Silas Lang Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse2112 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 This guys collection needs to be preserved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I had a friend who recently passed away and he was an avid record collector. He had between 15,000-20,000 LPs, CDs and cassettes. I thought that was overwhelming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer_sky Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Makes my "collection" look like a kid on the corner with a couple of albums under his arm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 QUOTE (treeduck @ Feb 4 2011, 08:16 PM) Makes my "collection" look like a kid on the corner with a couple of albums under his arm... Yep....it's a bit like thinking all is tickety-boo in the trouser department and then you watch a porno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Feb 4 2011, 03:27 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Feb 4 2011, 08:16 PM) Makes my "collection" look like a kid on the corner with a couple of albums under his arm... Yep....it's a bit like thinking all is tickety-boo in the trouser department and then you watch a porno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizel Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 holey moley! This is mind blowing yet heartbreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer_sky Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 QUOTE (Brizel @ Feb 4 2011, 03:40 PM) holey moley! This is mind blowing yet heartbreaking. agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 The Library of Congress can easily buy this, so why didn't they? It's a shame this man can't find anyone willing to preserve that collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Awesome Collection....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Alot of the stuff he's talking about so true.......... I think Steven Wilson would be a fan of this guy and his attitude towards music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g under p Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 QUOTE (Brizel @ Feb 4 2011, 03:40 PM)holey moley! This is mind blowing yet heartbreaking. I totally agree. I have a client who collects music boxes of ALL shapes and sizes including pianos both standing and grand. Many come on these rolls made out of paper or wood with holes in them and he places them in this holder thing that turns and makes the piano play different songs. He can control the pitch, speed and it even has reverse or rewind. His grand piano is from the very early 1900's. It's amazing to see this in action, when you find out where today's musical players came from. Man if I had the money I would put in a bid for that 3 million he's asking and make sure to insure those records. I wonder if he has ANY ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Lang Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 QUOTE (The Owl @ Feb 4 2011, 05:17 PM)Alot of the stuff he's talking about so true.......... I think Steven Wilson would be a fan of this guy and his attitude towards music. Agreed. I love his emotion and can relate to his passion for records. I never got rid of my old records and resisted the move to CDs as long as I could through the 90s, only grudgingly started to buy them in the last 5 years. I just upgraded my old records with fresh copies through the years and still continue to do so. The thing I still resent is that the industry force fed the move to CDs to the public without continuing to print LPs, in effect robbing us of the choice to buy vinyl or CD. The vindication is that even though vinyl will never again be dominant format again it has rebounded in popularity in recent years while the CD format seems to be declining more and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EveryNerveAware Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Interesting information... Top 5 Most Valuable Records John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy (Geffen US Album, 1980) Autographed by Lennon five hours before Mark David Chapman assassinated him. $525,000. The Quarrymen - "That'll Be the Day"/"In Spite Of All The Danger" (UK 78 RPM, Acetate in plain sleeve, 1958) Only one copy made. $180,000 The Beatles - Yesterday and Today (Capitol, US Album in 'butcher' sleeve, 1966) $38,500, though more typically prices range from $150-$7500 Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (CBS, US album, stereo 1963 featuring 4 tracks deleted from subsequent releases) $35,000 Long Cleve Reed & Little Harvey Hull - "Original Stack O'Lee Blues" (Black Patti, US 78 RPM in plain sleeve, 1927) $30,000 offered to Joe Bussard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 If I only had the money and the space... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible To Telescopic Eye Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 QUOTE (Oracle @ Feb 4 2011, 04:55 PM) The Library of Congress can easily buy this, so why didn't they? It's a shame this man can't find anyone willing to preserve that collection. Prol'ly because it's easier to store music digitally, not to mention everybody gets crazy with the gov't if they try to spend money. I would figure someone like Ted Turner would be interested in this, but hey 3 million buck is 3 million bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 That's a crazy collection! (but I don't agree with his assessment of vinyl vs. digital....I did an "ears only" comparison during a recording course I took, and the reason people seem to like vinyl is because of the RIAA amplifier that restores the bass in records....anyway....) Btw....cool John Miles tune (Music) at the end of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer_sky Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This collection has come up for sale a number of times before, it is sad that in the end it may not all go to one person. I believe his store was just north of the city in the suburbs. Notice the sound at the end of the video is the same sound at the end of a record when the needle would get to the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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