Do not Sell at any Price : : the Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78 rpm Records

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An air of impoverishment and depleted humanity -- That's mine now, I got that before you could get it -- An obnoxious, bitter, hateful old creep -- This is one of the things I would say is inexplicable -- A form of protection against the loss of self -- Suck all the blossoms and he leave you an empty square -- We are not drowning -- I like to get into the field and hunt them down in the wild, so to speak -- All I'm saying is there's no way you can game this kind of system -- Now there's a man on his way down -- i saw America changed through music -- There will be no service -- But there's another part of me that finds it kind of disgusting -- Luring me out here for nothing but a damn bunch of LP records! -- An obsessive need for tings to stay the same and an immersion in arcane knowledge -- Who wants to hear a story about a boy learning guitar from a book.
A celebration of 78 rpm record subculture reveals the growing value of rare records and the determined efforts of their collectors and archivists, exploring the music of blues artists who have been lost to the modern world.

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Rather boring submitted by samanthar on June 30, 2015, 10:58am A look inside the minds of collectors of all types, but specifically those who collect 78rpm records. The records themselves are incredibly rare, a piece of history that should belong in a museum but not enough people seem to care about them to have a museum built. The really old ones, from the 1920s, are sometimes the only record of the songs that are left in the world.

This book was ok. The writing style flowed well and Amanda Petrusich has a good narrative voice. I enjoyed reading a female music critic's perspective, for once. Overall it was a bit boring. If you're very interested in 78s or rare music recordings, this is a good book for you.