Really interesting short film about the world's largest record collection.

[Flatwounds]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQbEhZwWTZY&feature=relmfu

This is lind of a tear jerker. Anybody got an extra 3 million dollars?

 

[Isotonic]

There's another thread on this topic currently. It's very sad to see the genius of the past fade away. I hope someone buys this and endows it with a curator and houses it in a great school of music somewhere.

 

[Flatwounds]

There's another thread on this topic currently. It's very sad to see the genius of the past fade away. I hope someone buys this and endows it with a curator and houses it in a great school of music somewhere.

I couldn't agree more. I will look for that thread. Thanks!

 

[Wally Swift]

If it is really worth $50,000,000 somebody would buy it for three million. I've heard about this collection before. I'll bet there's alot of crap in there.

 

[markw300d]

Thanks for the link.:thmbsp: I hope the archive can stay intact.

 

[addaz]

If it is really worth $50,000,000 somebody would buy it for three million. I've heard about this collection before. I'll bet there's alot of crap in there.

It's probably no coincidence that he writes a price guide as well.

 

[soundboy]

Can't the Smithsonian pick up some part (of all) of this collection?

 

[spartanmanor]

Thanks for the link. I have seen and read other pieces about this guy and his collection.

 

[Flatwounds]

It seems he is a rather controversial figure. I don't know the facts but I thought it was an interesting short.

Some online sources are less than kind in their regard for the man and some are very supportive.

Happy listening, all!

 

[Condorsat]

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[Isotonic]

You don't have to have illusions of immortality to have the desire to preserve. There are a lot of old things I would love to see or experience if they were still available. I think it is healthy to respect the shoulders that our civilization were built on.

There was a movement in classical music, where great composers toured their countries to retrieve and be inspired by the folk music all around them. Dvorak was one of them for example. I could see the same thing happening with these old records.

I don't think he is a hoarder. His shelves looked well organized and the media looked well preserved. When I think about hoarders (and I have known a few) I think of disorganized and chaotic thought processes. They are usually not very careful with what they hoard.

 

[Badco67]

I bought a lot of albums at the original Record Rama store, shown in the framed picture, back in the 70's. Paul seemed like an alright guy back then.

 

[Condorsat]

There has to be a market

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[Satcom123]

Interesting short vid. I've seen this before. Gets me to thinking. I wonder if there are 3 million of us out there, and each one of us sent in one or two dollars, we could save them. What will happen to all of them when he passes? I like the fact that they are all together. I don't know....just a thought. I think he is not a horder. And another thing. Why not spend a measly 3Mil by our country to archive them?

 

[bluesky]

Can't the Smithsonian pick up some part (of all) of this collection?

Everything is 'donated' to the Smithsonian, so I've heard on TV.

That's one super impressive LP collection. Wow.

I do like that Stones album!

He's absolutely right about analog sound compared to digital sound. You don't hear analog LPs, you 'hear them the 'real' way and 'feel them' right to your soul and being. He's absolutely right.

 

[Sharpstik]

He doesn't have the largest 45 rpm collection.

There's a guy near here who has upwards of 4 million. R & B Records.

Here's a vid..There are others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkgZyWs3Ww&feature=related

 

[ledzep1968]

Thank you so much for finding and sharing this. That is one of the most sad things I have ever seen. I'm glad I'm young so I can carry out my love for vinyl and music to others and hopefully it will spread more and more. With record sales increasing over the pass few years, I'm hoping they continue to grow and never stop.

Maybe, just maybe, I pray that one day artists start recording on analog equipment again and they put vinyls back in production. Oh, that will be the day.

He also pinpointed why I love vinyl, it's real. It's not some computer making the music, it's real people putting it down on a real record. Not a CD or an .mp3 or an iPod. It's TRUE to the recording, it makes me feel like I'm right there when they were playing it. If I put a Kinks LP down on my turntable, it's like they're right there. I don't feel that way with an iPod. Bless that man for collecting that much music and devoting his life to life's greatest treasure.

 

[frankxbe]

Amazing collection well organised thanks for posting the video . Now that we
have gone from from Vinyl to tape to CD to hard drives then SSD's and the cloud wonder what media will be stored on a generation. Physical media is now electrons 1 and 0's where are are we going to keep them the cloud?

 

[Mr. Orange]

Interesting story. I wonder how long ago that was recorded? Thanks for the link.

 

[Urchinn]

I used to work at The Smithsonian...and you cannot believe how many donations end up being thrown away or burned. They simply do not have the room (or money) to keep everything that is sent to them. That is not a good or bad thing...its just reality in the museum world.