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Vinyl freak : love letters to a dying medium, John Corbett

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Summary
From scouring flea markets and eBay to maxing out their credit cards, record collectors will do just about anything to score a long-sought-after album. Music writer, curator, and collector John Corbett burrows deep inside the record fiend's mind, documenting and reflecting on his decades-long love affair with vinyl. Discussing more than 200 rare and out-of-print LPs, Vinyl Freak is composed in part of Corbett's long-running Downbeat magazine column of the same name, which was devoted to records that had not appeared on CD. In other essays where he combines memoir and criticism, Corbett considers the current vinyl boom, explains why vinyl is his preferred medium, profiles collector subcultures, and recounts his adventures assembling the Alton Abraham Sun Ra Archive, an event so all-consuming that he claims it cured his record-collecting addiction. Perfect for vinyl newbies and veteran crate diggers alike, "Vinyl Freak" plumbs the motivations that drive Corbett and collectors everywhere
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 250 pages
Contents
  • Track 1. Formation of a freak
  • Track 2. "News of my death, greatly exaggerated," quoth the record : Column 1, 2000-2003 : Philly Joe Jones / Philly Joe Jones
  • Cookin' / Paul Gonsalves
  • Fanky drivin' / Takashi Furuya with The Freshmen,
  • To you / Carsten Meinert Kvartet,
  • Funky skull / Melvin Jackson,
  • Soul Sisters / Gloria Coleman Quartet featuring Pola Roberts,
  • Sounds from Rikers Island / Elmo Hope Ensemble,
  • Brotherhood / Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath
  • Morris Grants presents J.U.N.K.
  • Sextette/quintette / Tom Stewart
  • Moondog and Suncat Suites / Kenny Graham and his Satellites
  • Cosmic music / John Coltrane
  • Jazz et jazz: Jazz experiments; Triple play stereo: Pop + jazz = Swing / André Hodeir
  • Stereophony / Bill Russo Orchestra
  • Various acetates / George Davis Sextet
  • Staffan Harde / Staffan Harde
  • Art Pepper, Chile Pepper
  • Jack Wilson, The Jazz Organs
  • Tributes / Craig Harris
  • The Strange and the commonplace / Quintet Moderne
  • Afro-soul / Drum orgy / A.K. Salim
  • Home recordings, 1939-43 / Tristan Meinecke
  • Sweet smell of success / Chico Hamilton Quintet
  • Here there / Lehn-Strid ; Irregular / Klapper-Küchen
  • Diggin' the chicks / Bill Leslie ; Soul cookin' / Thornel Schwartz with Bill Leslie
  • Gypsy / Tony Scott and his buddies
  • Great ideas of western Mann / Herbie Mann
  • Track 3. Freak, not snob : Column 2, 2004-2006 : Demon fuzz / Afreaka!
