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Wax trash and vinyl treasures : record collecting as a social practice / Roy Shuker

Shuker, Roy,i1948- [Verfasser]

Farnham, Surrey, England [u.a.] : Ashgate, 2010

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (x, 223 pages)

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index

978-0-7546-9916-3 ; 0-7546-9916-1 ; 1-282-45433-1 ; 978-1-282-45433-0 ; 978-0-7546-6782-7

LP 19507 MS 8020 LS 48015 LB 61000

 

Tonträger  Sammlung  Sozialgeschichte  Sozialgeschichte 

 

The term 'record collecting' is shorthand for a variety of related practices. Foremost is the collection of sound recordings in various formats - although often with a marked preference for vinyl - by individuals, and it is this dimension of record collecting that is the focus of this book. Record collecting, and the public stereotypes associated with it, is frequently linked primarily with rock and pop music. Roy Shuker focuses on these broad styles, but also includes other genres and their collectors, notably jazz, blues, exotica and 'ethnic' music. Accordingly, the study examines the histor.