Bookmarks: Some stuff to read on the internet

Published: August 17, 2007, 7:52 am

Tags: cds, record shops, vinyl, bookmarks

Currybetdotnet recalls when Record Collector ruled the second-hand music industry:If you've got an interest in music and music marketing, and have never read a copy, then you should grab one and have a look. Each month the magazine features in-depth articles and discographies of a range or artists from the fifties to (in my day) the nineties. There are a huge number of bands and artists that I know a wealth of information about because they were featured in Record Collector during my tenure at Reckless.They often used freelance writers who were real specialists on one band or artist through being chairperson of the fan club or an ex-manager or something like that. I used to hope that one day I would get to write the definitive Record Collector article about one of my more obscure favourites, like Slab! or Globo or Tot or The Wolfgang Press or Clan of Xymox, but sadly that call never came.And it is funny how you always seem to remember crushing blows to your ego many years later.Bob

[ Full article ]

Blog link

Comments