I use to go to Record Rama when it was in Etna Pa. / Pittsburgh. I would look at all the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Dave Clark Five for as long as my dad would let me. I have always been a big record collector my who life. I go for more CD's now. Running out of room for records. I need my own house.
yo i feel sorry for him and the only thing i can say is most of the people who appreciate this cant afford it and the ones who can afford this dont want it
I work as a professional forensic audio engineer and am fairly surprised to see how much of the, "archive" is stored and how he handles the materials with his bare hands, casually allowing the dirt and oil from his fingers to contact the media. Not a single roll around trolley in the place, either.
As a professional audio engineer I'm happy to see The archive in use, and actual archivists bitching. Things aren't meant to last forever. F*** you for keeping good things away from the public. I will continue to destroy my records because they're mine.
I love records and Mp3s. Someone told me his uncle had over fifteen thousand records. I have some albums, and singles, but not that many. Awesome collection.
Awesome...Congratulations my brother.Love u're collections.I myself is a records collectors too.But trust me,i don't own as much as records that u own.U have spectacular collection ya ;) Keeit up & god bless u - . Amo from Malaysia.
@audiolabguy I agree that he handles the records wrong(a true archive of any kind requires the use of gloves, no exceptions). Likely the trolleys/carts were parked in a side work room where sorting is done. I've worked on many documentaries (mostly shooting film not video), and it's common to prep a location before shooting. If for no other reason, they may have parked the carts out of view to allow for easier dolly or SteadiCam shooting. Perhaps the Smithsonian will buy this archive...
@filibusted Plus he said Rubber Soul was "semi-rare." Not at all. I have to say I was a little disappointed that when asked about what record he'd want to run out of a fire with, it's one that's only worth a few hundred dollars. He has one of, if not THE biggest collections on the planet, and no Blue Note jazz from the 50s that routinely fetches well over $1,000 on eBay? That's just one example, but just saying it seems to imply he has a lot of fairly average records. Does anyone know otherwise?
record drama,i feel for this cool old cat.i feel this could easily happen to me if i had access to all he's had access to.i wouldnt be able to stop,i know that much.
@dimebagdave77 I agree. In fact, it's a bit insulting to his legacy for them to lump him in with all of the disfuncional hoarders by calling him a "pack rat". That really blows! He is an archivist. There is nothing physically "pack ratty" about his archive. Notice that we didn't see any old food or a million cats hanging around. The man was serious, though I wish he'd handle the records with gloves on. Sadly, most of the 16-25 year olds don't have a clue about the value of this archive.
dirk gently I would not want his collection, because there is probably so many garbage titles in there Still his commitment to collecting goes unrivalled, very impressive indeed
@rlholo True, true. I took the question literally. If he meant his response to be about sentimental value, then I totally understand. However, he did mention dollar value on the record, and I don't recall anything about sentimentality, which makes me think he meant his response as to monetary value. I have no qualms... his collection is awesome, it just struck me that he didn't have more jaw-dropping items to show in those rows and rows of records.
@ToiletBomberAlpha You are right that it may be a further loss for American culture, not that the entire archive is only American music. Perhaps organizations like the Perringer and Ochs archives will join together to raise the money to save this collection. It is so much more than just Paul's legacy. Some of the music may be in the public domain now, most of it copyrighted. Hard to do all of the licensing to make it available to the public in an archive/library.
will someone please step up and buy this collection... If nothing else the National Archive should step up and but these... The National Archive said a few years back that only 17% of the music from the late 40s to the early 60's are on CD... We need this collection...
interesting...this meticulous guy has a teddy roosevelt tribute record from 1881? The year TR was first elected to the New York State Assembly? And it's on the first flat record ever pressed? That wasn't invented until 1887? That wasn't marketed in Europe until 1889? That wasn't marketed in the US until 1894? Fascinating that an "archivist" would mess all that up. Probably from 1901, when TR took office.
@knewknew I doubt that there are warehouses full of hand-picked LPs and 45's. Remember, most of the archive is single copies of records. It's not a warehouse with 6,000 copies of the same John Denver or Carpenter's LP. What surprises me it that vinyl collectors like Eddie Vedder and Neil Young have not bought this archive. I know an old DJ in the Caribbean who has about half a million LPs in his home archive. When a collection gets that big, it requires a staff to keep up with it.
Absolutely false, the high priced sought after records were culled out long ago. He kept them behind the counter. You were not going to find any high dollar psych,prog or jazz left in those racks. I'm sure there was still gems in the mix, but my PA veteran digger friends said it was mostly picked through.
does he have 78s too he said he has them computerized does that mean he record all the records as mp3s or just the titles that will be good if he made mp3s of them all that will be alot of songs because lps has about ten songs and 45s has two songs bye now
@rlholo Just watched it again... He was actually asked about the value, so never mind on that point. Maybe he was coming from a place of sentimentality. Anyway, it's just something that struck me.
In the meantime, discogs has become the go to database for records (meaning Paul missed a real chance, as discogs now sells 6 million items per year) and while such a large collection is eyebrow raising at first, real collecting is all about quality over quantity.
