Vinyl Junkies by Brett Milano

Vinyl Junkies by Brett Milano

Not too far away from the flea markets, dusty attics, cluttered used record stores and Ebay is the world of the vinyl junkies. Brett Milano dives deep into the piles of old vinyl to uncover the subculture of record collecting. A vinyl junkie is not the person who has a few old 45s shoved in the cuboard from their days in high school. Vinyl Junkies are the people who will travel over 3,000 miles to hear a rare b-side by a German band that has only recorded two songs since 1962, vinyl junkies are the people who own every copy of every record produced by the favorite artist from every pressing and printing in existance, vinyl junkies are the people who may just love that black plastic more than anything else in their lives. Brett Milano traveled the U.S. seeking out the most die-hard and fanatical collectors to capture all that it means to be a vinyl junkie. Includes interviews with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Peter Buck from R.E.M and Robert Crumb, creator of Fritz the cat and many more underground comics.

Brett Milano is a music journalist located in Boston who has interviewed Joey Ramone and Barry Manilow on the same day. He put together and annotated the Mass. punk history CD. Ave: The Boston Scene (Rhino), as well as liner notes for Todd Rundgren, The Cars, and The Smithereens albums. He's written for Billboard, Pulse, and the College Media Journal, and his weekly columns can now be seen in the Boston Herald and Boston Phoenix. He is the author of Vinyl Junkies, a book on vinyl collectors.