ON THE RECORDsGraham SharpeLabel: Oldcastle Books LtdDescription: Far from being yesterday's fading forgotten format vinyl records have survived and flourished as the music medium of choice for not only baby-boomers but all ages. Every record a collector acquires comes with a story of its own and the recent Covid-19 lockdowns prompted many vinylholics including Graham Sharpe to look more closely at their reasons for collecting take stock of existing collections and rediscover old favourites. Vinyl Countdown followed Sharpe's journey to over a hundred record shops across the globe from Amsterdam and Angus to Bedfordshire and Budapest Tennessee and Wellington. Now ON THE RECORDs: Notes from the Vinyl Revival explores the impact of recent global events on the record industry and considers the reasons why vinyl remains a beloved - and booming - format. It includes interviews and contributions from voices across the industry - shop owners record company insiders online/postal sellers auction organisers market traders of vinyl amateur collectors - who share their stories with candour warmth and humour. A mesmerising blend of memoir travel music and social history that will appeal to anyone who vividly recalls the first LP they bought and any music fan who derives pleasure from the capacity that records have for transporting you back in time.