  • Contemporary sound series
  • A Well-kept secret / Beaver Harris/Don Pullen 360-degree experience
  • Border Crossing / Mike Osborne Trio
  • Dangerous Dan Express / The Three Souls
  • Raps / Steve Lacy
  • Halki Collective / Halki Collective
  • The Eastern scene / The Amram-Barrow Quartet
  • Charlie Parker acetates
  • A different sound; Just friends / Tommy "Madman" Jones
  • Mohawk / New York Art Quartet
  • Just friends / Paul Gonsalves, Tubby Hayes ; Change of setting / Paul Gonsalves All Stars featuring Tubby Hayes
  • New York, Fall 1974 / Anthony Braxton
  • A night at Kitty's / Herbie Fields Sextet
  • 80° below '82 / Air
  • Africa speaks-America answers! / Guy Warren with Red Saunders Orchestra
  • Another time, another place / Barry Altschul
  • "Higher" / The Korean black eyes
  • Five on eight / Rufus Jones
  • At the Hoffman House / Johnny Shacklett Trio
  • The Mad-Hatters at Midnight / The Mad-Hatters
  • Doldinger goes on / Klaus Doldinger
  • Solos / Max Roach
  • Most likely ... / Dick Johnson
  • The Phil Seamen story / Phil Seamen
  • QB / Paul Smoker Trio
  • Drumdance to the Motherland / Khan Jamal ; For Franz/Opium / Franz Koglmann
  • Track 4. Brand new secondhand: record collector subcultures : Column 3, 2006-2012 : Walt Dunn seven-inch singles
  • The night blooming jazzmen / Leonard Feather
  • Modern jazz expressions / Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
  • Plays the music of James Brown / Archie Shepp ; Grand slam / Cozy Eggleston
  • Black Grass / Black grass
  • Yoke & Yohs seven-inch 45
  • Intents and purposes / The Bill Dixon Orchestra
  • Orchestre Régional de Mopti / Orchestre Régional de Mopti
  • Black & beautiful ... Soul & madness / The Jihad
  • Milford Graves & Don Pullen at Yale University / Milford Graves, Don Pullen
  • Flowers in the water / Heikki Sarmanto Sextet ; Orangutang! / G.L. Unit
  • Ernie and Emilio Caceres / Ernie & Emilio Caceres
  • Papa Oewa / Maarten Altena
  • Invisible roots / London Experimental Jazz Quartet
  • Big chief / Sunny Murray ; Red, black and green / Solidarity Unit, Inc.
  • Dick Wetmore / Dick Wetmore
  • Path with a Heart / United Front
  • Man running / Joseph Scianni with David Izenzon
  • The Beatles play the Residents and the Residents play the Beatles / The residents
  • Flight for four ; Self determination music / John Carter, Bobby Bradford Quartet
  • Blue vibes / Johnny Lytle Trio
  • Flee past's ape elf / Orchid Spangiafora
  • Space dimension / Noah Howard
  • The spoken word / Baikida Carroll
  • Blues / Randy Weston
  • Çonceré Ntasiah / Charles Bobo Shaw Human Arts Ensemble
  • Double-7 / Lee "Scratch" Perry
  • New stars-new sounds / Eddie Shu, Joe Roland, Wild Bill Davis
  • Ailanthus, Altissima / Cecil Taylor, Tony Oxley
  • Seven-inch test pressing / Unidentified Kenyan highlife band
  • Track 5. Specialty of the house
  • Track 6. Anything can happen day: Sun Ra, Alton Abraham, and the taming of the freak ; Column 4, 2016 : "Saturn" seven-inch single / Le Sun-Ra and his Arkistra ; Axiom / Tom Prehn Quartet
  • Track 7. Run-off groove
Isbn
9780822363668
Instance
Label
Vinyl freak : love letters to a dying medium
Title
Vinyl freak
Title remainder
love letters to a dying medium
Statement of responsibility
John Corbett
Title variation
Love letters to a dying medium
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
From scouring flea markets and eBay to maxing out their credit cards, record collectors will do just about anything to score a long-sought-after album. Music writer, curator, and collector John Corbett burrows deep inside the record fiend's mind, documenting and reflecting on his decades-long love affair with vinyl. Discussing more than 200 rare and out-of-print LPs, Vinyl Freak is composed in part of Corbett's long-running Downbeat magazine column of the same name, which was devoted to records that had not appeared on CD. In other essays where he combines memoir and criticism, Corbett considers the current vinyl boom, explains why vinyl is his preferred medium, profiles collector subcultures, and recounts his adventures assembling the Alton Abraham Sun Ra Archive, an event so all-consuming that he claims it cured his record-collecting addiction. Perfect for vinyl newbies and veteran crate diggers alike, "Vinyl Freak" plumbs the motivations that drive Corbett and collectors everywhere
Cataloging source
NcD/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1963-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Corbett, John
Illustrations
  • genealogical tables
  • illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • reviews
PerformerNote
Sun Ra, piano and vocals, performing It's a good day by Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Sound recordings
  • Sound recordings
  • Jazz
  • Jazz
  • Sound recordings
  • Sound recordings
  • United States
Label
Vinyl freak : love letters to a dying medium, John Corbett
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Accompanying material
1 flexi-disc (45 rpm ; 5 in.)
