overall, I enjoy it.

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Larry R

Good information

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2019

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Lotta good information. Found out things that surprised me.

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2018

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Enjoyable and informative read for the record collector.

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Richard Kinch

A really good book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2021

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This book gives you a reason for collecting records as I have so many and I’ve been able to sort out a value for them thank you so much

Dr. Tim Parker

Excellent overview of collectors and collectibles

Reviewed in Canada on August 28, 2019

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Goldmine publishes a pricelist of records and CDs (mostly records) that is a standard for collectors (not so much for selling but for buyer info and to allow a collector to know what they horded vinyl is worth!). This isn't that price guide, but a companion volume about record collectors. The book starts with a short history, follows up with an analysis of collectors and quick market overview of early record formats, then goes through major eras of music over the years and some of the collectable records in each era.

I'm a collector, although not fanatical, and most of the information in this book will be known by current collectors, but I did really enjoy reading through even though there was little "new" in the book. However, for someone getting started with record collecting, or looking for more info about specific eras and collectable records of particular genres, this is a useful and informative book. In fact, this is probably the best all-round book on vinyl collecting that I know of, and I have a large library on the subject.

There's deeper dives on some of the important artists (Presley, Beatles, Stones, etc) and genres (folk, classical, jazz, etc) including the collectables for each, while putting them in their context. The brief profiles of artists are nicely done, as is the analysis of the most collectable records for each. The book is heavily illustrated, which adds to the reading experience. This book is not a deep dive into any specific subject, but an overview with some more detailed examination of some artists, but it remains one of the best overviews of collectables and collectors I know of. A very nice read!

Steven Sterling

great for a beginner

Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2020

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I bought this as a gift for a nephew who is just getting into records. He loved it! Highly recommended for beginner vinyl collectors.

randy robertson

love it

Reviewed in Canada on June 8, 2020

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fantastic

Pat

Good investment for me

Reviewed in Canada on October 17, 2019

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Great book for record collectors to have

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