Vinylmania!
Collecting and listening to vinyl records is a beloved pastime for music appreciators of every age. Whether it’s flipping through dusty bins to find the perfect addition to one’s collection, or the scratch of the needle as it first hits the grooves, many consider vinyl to be the epitome of the music listening experience. Check out these titles that explore and celebrate the hobby of record collecting.
The Record Store Book: Fifty of Southern California's Most Iconic and Legendary Record Stores, by Mike Spitz
This book features photographs of record stores in and around the greater Los Angeles area that capture the lively experience of going to the independent record store. It also features facts, store history, and distinctive points of view regarding how people search for, find and appreciate music.
Dust and Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting, by Eilon Paz
A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors, in the most intimate of environments--their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records.
Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records, by Amanda Petrusich
The untold story of a quirky and important subculture: The world of 78rpm records and the insular community that celebrates them. Do Not Sell at Any Price explores the rarified world of the 78rpm record--from the format's heyday to its near extinction--and how collectors and archivists are working frantically to preserve the music before it's lost forever.
1000 Record Covers, by Michale Ochs
1000 Record Covers presents a selection of the best rock album covers of the 60s to 90s from music archivist, disc jockey, journalist, and former record-publicity executive Michael Ochs's enormous private collection. Both a trip down memory lane and a study in the evolution of cover art, this is a sweeping look at an underappreciated art form.
High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby
Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think that life with kids, marriage, barbecues, and soft rock CDs might not be so bad.
The Vinyl Detective: Written in Dead Wax, by Andrew Cartmel
He is a record collector -- a connoisseur of vinyl, hunting out rare and elusive LPs. His business card describes him as the "Vinyl Detective" and some people take this more literally than others. Like the beautiful, mysterious woman who wants to pay him a large sum of money to find a priceless lost recording. Given that he's just about to run out of cat biscuits, this gets our hero's full attention. So begins a painful and dangerous odyssey in search of the rarest jazz record of them all…
Dead Set, by Richard Kadrey
After her father's funeral, Zoe moved to the big city with her mother to start over. But change always brings trials, and life in the city is not so easy. A chance encounter at a used record store, where the vinyl holds not music but lost souls, has opened up a portal to the world of the restless dead. It's here that the shop's strange proprietor offers Zoe the chance to commune with her dead father.
Girl Defective, by Simmone Howell
Friendship, love, and a mystery fill the life-changing summer of fifteen-year-old Sky, who lives with her unconventional family in a run-down record store in St. Kilda, a seaside suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
Vinylmania: When Life Runs at 33 Revolutions Per Minute, written, directed, and filmed by Paolo Campana
A trip into the grooves, a documentary about an object that has never lost its soul: the vinyl record. An epic love story, the film is filled with fascination characters and internationally recognized artists. Set in eleven different cities worldwide, the director sets out on a global road trip to find out what role vinyl records play in the 21st century.
Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop, directed by Pip Piper
This documentary investigates why nearly 2,000 record shops have disappeared across the UK. The film includes commentary from record shop owners, music industry leaders, and musicians.
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