Thrift Shop Collapses Under the Weight of Vinyl Records

June 23, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments

I’ll say one thing for MP3s: they’re light. Vinyl, on the other hand, is not. Back when I was DJing clubs with vinyl, we’d wheel in crates of the stuff using a dolly, wrecking our backs in the process. The Ikea shelving I bought back in the late 80s to hold my vinyl bowed under the weight of my records until it almost broke. And today, the only place I can store my vinyl is in the basement; I don’t trust the joists in any of the other floors of my house.

Someone should have paid more attention to the issue of weight distribution in San Diego. A shop called Thrift Trader suffered the collapses of its second floor because too much vinyl was being stored up there.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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