Because I do, because I unashamedly love vinyl records as artifacts and love to see the way they were packaged and sounded the first time round and because there's something just so iconic about 'em. I don't feel like I "really" have a disco record until I have it on the original 12
I feel like this love for the 'real' thing is kind of romantic and not some horrible curatorial impulse that's the sole preserve of Nick Hornby fans. Isn't it?
This prompted by purchasing Dhar Braxton's "Jump back" on sleeping bag even tho I already have two copies of it on reissues, but the sleeping bag one is sort of "touched by the hand" of Arthur Russell, you know?
PLUS - is this shit a "subcultural power move" or can you divorce the external perception from the internal drives AKA are you innately suspicious of any music "collector" activity having any motive OTHER than status?
(this is an xpost with ilm cos I'm curious about the difference in the responses)
I feel like this love for the 'real' thing is kind of romantic and not some horrible curatorial impulse that's the sole preserve of Nick Hornby fans. Isn't it?
This prompted by purchasing Dhar Braxton's "Jump back" on sleeping bag even tho I already have two copies of it on reissues, but the sleeping bag one is sort of "touched by the hand" of Arthur Russell, you know?
PLUS - is this shit a "subcultural power move" or can you divorce the external perception from the internal drives AKA are you innately suspicious of any music "collector" activity having any motive OTHER than status?
(this is an xpost with ilm cos I'm curious about the difference in the responses)