| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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PART ONE COLLECTING AND COLLECTORS |
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An Informal History of Record Collecting |
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How to Get Started: My First Turntable |
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How to Grade Records (and CDs and Tapes) |
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The World's Most Valuable Records |
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And the World's Least Valuable Records |
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22 | (2) |
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The World's Most Valuable Sleeves |
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24 | (2) |
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Collecting on the Internet |
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26 | (8) |
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PART TWO COLLECTIONS AND COLLECTIBLES |
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34 | (1) |
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A Brief History of Recorded Sound |
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34 | (5) |
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Focusing on Formats: A Quick Case Study |
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39 | (2) |
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Acetates: The Rock Star's Rough Draft |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (1) |
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Blu-Ray: Can It Ever Get Better Than This? |
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44 | (1) |
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Bootlegs: Beauties or the Beast? |
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45 | (9) |
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Box Sets: All You Ever Needed to Know (Plus a Booklet) |
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Cassettes: Against All Odds |
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60 | (3) |
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CDs: The Ultimate Hostile Takeover |
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63 | (7) |
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CD-3s: Good Things Don't Always Come in Small Packages |
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70 | (1) |
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Digital Compact Cassettes: Oops. Well, That Didn't Work Too Well |
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72 | (1) |
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DVD-Audio: Sound and, Sometimes, Vision |
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73 | (1) |
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Edison Discs: The First Format War |
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8-Tracks: Clunk, Click, Every Trip |
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Enhanced CDs: All This and Moving Pictures, Too |
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79 | (1) |
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EPs: Albums on Installment Plans |
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79 | (4) |
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Explicit
Chapter: I Can't Believe You Just Said That |
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83 | (3) |
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You Can't Show That Here: Collecting "Banned" Record Sleeves |
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86 | (2) |
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Export Issues: Foreigners Have All the Fun |
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88 | (1) |
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Flexidiscs: Bend Me, Shape Me |
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89 | (3) |
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45s: The Greatest Sound on Earth |
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92 | (3) |
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4-Track Cartridges: Nice Idea, but Not Enough Clunks |
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95 | (1) |
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Interview Discs: Too Much Chatter |
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96 | (1) |
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Jukebox Albums: More Bang for Your Buck |
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96 | (1) |
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Labelology: The Train Now Standing |
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97 | (1) |
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LPs: Twelve Inches of Pleasure |
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98 | (2) |
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Mighty Tiny Toy Record Player: Batteries Not Included |
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100 | (1) |
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MiniDiscs: Tiny Toys Revisited |
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Mini-8s: Small, but Smart |
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100 | (1) |
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Mini Pac: Gone and Forgotten |
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100 | (1) |
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Mp3s: The Invisible Menace |
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101 | (3) |
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MQS SD: The Latest Physical Music Format (As of Early 2018) |
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104 | (1) |
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Nipper: The Story of His Master's Voice |
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104 | (1) |
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Play Tapes: They Were Tapes. You Played Them |
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105 | (1) |
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Pocket Discs: Music from the Hip |
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106 | (1) |
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Pocket Rockers: For the Tiniest Tots of the Lot |
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106 | (1) |
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Polish Postcards: Warsaw Packed |
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107 | (1) |
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Promos: The Critics' Choice |
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107 | (4) |
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Quadraphonic LPs: Extra Ears Optional |
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111 | (2) |
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Quad-8s: Eight Tracks, Four Channels |
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113 | (1) |
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Reel-to-Reel Tapes: High-End and Hot |
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114 | (2) |
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Sheet Music: Play It Yourself |
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116 | (2) |
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Super Audio Compact Discs: They're Compact Discs, and They're Super. Apparently |
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118 | (1) |
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78s: Fragility as a Way of Life |
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119 | (3) |
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16 rpm: A Merry-Go-Round for Your Tortoise |
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122 | (1) |
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Test Pressings, or Factory Samples: Just to Make Sure It Works |
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123 | (1) |
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Transcription Discs: On Your Radio |
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124 | (1) |
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12-Inch Singles: They're Like 45s. Only Bigger |
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125 | (4) |
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UHCD: The Ultimate Sound Experience Again |
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129 | (3) |
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PART THREE THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER---CASE STUDIES FROM THE FRINGES OF OBSESSION |
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132 | (1) |
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The Album: How Many Copies of That Record Do You Need? |
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132 | (1) |
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The Myriad Dark Sides of the Moon |
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132 | (8) |
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The Year: It Was Fifty Years Ago Today (Give or Take): Collecting 1968 |
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140 | (6) |
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The Broadcast: Live at the BBC |
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146 | (8) |
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The Single: The Best of Punk Rock---The Fifty Most Necessary |
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154 | (12) |
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The Genre: We All Got High on Bubblegum |
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166 | (5) |
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The Event: Record Store Day |
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171 | (4) |
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The Archive: Jimi Hendrix---The Early Years |
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175 | (3) |
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The Band(s): Two Supergroups Together---The Stones and Beatles Collaborations |
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178 | (5) |
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The Theme: Every Day Is Halloween |
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183 | (5) |
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The Fifties: It Wasn't All Rock `n' Roll |
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188 | (3) |
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The Soundtrack: Quadrophenia on Disc, on Stage, on Film |
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191 | (7) |
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The Guilty Pleasure: All I Want for Christmas Is ... Something Different to Collect |
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198 | (4) |
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202 | (4) |
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The Label: Mick Jagger Is the A&R Man |
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206 | (5) |
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And Finally The Rebirth of Vinyl---Forgive Me if You've Heard This One Before |
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211 | (7) |
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PART FOUR THIRTY COLLECTIBLE RECORD LABELS |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (4) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (4) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (3) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (3) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (4) |
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265 | (2) |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (2) |
| Index |
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