See this every once in a while...guy in southern MN has pallet racking in his garage full of beat Babs Streisand and readers digest box sets.......devaluing the house by at least 3 grand....
spinalcrackerbox Totally true. Bands. I'm only lukewarm on, I see no reason to have their entire collection, I like Heart but I am not going to have their entire collection just for the sake of having it.
Wonder if he had overseas records such as the Quarrymen (the legendary Beatles were known by this name before they became famous with their other namesake). Or record by The Wynners from Hong Kong, another famous group from the 70s.
Years opon years ago no(about 18 now) i came across a collection of DEAN MARTIN, ENGLEBIRD HUMPERDINK , MEL TORME , ELVIS, FRANK SINATRA and a few others.....ALL SITTING ON THE FREAKING GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i could'nt believe it, i don't know if anyone took any but if they didn't.....ALL THAT GREAT MUSIC WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DUMP...wow.
Also, not impressed. An original 1977 UK pressing of "Never Mind the Bollocks: Here's the Sex Pistols" w/Submission 7" and poster easily go for 1-2k in Near Mint condition. Pulling out the Elvis seemed to cater to what most people would expect instead of what was actually the most rare.
How are you going to show up to this collection & ask for an album like "Rubber Soul"? An album that is common to find in the average collection next-door. Ask for some obscure titles, hell even some Can.
this fellow has over 3 million LP`S & out of all those , guess what LP shows up at 2:36 in ?! [Thanks to Tom Conway for bringing this STORIES "AU" sighting to my attention!]
If i looked through these i'd probably find 1 record i wanted. Would be like looking through a huge charity shop finding orchestra, ,Xmas comps and other rubbish.
Pongamos que todos los discos que tienes sumen un total de 1 millon de horas de duración, eso significaria que deberias estar escuchando 114 años musica sin parar para escucharlos todos. Obsesión no devoción.
@pablos778 Muy interesante su pensamiento sobre la cantidad de discos ,las horas y años tras años para escuchar ellos... que cosa! Espero que este archivo pueden sobrevivir, si no es compra de un solo persona, quizas hay 60 inversionistas con 50 mil dolares cad uno? Viva los discos de acetate!
@ToiletBomberAlpha In my opinion, the archive is worth more than the sum total of the estimated re-sale or the current collector's pride guides. The Archive as a single item is easily worth that $50 mil, even though there were no bids at the $3 mil asking price. When I see the silly blin-bling cars & cribs of today's big music stars, it's is absurd that none of them are educated nor cultured enough to value The Archive. Perhaps we need 60 serious investors, at $50K each...
(4:03) I have Betals - Rubber Soul in vinyl. I bougt it in pawn shop for $15.00 when I whent home to look at it and play with it I found that it has some writing on the jacket and the sleve and I found out that the record has has been stolen from a radio studeo. And I'm not kidding or blowing smoke(lyeing, don't know what I'm taking about ) I bleve that the album i have is werth $25.00 I think.
Nah 50 is not much at all. I myself have 2000+ albums in my collection and have listened to at least 1200 of them in their entirety. He obviously hasn't listened to the majority of them but Im sure he's at least heard hundreds or maybe even thousands.
He has 1,000,000 albums. Let’s say each is 30 minutes. Then that would 500,000 hours of music. Divide that in 24hr day and you would get 20,833 days. Divide that by 365 and you would get 57 years of music if played non stop.
Well, then he would be the oldest music listener in the entire World - as it would take about 188 years to go through the collection. So I guess not. 😎🎧
great stuff but he might need to do a little more research on the tribute record to Teddy Roosevelt that he says is from 1881. TR was Prez in the 1900's so not entirely sure he's got that all right.
Can somebody tell me why this guy is going to sell his massive, priceless, invaluable record collection...just because he's going to be 70 years old? I would keep the collection and enjoy it until I took my last breath. Then, someone else could have it. Can anyone explain?
I'm surprised a rich famous musician doesn't buy this collection like Bono or Paul McCartney or a movie star. 3 mil is nothing to them,for this. I would buy it in a second .Maybe it's just full of crap, in bad condition but I doubt it?I would imagine theyre are tons of gems in there.There are a lot more rare records worth more than $400-$600!...even a first Nirvana pressing will cost $1000.( I could never afford that by the way). I love records but i believe it should be broken up and sold. Mus
I use to go to Record Rama when it was in Etna Pa. / Pittsburgh. I would look at all the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Dave Clark Five for as long as my dad would let me. I have always been a big record collector my who life. I go for more CD's now. Running out of room for records. I need my own house.
Its organised and clean and properly stored and easy to find each record. Seems like he's living the dream to me.
this guy is not a pack rat ...hes a muthafuckin LEGEND!!!
I have 1500LPs and 2000 45s and it feels like a lot , this collection has blown my mind wow
im so proud love u pap.
Oh he's your dad you must be one lucky man 😃
yo i feel sorry for him and the only thing i can say is most of the people who appreciate this cant afford it and the ones who can afford this dont want it
Awesome that he is an Elvis fan. Elvis was all over this video. Two thumbs up!
