| Description |
1 online resource (x, 223 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Ashgate popular and folk music series
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Ashgate popular and folk music series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index. |
| Contents |
The 78 era : creating a collector 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 -- Conclusion -- Appendices: The collectors ; The author as collector ; Institutional collecting. |
| Summary |
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 histor. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sound recordings -- Collectors and collecting.
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Sound recordings -- Collectors and collecting. |
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Collectors and collecting -- Social aspects.
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Collectors and collecting -- Social aspects. |
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Collectors and collecting. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shuker, Roy. Wax trash and vinyl treasures. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010 9780754667827 (DLC) 2009030058 (OCoLC)428436794 |
| ISBN |
9780754699163 (electronic book) |
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0754699161 (electronic book) |
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1282454331 |
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9781282454330 |
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9780754667827 |
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0754667820 |
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