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Track 1. Formation of a freak -- Track 2. "News of my death, greatly exaggerated," quoth the record : Column 1, 2000-2003 : Philly Joe Jones / Philly Joe Jones -- Cookin' / Paul Gonsalves -- Fanky drivin' / Takashi Furuya with The Freshmen, -- To you / Carsten Meinert Kvartet, -- Funky skull / Melvin Jackson, -- Soul Sisters / Gloria Coleman Quartet featuring Pola Roberts, -- Sounds from Rikers Island / Elmo Hope Ensemble, -- Brotherhood / Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath -- Morris Grants presents J.U.N.K. -- Sextette/quintette / Tom Stewart -- Moondog and Suncat Suites / Kenny Graham and his Satellites -- Cosmic music / John Coltrane -- Jazz et jazz: Jazz experiments; Triple play stereo: Pop + jazz = Swing / André Hodeir -- Stereophony / Bill Russo Orchestra -- Various acetates / George Davis Sextet -- Staffan Harde / Staffan Harde -- Art Pepper, Chile Pepper -- Jack Wilson, The Jazz Organs -- Tributes / Craig Harris -- The Strange and the commonplace / Quintet Moderne -- Afro-soul / Drum orgy / A.K. Salim -- Home recordings, 1939-43 / Tristan Meinecke -- Sweet smell of success / Chico Hamilton Quintet -- Here there / Lehn-Strid ; Irregular / Klapper-Küchen -- Diggin' the chicks / Bill Leslie ; Soul cookin' / Thornel Schwartz with Bill Leslie -- Gypsy / Tony Scott and his buddies -- Great ideas of western Mann / Herbie Mann -- Track 3. Freak, not snob : Column 2, 2004-2006 : Demon fuzz / Afreaka! -- Contemporary sound series -- A Well-kept secret / Beaver Harris/Don Pullen 360-degree experience -- Border Crossing / Mike Osborne Trio -- Dangerous Dan Express / The Three Souls -- Raps / Steve Lacy -- Halki Collective / Halki Collective -- The Eastern scene / The Amram-Barrow Quartet -- Charlie Parker acetates -- A different sound; Just friends / Tommy "Madman" Jones -- Mohawk / New York Art Quartet -- Just friends / Paul Gonsalves, Tubby Hayes ; Change of setting / Paul Gonsalves All Stars featuring Tubby Hayes -- New York, Fall 1974 / Anthony Braxton -- A night at Kitty's / Herbie Fields Sextet -- 80° below '82 / Air -- Africa speaks-America answers! / Guy Warren with Red Saunders Orchestra -- Another time, another place / Barry Altschul -- "Higher" / The Korean black eyes -- Five on eight / Rufus Jones -- At the Hoffman House / Johnny Shacklett Trio -- The Mad-Hatters at Midnight / The Mad-Hatters -- Doldinger goes on / Klaus Doldinger -- Solos / Max Roach -- Most likely ... / Dick Johnson -- The Phil Seamen story / Phil Seamen -- QB / Paul Smoker Trio -- Drumdance to the Motherland / Khan Jamal ; For Franz/Opium / Franz Koglmann -- Track 4. Brand new secondhand: record collector subcultures : Column 3, 2006-2012 : Walt Dunn seven-inch singles -- The night blooming jazzmen / Leonard Feather -- Modern jazz expressions / Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis -- Plays the music of James Brown / Archie Shepp ; Grand slam / Cozy Eggleston -- Black Grass / Black grass -- Yoke & Yohs seven-inch 45 -- Intents and purposes / The Bill Dixon Orchestra -- Orchestre Régional de Mopti / Orchestre Régional de Mopti -- Black & beautiful ... Soul & madness / The Jihad -- Milford Graves & Don Pullen at Yale University / Milford Graves, Don Pullen -- Flowers in the water / Heikki Sarmanto Sextet ; Orangutang! / G.L. Unit -- Ernie