Goldmine's essential guide to record collecting
By: Dave Thompson
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781440248030
Subjects: Sound recordings; Collectors and collecting; Sound recording industry; History
Other titles: Essential guide to record collecting; Record collecting
Description: A collection of short essays discussing various elements of the sound recording industry, and how to navigate the world of record collecting, this book also includes multiple discographies of the most valuable recordings in various genres and collecting areas.
Notes: Includes discographies.
Table of contents: title: Edison vs. Berliner: another format war; title: The birth of vinyl; title: Grading vinyl; title: Yesterday and today; title: Money (that's what I spend); title: Box sets and treasure troves; title: All that jazz; title: The birth of rock 'n' roll; title: And then there was Elvis; title: Mono: music for the one-track mind; title: Dylan, Baez and the folk rock boom; title: Motown: American pop; title: How to collect the Beatles; title: Rolling with the Stones; title: Psychedelia; title: getting your freak on; title: Collecting David Bowie; title: Dancing at the disco ball; title: Pub and punk rock; title: The eighties; title: The classics; title: Record collecting today.