... Track two introduces the Vinyl Freak column, explaining the motivation for writing the monthly entries for the jazz magazine and considering the demise and then unexpected return of vinyl records in the waning era of CDs, with special consideration given to the materiality of the vinyl LP...

... Track two introduces the Vinyl Freak column, explaining the motivation for writing the monthly entries for the jazz magazine and considering the demise and then unexpected return of vinyl records in the waning era of CDs, with special consideration given to the materiality of the vinyl LP...

... vinyl records collecting comedy records ...

... vinyl records collecting comedy records ...

... record collector crate-digger vinyl records ...

... record collector crate-digger vinyl records ...

... recorded music vinyl records jazz audio formats ...

... recorded music vinyl records jazz audio formats ...

... improvised music vinyl records record cover design ...

... Track one charts the origins of an obsession, starting even before vinyl records with other collections, tracking the author’s love of LPs back to his childhood, through comedy records and idiotic rock, and following as his collection (and his credit card debt) grows. It ends as he hits college...

... Track one charts the origins of an obsession, starting even before vinyl records with other collections, tracking the author’s love of LPs back to his childhood, through comedy records and idiotic rock, and following as his collection (and his credit card debt) grows. It ends as he hits college...

... Track five contains more than a hundred short blurb entries covering vinyl records—mostly creative music, improvised music, jazz, and experimental music—drawn from the author’s collection. These short descriptions, which concern music that has never been reissued, are accompanied by full-color...

...” crate-digger. record collector crate-digger vinyl records ...

...” crate-digger. record collector crate-digger vinyl records ...

... independent record companies Vinyl Mania Frankie Crocker Larry Levan ...

... the Dust” indicated that dance music could still cross over, the majors declined to develop these records beyond a pop context. The corporate exodus presented the city’s independent labels and record stores with an opportunity; Vinyl Mania emerged as a particularly influential store. As national disco...

... Track three is concerned with the comparison between different audio formats. Enumerating the specific pros and cons of the various means of playback—magnetic tape, vinyl, CD, MP3, streaming—the author professes a flexible sense of affinity, depending on what the music and playback circumstance...

... Track three is concerned with the comparison between different audio formats. Enumerating the specific pros and cons of the various means of playback—magnetic tape, vinyl, CD, MP3, streaming—the author professes a flexible sense of affinity, depending on what the music and playback circumstance...

... the successes of Blondie’s “Rapture” and Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” indicated that dance music could still cross over, the majors declined to develop these records beyond a pop context. The corporate exodus presented the city’s independent labels and record stores with an opportunity; Vinyl Mania...