The Death of the Record Collection

I would have a ton of fun trying to find all those dollar records again... no way I’m paying retail for Rumours; half the fun is hunting for that great bargain copy.

My friend Scott interviewed Alan Zweig for Records, his upcoming not-a-sequel-to-Vinyl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeV_D7dSrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mny7a14gi6s

Alan sometimes rambles a little bit, but you know that from watching Vinyl. He interviewed us two and another friend last month for the film--we talked for about three hours, but I don't expect more than 30 seconds to make it into the finished film. Alan says his objective this time was to focus more on the records themselves--the music--than the mindset and habits of collecting.

My guess is the film will play here on TVO, after--if they're up and running by then--playing either Hot Docs or TIFF here. No idea how someone from the States or Britain would eventually get to see it.

Thanks a bunch for this!

(Have already listened to a few audio podcasts of you and Scott, clemenza, particularly your year-in-review ones if I remember right--not to overly derail from the thread too much, but these alphabetical-by-film-title Clipography Zoom videos on this channel look like a lot of fun.)

I actually saw Vinyl in a theater! I'm part of a record group with Alan, hopefully this will be viewable at some point

Oh sweet!!

Thanks, Craig. I think it will be, somehow, sleeve--Alan has a couple of his films on U.S. Prime.

have been to the local store a few times lately, it's the only place outside the grocery store I go

I've noticed it's more full than it was before Covid hit. Maybe just small sample size but it seems like people are getting into it more now that we're not supposed to do anything else.

i enjoyed this interview with Alan Zweig. rewatched VINYL last night and it's just as amazing as ever. has anybody figured out how to watch RECORDS? it seems like you might have to be in Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_9DXjQnx2Q

https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/records

full doc there. i didn't know this existed, thanks!

does the video not play outside Canada?

“Playback Denied : Location” :-(

VPN time I guess

in that interview, AZ mentioned he was featured on this podcast, That Record Got Me High, which might be worth checking out.

https://www.thatrecordgotmehigh.com/s6e301-neil-young-tonights-the-night-with-alan-zweig/

i'm going to look into getting a VPN i guess

just one more thing i wanted to share: AZ mentions in the youtube interview i posted that he went so far as to hire a private detective to track down the K-Tel guy from "vinyl" so he could interview him for "records." but apparently he was unable to locate him; AZ claims the last time he saw him was when doing the original interview.