and Emilio Caceres / Ernie & Emilio Caceres -- Papa Oewa / Maarten Altena -- Invisible roots / London Experimental Jazz Quartet -- Big chief / Sunny Murray ; Red, black and green / Solidarity Unit, Inc. -- Dick Wetmore / Dick Wetmore -- Path with a Heart / United Front -- Man running / Joseph Scianni with David Izenzon -- The Beatles play the Residents and the Residents play the Beatles / The residents -- Flight for four ; Self determination music / John Carter, Bobby Bradford Quartet -- Blue vibes / Johnny Lytle Trio -- Flee past's ape elf / Orchid Spangiafora -- Space dimension / Noah Howard -- The spoken word / Baikida Carroll -- Blues / Randy Weston -- Çonceré Ntasiah / Charles Bobo Shaw Human Arts Ensemble -- Double-7 / Lee "Scratch" Perry -- New stars-new sounds / Eddie Shu, Joe Roland, Wild Bill Davis -- Ailanthus, Altissima / Cecil Taylor, Tony Oxley -- Seven-inch test pressing / Unidentified Kenyan highlife band -- Track 5. Specialty of the house -- Track 6. Anything can happen day: Sun Ra, Alton Abraham, and the taming of the freak ; Column 4, 2016 : "Saturn" seven-inch single / Le Sun-Ra and his Arkistra ; Axiom / Tom Prehn Quartet -- Track 7. Run-off groove
Control code
954425646
Dimensions
24 cm +
Dimensions
5 in. diameter
Extent
x, 250 pages
Isbn
9780822363668
Lccn
2016045049
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 300
Other physical details
illustrations
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
45 rpm (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)954425646
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Vinyl freak : love letters to a dying medium, John Corbett
Publication
Copyright
Accompanying material
1 flexi-disc (45 rpm ; 5 in.)
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Track 1. Formation of a freak -- Track 2. "News of my death, greatly exaggerated," quoth the record : Column 1, 2000-2003 : Philly Joe Jones / Philly Joe Jones -- Cookin' / Paul Gonsalves -- Fanky drivin' / Takashi Furuya with The Freshmen, -- To you / Carsten Meinert Kvartet, -- Funky skull / Melvin Jackson, -- Soul Sisters / Gloria Coleman Quartet featuring Pola Roberts, -- Sounds from Rikers Island / Elmo Hope Ensemble, -- Brotherhood / Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath -- Morris Grants presents J.U.N.K. -- Sextette/quintette / Tom Stewart -- Moondog and Suncat Suites / Kenny Graham and his Satellites -- Cosmic music / John Coltrane -- Jazz et jazz: Jazz experiments; Triple play stereo: Pop + jazz = Swing / André Hodeir -- Stereophony / Bill Russo Orchestra -- Various acetates / George Davis Sextet -- Staffan Harde / Staffan Harde -- Art Pepper, Chile Pepper -- Jack Wilson, The Jazz Organs -- Tributes / Craig Harris -- The Strange and the commonplace / Quintet Moderne -- Afro-soul / Drum orgy / A.K. Salim -- Home recordings, 1939-43 / Tristan Meinecke -- Sweet smell of success / Chico Hamilton Quintet -- Here there / Lehn-Strid ; Irregular / Klapper-Küchen -- Diggin' the chicks / Bill Leslie ; Soul cookin' / Thornel Schwartz with Bill Leslie -- Gypsy / Tony Scott and his buddies -- Great ideas of western Mann / Herbie Mann -- Track 3. Freak, not snob : Column 2, 2004-2006 : Demon fuzz / Afreaka! -- Contemporary sound series -- A Well-kept secret / Beaver Harris/Don Pullen 360-degree experience -- Border Crossing / Mike Osborne Trio -- Dangerous Dan Express / The Three Souls -- Raps / Steve Lacy -- Halki Collective / Halki Collective -- The Eastern scene / The Amram-Barrow Quartet -- Charlie Parker acetates -- A different sound; Just friends / Tommy "Madman" Jones -- Mohawk / New York Art Quartet -- Just friends / Paul Gonsalves, Tubby Hayes ; Change of setting / Paul Gonsalves All Stars featuring Tubby Hayes -- New York, Fall 1974 / Anthony Braxton -- A night at Kitty's / Herbie Fields Sextet -- 80° below '82 / Air -- Africa speaks-America answers! / Guy Warren with Red Saunders Orchestra -- Another time, another place / Barry Altschul -- "Higher" / The Korean black eyes -- Five on eight / Rufus Jones -- At the Hoffman House / Johnny Shacklett Trio -- The Mad-Hatters at Midnight / The Mad-Hatters -- Doldinger goes on / Klaus Doldinger -- Solos / Max Roach -- Most likely ... / Dick Johnson -- The Phil Seamen story / Phil Seamen -- QB / Paul Smoker Trio -- Drumdance to the Motherland / Khan Jamal ; For Franz/Opium / Franz Koglmann -- Track 4. Brand new secondhand: record collector subcultures : Column 3, 2006-2012 : Walt Dunn seven-inch singles -- The night blooming jazzmen / Leonard Feather -- Modern jazz expressions / Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis -- Plays the music of James Brown / Archie Shepp ; Grand slam / Cozy Eggleston -- Black Grass / Black grass -- Yoke & Yohs seven-inch 45 -- Intents and purposes / The Bill Dixon Orchestra -- Orchestre Régional de Mopti / Orchestre Régional de Mopti -- Black & beautiful ... Soul & madness / The Jihad -- Milford Graves & Don Pullen at Yale University / Milford Graves, Don Pullen -- Flowers in the water / Heikki Sarmanto Sextet ; Orangutang! / G.L. Unit -- Ernie and Emilio Caceres / Ernie & Emilio Caceres -- Papa Oewa / Maarten Altena -- Invisible roots / London Experimental Jazz Quartet -- Big chief / Sunny Murray ; Red, black and green / Solidarity Unit, Inc. -- Dick Wetmore / Dick Wetmore -- Path with a Heart / United Front -- Man running / Joseph Scianni with David Izenzon -- The Beatles play the Residents and the Residents play the Beatles / The residents -- Flight for four ; Self determination music / John Carter, Bobby Bradford Quartet -- Blue vibes / Johnny Lytle Trio -- Flee past's ape elf / Orchid Spangiafora -- Space dimension / Noah Howard -- The spoken word / Baikida Carroll -- Blues / Randy Weston -- Çonceré Ntasiah / Charles Bobo Shaw Human Arts Ensemble -- Double-7 / Lee "Scratch" Perry -- New stars-new sounds / Eddie Shu, Joe Roland, Wild Bill Davis -- Ailanthus, Altissima / Cecil Taylor, Tony Oxley -- Seven-inch test pressing / Unidentified Kenyan highlife band -- Track 5. Specialty of the house -- Track 6. Anything can happen day: Sun Ra, Alton Abraham, and the taming of the freak ; Column 4, 2016 : "Saturn" seven-inch single / Le Sun-Ra and his Arkistra ; Axiom / Tom Prehn Quartet -- Track 7. Run-off groove
Control code
954425646
Dimensions
24 cm +
Dimensions
5 in. diameter
Extent
x, 250 pages
Isbn
9780822363668
Lccn
2016045049
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 300
Other physical details
illustrations
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
45 rpm (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)954425646
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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