Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide 2002

The sixth edition of this text provides values for over 100,000 records, tapes and CDs. Each entry features a detailed discography listing the release date, catalogue number and value.

Covering every musical genre from pop and rock to country, jazz and dance, the seventh edition of this text provides values for over 100,000 records, tapes and CDs, as well as full B-side and bonus track information listed for every single. Based on the archives and research of Record Collector Magazine, each entry features a detailed discography listing the release date, catalogue number and value. The guide features every collectable artist since the 50s, from Frank Sinatra, Elvis and the Beatles to Queen, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, including specialist areas such as punk, indie, metal, new wave, hip-hop, psychedelia, R&b, film soundtracks and original stage and radio recordings.

A brand new edition listing every important and collectable UK record release, from the 1950s to the present day, this book has details of more than 100,000 records and CDs, including singles, EPs, LPs, CDs and cassettes.

The term 'record collecting' is shorthand for a variety of related practices. Foremost is the collection of sound recordings in various formats - although often with a marked preference for vinyl - by individuals, and it is this dimension of record collecting that is the focus of this book. Record collecting, and the public stereotypes associated with it, is frequently linked primarily with rock and pop music. Roy Shuker focuses on these broad styles, but also includes other genres and their collectors, notably jazz, blues, exotica and 'ethnic' music. Accordingly, the study examines the history of record collecting; profiles collectors and the collecting process; considers categories - especially music genres - and types of record collecting and outlines and discusses the infrastructure within which collecting operates. Shuker situates this discussion within the broader literature on collecting, along with issues of cultural consumption, social identity and 'the construction of self' in contemporary society. Record collecting is both fascinating in its own right, and provides insights into broader issues of nostalgia, consumption and material culture.