[78-L] Record collecting [was (no subject)]

[Julian Vein]

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> I don't know they exact year when people started collecting records 
> as opposed to buying them. Whats the difference between a record 
> collector & a record buyer anyway? The fact that a record collector 
> takes good to excellent care of whatever records he (or she) has in 
> their collection? Or is it something else?
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I suppose there are at least three types of record collector; those who 
collect for rarity's sake; those who consider the music thereon worthy 
of preserving and those who want to preserve them as a historical record.

      Julian Vein