Miller's Collecting Vinyl by John Stanley
The birth of the CD and minidisc once threatened to kill off vinyl, but its power in the market is now recognised and increasingly collector's editions are released on fresh vinyl. This volume is a comprehensive guide to collecting vinyl records, and is suitable not only for those new to this huge and wide-ranging subject, but also for the more experienced collector who wishes to broaden his or her vinyl collection. The guide explores 50 years of music, unravelling the themes of music for collecting, tips on records to watch out for, and advice on pitfalls and dangers. The book is divided into the principal genres of music, such as Jazz, Easy Listening, Rock, and Blues, with further sub-divisions within those main sections explaining each type of music in more detail. Each of these sub-sections has listings of the most popular or most collectable records for that area of music, as well as fact boxes providing interesting, amusing, and valuable anecdotes on what makes a certain record collectable or how it came to be recorded.Background information is provided on the history and roots of the genre, how it has developed towards other musical movements, the principal artists, and whom and what to collect. Four eight-page colour sections bring the artworks of some of the most famous album covemrs to life. Information is also provided on the various types of disc available, explaining the different terminology that the collector may come across. Acetates, white labels, test pressings, differing commercial pressings, and promos are identified, and clues to packaging detail are given, as well as practical advice on how to store and care for your record collection, helpful websites and dealer contacts.John Stanley was a journeyman comics scripter from the 1940s through the 1960s. He's most famous for his 14-year run on the Little Lulu comics published by Dell. He is considered by many comics historians to be the most consistently funny and idiosyncratic writer to ever work in comics. During his comics career he also wrote original scripts for the licensed characters Nancy and Sluggo, Tubby, Woody Woodpecker, Deputy Dawg, Clyde Crashcup, Choo Choo Charlie, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Oswald the Rabbit, Andy Panda, Krazy Kat, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Nellie the Nurse.
Toward the end of his career, Stanley launched a series of teen-centric comics--Thirteen Going on Eighteen, Around the Block with Dunc and Loo, and Kookie--as well as his comical 1960s monster craze sendup, Melvin Monster. He left comics over a reprint royalty dispute sometime in the late 1960s never to return. He died in 1993.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781840005110 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840005114 |
| Title | Miller's Collecting Vinyl |
| Author | John Stanley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2002-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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