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Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection. Due to health issues and a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection.
This is the story of a man and his records. I hope you enjoy it.
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This is the story of a man and his records. I hope you enjoy it.
veryapeproductions.com
**Hey kids, now you can follow my adventures on facebook!! tinyurl.com/2f9zqmg
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the film really does look nice. do you mind telling me what you shot it on? thanks@!
- Ray
Hope your video helps Paul Mawhinney find a serious collector prepared to spend resources to give this fabulous collection the home it deserves.
I hate to say it, but this collection has been passed over for years. There's little priceless or historically relevant in there. What he is sitting on are records that wouldn't sell from his store in the entire time it was open. The statement that since most of it isn't on CD, 83% of the music in his store "cannot be bought at any price, anywhere" is simply untrue and extremely suspect logic.
What would be more interesting is a feature on labels like Numero or Anthology who are actually making strides to bring music to new ears.
The price is extremely low for what he has. These aren't discs that didn't sell, he kept one of everything to remain true to the definition of "archive". They were never for sale before now.
Being about the same age as Mr. Mawhinney, I can tell you that there is quite a bit of music from my younger years that is not available on CD or any format except vinyl. The first flat record came out in 1881 and CDs didn't come around until the early eighties. Some of the stuff from that first 100 years has been released on CD and MP3; but MOST of it hasn't been. Without a turntable, you ain't listening to it!
And if you think the music business is out to "bring music to new ears", you got that wrong. Their in it to make a buck. If Numero Group and Anthology Recordings are really out to spread the message of music, they probably won't be around too long.
Anthology even professes in their mission statement that they are in existence to provide obsolete and hard-to-find music in a digital format "for a price". Maybe Keith Abrahamsson should purchase Mr. Mawhinney's collection.
Wise up, Junior. Before the real world eats you alive.
Glad you feel that way about it. Can you give me 1 or 2 million? I'll build a recording studio with it and let you record there for free.
But seriously....as a music producer, that video broke my heart.
Bravo!
Brilliant work!
Great stuff!
Mr.itunes himself - steve jobs - should see
this, maybe he would willing to save this
collection !!!
It's sad that he's going to loose his records.
and I did
Just like war: you can die from it or make money out of it...
You instantly sympathize with the guy for valuing something that has little to no market value. I like vinyl as much as the next guy, but I don't kid myself about what it is worth.
I especially like the use of the 35mm film adapter here. There are so many garish, over-the-top uses of it (music video style), but this is subtle and restrained.
Excellent work!
I feel for the guy, although his comments about digital music compression are way off base.
Broke my heart.
A classic portrait of the misunderstood uber collector. Three cheers for vinyl and best wishes to Mr. Mawhinney.
NOBODY YET, MY WORLD IS CLICKING AWAY.............PCM
THANK YOU FOR GIVING A DAMN.................PCM
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT AGAIN VISIT MY SITE (recordrama.com) THERE IS OTHER THINGS ON SITE, BEST WISHES............PCM
an obvious production of the heart & soul.
I'M STILL ON THE INTERNET (RECORDRAMA.COM) THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT..................PCM
One of my favorite record stores had to close last year because sales were bad. They now opened up again for the summer and I still support them (musicmaniarecords.com/). Nothing beats the experience of putting a needle on a vinyl record and hear that fantastic sound.
good work :)
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Someone should introduce Paul Mawhinney to Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder & music philanthropist.
beautiful
raises the question WHAT would be your last record you would ever want to listen to?????
The whole time I kept wondering if someone like DJ Shadow would wanna buy his collection. Hmmm....
i wish i had any millions to buy his collection....so sad man
He is a true Digger and lover of records like myself...Wow
All the best my friend and the people who put the video together....
peace
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This short had me in tears.