LP collectors: Vinyl-obsessed video tells all

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Alan Zweig's terrific YouTube video takes you deep inside the record collector's mind. The funny part is, even guys with 15,000 LPs don't think that they have a lot of records or consider themselves collectors.

Hey, some of us collect baseball cards or Corvettes. What's so wrong with filling your house with vinyl?

Steve Guttenberg is a frequent contributor to magazines and Web sites including Home Entertainment, Playback, and Ultimate AV. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.

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Tags:: LPs,; vinyl,; record collectors

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by osynnek January 19, 2009 5:13 PM PST: I have just over 1000 LPs and though I've heard most of them, I don't believe I've actually heard every single one of them, nor do I even like the music for all of them. I guess that makes me a collector and not a music lover. I don't think I'll ever hear all my LPs.; Like this Reply to this comment


by wbowblis January 22, 2009 7:11 AM PST: I fall short of those in the video, but I must have at least 3000 vinyl records, a few hundred CDs, maybe a dozen open-reel tapes, some cassettes and even one 8-track. I don't consider myself a record collector, but a music collector. I currently also add music from iTunes and the like, but if fidelity is really important, I'll buy the CD, or sometimes vinyl, if it's available. I've listened to every track on every record and CD I own at least once, and both sides of every single. Fidelity matters. I have music in the background as much as I can, and there, fidelity comes in second to convenience, but if I want to sit down and listen, I want to hear every nuance the music has to offer.; Like this Reply to this comment


by sspadafo January 27, 2009 11:17 PM PST: I don't collect records, but I would love to hear that Bozo the Clown record ;); Like this Reply to this comment


by January 31, 2009 2:14 PM PST: It's a shame that Zweig went not very far out of his way to portray vinyl collectors as aging social misfits living out of their basements. If he'd ever been to a vinyl convention, Zweig would be amazed at the variety of ages, styles and tastes who collect clean vinyl and cherish the warmth and natural sound that only analog can deliver. Maybe that's why vinyl is making a comeback and more vinyl pressings were made last year than any recent year in memory.; Like this Reply to this comment


by oreoforme February 1, 2009 4:23 PM PST: I love vinyl lps.
And I have every vinyl lp of Elvis Presley's from his frist album back in 1956 to Elvis in concert a 2
lp set back in 1977.

I do have cds but i love the sound of vinyl much better.; Like this Reply to this comment


by drwho4life February 3, 2009 7:30 PM PST: vinyl rules forever, everytime some new media for music comes out ,most people say vinyl is now dead haha ,its still here yet and may out last everything else for music; Like this Reply to this comment

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Ex movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has more or less successfully hitched his future to home theater, but he still pines for the clickity-clack of 35 MM projectors and all the stale popcorn he could eat. Between projectionist gigs he worked as a high-end audio salesman for sixteen years, and produced records for an audiophile label. Oh, and one more thing, nothing annoys Steve more than being confused with the other Steve Guttenberg, the washed-up Police Academy actor. The wordsmith Guttenberg is a frequent contributor to a number of magazines and websites including Home Entertainment, Playback, and Ultimate AV. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.

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