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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: CD vs. LP redux |
| Date | Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:43:56 -0500 |
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At Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 04:04:14 Kelly wrote:
> > I hate it when my wife asks, "When was the last time
> > you listened to this?" If I were to sell them all
> > I'd only recoup about a penny an LP. I hang on to
> > 'em. Why?
>
>I hang onto them because I can't sell them! With CD's
>I am a liquidating fool. If I need some quick cash
>(which seems to be the case more and more these days)
[snip]
>I like LP's. There's just something about pulling one
>out and throwing it down, pulling the tone arm over...
>In fact, I listened to a couple of records yesterday
>whilst trying to entertain my four-month-old son.
>Unrest's "B.P.M." rarities collection, Prince & The
>Revolution's "Around The World In A Day" and The
>Bangles' "All OVer The Place." I could safely say I
>probably wouldn't still have these on CD.
My wife shakes her head when she sees the room dedicated to the 3,500
Canadian albums and 1,750 Canadian 7" singles. I have 65 NON-Canadian
records in my collection (mostly Beatles and related).
My collection *is* worth a lot of money and is unique in that 80% of all
that CanCon has never been released on CD -- it's a sad state of affairs
that the Canadian music industry has wholly neglected its entire musical
heritage, but I digress.
Though selling off some of it is tempting (Fludd, Kensington Market,
Rhinoceros, et al are all worth between $50 and $75 depending on who's
buying) the years I've spent amassing these albums for the research on my
upcoming book release [a spinoff of the Canadian Music Encyclopedia at
www.canoe.ca/JamMusic] has made me believe that a library of this sort is
worth more historically then it is monetarily.
And besides, who would then answer all of David Bash's questions about the
Poppy Family? :-)
Jaimie Vernon,
Proud owner of 47 mint condition Sparton Records 7" singles from 1956 and
1957!!!
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