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VINYLMANIA:WHEN LIFE RUNS AT 33 REVOLUTIONS A MINUTE directed by Paolo Campania (Italy, 2012)

vinylmaniavinylVinylmania is a lively, good-humoured documentary  which was chosen as the official Record Store Day film in 2012 and is also being shown at many stores this year. When it comes to music, Italian director Paolo Campana passionately believes that there is no substitute for the analogue sounds of vinyl. At the beginning of this 75 minute documentary he rejects the digital alternative saying “a click is not enough”. CDs were originally marketed as offering a superior sound to the established format, something that even non-audiophiles now recognise as baloney. London-based DJ Eddie Piller puts the case in simple terms : “nothing sounds better than vinyl”. Continue reading

 

Not exactly thrown away, but I once gave away a bunch of vinyl LPs to Oxfam in a mad fit of altruism.

I don’t think I’ve ever missed Supertramp’s Crime of the Century but I still crave most of them them!

I especially miss a copy of Slade Alive!

Nowadays you can simply download replacements but there’s something about a battered 12″ sleeve and a crackly vinyl album that brings back memories that digital never can.

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