An Amazon Best Book of the Year
An O Magazine Holiday Gift Pick
“A lavishly illustrated coffee-table book…visceral and joyous.”
—New York Times
“Fascinating [and] extremely intimate.”
—Billboard
“Paz’s beautiful coffee table book…features 250 staggeringly pretty full-page photos of record store collectors across the world.”
—People
“Almost any reader will find something to appreciate in the passion of collectors and the beauty of Paz’s images.”
—Slate
“Beautiful and engrossing.”
—Wired
Preface: I’m really just a casual record collector
foreword: sweet analog sounds THE RZA
introduction: OWN TOGETHER NOW Jeff “chairman” mao
the photographs
vinyl lingo
the interviews
Tales of a Trailblazer Gilles Peterson
Shared Stereo Kieran Hebden (Four Tet)
I’m always Digging, Man Rich Medina
King of 78s Joe Bussard
Melody, Hooks, and Magic Sheila Burgel
BACK TO THE ROOTS AHMIR “QUESTLOVE” THOMPSON
The Mad Librarian Jonny Trunk
Connecting Worlds Eothen “Egon” Alapatt
Bribes, Beers, and Bus Rides from Hell Digging in ghana with Frank Gossner
The Insider Dante Carfagna
What Makes a Killer Collection? the Gaslamp Killer
Can You Tell Me Where To Dig On Sesame Street? Dante Candelora
Beyond the Blues Records Off the Beaten Path of Highway 61
acknowledgments
about the author
