Who is buying up all the vinyl? Now we know.....

Dennis Gardner
Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
edited August 2014 in The Clubhouse
Interesting article on the guy that bought Paul Mawhinneys collection among many others throughout the world. He has just now come forward.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/magazine/the-brazilian-bus-magnate-whos-buying-up-all-the-worlds-vinyl-records.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited August 2014
    Wow!!!
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited August 2014
    Its nice to be able to do what you want with the $$$ that you earn during your life, but this guy is building a nightmare for his estate handlers.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2014
    Dennis Gardner wrote: »
    Its nice to be able to do what you want with the $$$ that you earn during your life, but this guy is building a nightmare for his estate handlers.

    +1! I'm glad I'm not related to that loon!
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    edited August 2014
    Dennis Gardner wrote: »
    Its nice to be able to do what you want with the $$$ that you earn during your life, but this guy is building a nightmare for his estate handlers.
    More importantly, what's the point of having vinyl if you're not going to listen to it at least once? I won't claim to listen to vinyl often, but I do play what I buy at least once. I seriously doubt this guy will be listening to any of that ginormous vinyl collection, which I guess makes him nothing but a hoarder.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited August 2014
    A balding guy with a gray beard into Vinyl? Surely you JEST!

    cnh
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited August 2014
    Gonna be a **** to clean all that vinyl!
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    edited August 2014
    I would be concerned about the probable warping due to the height/weight of the stacks.
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  • xjghost
    xjghost Posts: 1,105
    edited August 2014
    Wow, that is a lot of records!
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  • PaulW
    PaulW Posts: 38
    edited August 2014
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »
    I would be concerned about the probable warping due to the height/weight of the stacks.

    For real. I always thought collectors would store their vinyl vertically, but what would I know.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,689
    edited August 2014
    nspindel wrote: »
    Gonna be a **** to clean all that vinyl!

    that is what car washes are for
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