Wax Trash and Vinyl Treasures: Record Collecting as a Social Practice
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Albert Bell
Album Cover Art
Author_Roy Shuker
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Cd Reissue
Club DJ
collecting practices analysis
Collector Magazines
Composite Biography
Concert Bootlegs
cultural consumption studies
Early Recording Companies
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genre-based collecting
Keir Keightley
Magazine Record Collector
Middle Aged Baby Boomers
Music Industry Worker
music material culture
Music Press
Musical Cultural Capital
nostalgia and media
Picture Sleeves
Price Guides
Rare Record Price Guide
Record Collecting
Record Collector
Record Fairs
social identity formation
sound recording collecting research
Steve Waksman
UK Series
Vintage Guitars
Vinyl Albums
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781472464279
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Apr 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 history of record collecting; profiles collectors and the collecting process; considers categories - especially music genres - and types of record collecting and outlines and discusses the infrastructure within which collecting operates. Shuker situates this discussion within the broader literature on collecting, along with issues of cultural consumption, social identity and 'the construction of self' in contemporary society. Record collecting is both fascinating in its own right, and provides insights into broader issues of nostalgia, consumption and material culture.
Roy Shuker is Associate Professor in the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
