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Thrift-Shop Paydirt: When Used Records Become Learning Opportunities

Thrift-Shop Paydirt: When Used Records Become Learning Opportunities

Being a thrift-shopper and connoisseur of used records offers the chance to learn about music history and unearth forgotten, should-have-been classics.

Black Vinyl: Confessions of a Music Collector

Black Vinyl: Confessions of a Music Collector

When I touched a copy of the Beatles’ Rarities from the odd, older man’s box of records, the hair stood on the back of my neck. These are the tales of a record collector.