If you’re bored with collecting normal records, I have some suggestions for you
[This was my weekly column for Globalnews.ca. – AC] Most fans of vinyl are happy collecting 33 1/3 RPM albums,
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Record Collecting
Weekly survey: How much are you willing to pay for that vinyl record you MUST own?
Last week, an obscure 2008 record by a British DJ named Scaramanga Silk sold for $52,000, making it one of
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This obscure vinyl record just sold for HOW MUCH?
Used vinyl can trade for hundreds, thousands, or in the case of some Beatles records, hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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This guy has the world’s largest record collection with SEVEN MILLION pieces
His name is Zero Freitas, a guy who made his money running a transportation company in Brazil. He started with
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The world’s most valuable 7-inch record was just sold for HOW MUCH?
I’ve never really understood Northern Soul, a peculiarly British phenomenon where obscure Motown and Motown-like R&B/soul recordings are treasured like
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Big News in Little Records
The biggest word in Record Store Day collectibles is tiny: the RSD Mini Turntable. This makes a lot of sense,
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Meet the man who wrote the encyclopedia on Canadian music
For a small country, Canada has a music history and heritage that can fill an encyclopedia. Jaimie Vernon has written
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Recommended Reading Week: Old Records Never Die ask whether it’s possible to reclaim your past and your records
Eric Spitznagel was perfectly content with his choice to sell his album collection. It was something he didn’t really need
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Random music news for Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Were Freddie Mercury still alive, he would have turned 72 today. And in music news for September 5, 2018… Canadian
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Random music news for Tuesday, June 19, 2019
If there’s one cool non-football thing about the World Cup, it’s our quadriennial instruction in vexillology. Back to music news
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The First Annual Toronto Vinyl Summit is TONIGHT. Don’t miss it! Win a turntable!
Sales of new vinyl in Canada are up over 50% from this time last year. Meanwhile, the traffic in used vinyl
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