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

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> 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?
> ==========
> 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.
> 
No, FOUR...! I want a copy of EVERY 78rpm phonorecord EVER
made available to the public...?!

...stevenc