Record collectors

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RECORD COLLECTORS

7 Records I’d save in a fire

David Atkinson from the Music and More YouTube channel on his favourite version of Leonard Cohen’s voice, refusing to sing along and why shredding always sucks.

25 April 2026

RECORDS COLLECTORS

7 Records I’d save in a fire

Jon Wicker from The Digital Gramophone on how Uncle Tupelo changed his life, the vast record collection he was gifted and the sealed record he will never open.

31 January 2026

RECORDS COLLECTORS

7 Records I’d save in a fire

Todd Norem on how he was almost stopped from buying the album which kicked off his obsession, the ultimate Valentine's Day album-buying coincidence and why the Replacements’ Let It Be has new meaning in the era of Trump.

7 March 2026

RECORDS COLLECTORS

7 Records I’d save in a fire

Chris Campbell on the record his mother left on his bed when he was a child, the record which always reminds him of his late brother and how his dog got on the cover of one of his favourites.

10 January 2026

RECORDS COLLECTORS

7 Records I’d save in a fire

One of YouTube’s most popular record collectors, Norman ‘Mazzy’ Maslov explains the thrill of collecting in the 1960s, how it felt to grow up with the Beatles and why the Kinks always remind him of cheerleaders.

29 November 2025

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