big record collection
4 September 2008
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I know I have many DJs who read this blog. Some of you, like myself, are diggers. Well, I used to be a frequent digger on weekends, driving up and down Quail Roost looking for ill collections that old black folks were trying to throw away on weekend garage sales. But now that I got school on Saturdays, and gas is crazy expensive, I seem to have lost some of that action.
Which brings me to this guy. Some of you might know him already. His name is Paul Mahwinney, and he has been digging his whole life. He currently claims to have the worlds biggest record collection, and I don’t think anyone can dispute that. With about 3 million records stashed away in some big warehouse, Paul’s collection is estimated to be worth around $50 million.
He’s been trying to sell his collection for quite some time now. He is now asking for $3 million to buy the whole set. I’m hopign somebody comes up with it soon to save it. Maybe the U.S. Library of Congress? Some big museum in Europe somewhere? Somebody has to do it. In this short piece about his collection, Paul mentions that about 83% of the music from 1948-1966 has not been rerecorded on CD. So 83% of the music from that era can only be found on vinyl. Imagine that.
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