Roy Shuker

Wax Trash and Vinyl Treasures

Record Collecting as a Social Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

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. This title focuses on this dimension of record collecting. It also includes other genres and their collectors, notably jazz, and blues.

Produktdetails

• Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780754667827
• ISBN-10: 0754667820
• Artikelnr.: 41240824

Autorenporträt

Roy Shuker is Associate Professor in the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
The 78 era: creating a collecting constituency
The contemporary collector: beyond the High Fidelity stereotype
Formats, collectors, and the music industry
Taste, the canon, and the collectable
Collecting practices
Record collecting and the music press
Collector profiles
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.