I work as a professional forensic audio engineer and am fairly surprised to see how much of the, "archive" is stored and how he handles the materials with his bare hands, casually allowing the dirt and oil from his fingers to contact the media. Not a single roll around trolley in the place, either.
As a professional audio engineer I'm happy to see The archive in use, and actual archivists bitching. Things aren't meant to last forever. F*** you for keeping good things away from the public. I will continue to destroy my records because they're mine.
I’m sure your moms proud?
I love records and Mp3s. Someone told me his uncle had over fifteen thousand records. I have some albums, and singles, but not that many. Awesome collection.
For the love of god, put your records (at least the valuable ones) in sleeves.
he looks good for his age this is a man who has class when it come to records.
I hope all your records find happy music lovin' homes!
kubricks cineMas xD
Man if I was a music artist or celebrity I would have a giant music room built and buy this man's collection.
I wish I had that kind of space. My modest collection of 50,000 or so records is already filling up 4 houses.
Great Video, The Owner that show seems cool! He is like a walking Google for Vinyl!
And after all these years, the man is still touching the grooves with his fingers.
Conspiracy theory dude
Because it doesn’t matter! That’s not how a record is scratched. Next
@@WhiteDove73-888 - I must have forgotten about the part in my comment where I mentioned anything about scratches.
After all these years, you cant mind your own business
@@chitzzz1384 - nope.
record heaven wow ! ! ! !
This man is a hero.
Awesome...Congratulations my brother.Love u're collections.I myself is a records collectors too.But trust me,i don't own as much as records that u own.U have spectacular collection ya ;) Keeit up & god bless u - . Amo from Malaysia.
@audiolabguy I agree that he handles the records wrong(a true archive of any kind requires the use of gloves, no exceptions). Likely the trolleys/carts were parked in a side work room where sorting is done. I've worked on many documentaries (mostly shooting film not video), and it's common to prep a location before shooting. If for no other reason, they may have parked the carts out of view to allow for easier dolly or SteadiCam shooting.
Perhaps the Smithsonian will buy this archive...
Spent hours and hours there. He showed me around the archive area once. By then, I'd sadly be the only customer in the store for hours.
That archive is my dream xD
This man's record collection should be in the Guinness World records for the biggest record collection in the world.
If we open a museum, it's got to be right there or next door. Moving that many not only hard, its impossible.
wow amazing from La Paz-Bolivia
I have such a masive respect for this man, and i really hope his coll. finds a new home etc?
No outer sleeve for Rubber Soul??
i envey this guy this guy is awsome.
@filibusted Plus he said Rubber Soul was "semi-rare." Not at all. I have to say I was a little disappointed that when asked about what record he'd want to run out of a fire with, it's one that's only worth a few hundred dollars. He has one of, if not THE biggest collections on the planet, and no Blue Note jazz from the 50s that routinely fetches well over $1,000 on eBay? That's just one example, but just saying it seems to imply he has a lot of fairly average records. Does anyone know otherwise?
record drama,i feel for this cool old cat.i feel this could easily happen to me if i had access to all he's had access to.i wouldnt be able to stop,i know that much.
From Frankie Laine to..............Everybody!
His collection is valued at $50 Million GEEGEE
A fiend of mine had one of these huge collections. He lost it all in a house fire.
@dimebagdave77 I agree. In fact, it's a bit insulting to his legacy for them to lump him in with all of the disfuncional hoarders by calling him a "pack rat". That really blows! He is an archivist. There is nothing physically "pack ratty" about his archive. Notice that we didn't see any old food or a million cats hanging around. The man was serious, though I wish he'd handle the records with gloves on.
Sadly, most of the 16-25 year olds don't have a clue about the value of this archive.
after 10 years I have about 500 albums some quite rare. I am jealous.
dirk gently
I would not want his collection, because there is probably so many garbage titles in there
Still his commitment to collecting goes unrivalled, very impressive indeed
@@ralex3697nah, you cant afford it
@rlholo True, true. I took the question literally. If he meant his response to be about sentimental value, then I totally understand. However, he did mention dollar value on the record, and I don't recall anything about sentimentality, which makes me think he meant his response as to monetary value. I have no qualms... his collection is awesome, it just struck me that he didn't have more jaw-dropping items to show in those rows and rows of records.
@ToiletBomberAlpha You are right that it may be a further loss for American culture, not that the entire archive is only American music.
Perhaps organizations like the Perringer and Ochs archives will join together to raise the money to save this collection. It is so much more than just Paul's legacy.
Some of the music may be in the public domain now, most of it copyrighted. Hard to do all of the licensing to make it available to the public in an archive/library.
Did Zero end up buying all of this??
magnifique
Absolutely incredible!
Lotta Pablo Cruise there
will someone please step up and buy this collection... If nothing else the National Archive should step up and but these... The National Archive said a few years back that only 17% of the music from the late 40s to the early 60's are on CD... We need this collection...
It was extremely overvalued.
GOOD FOR YOU PAUL - you deserve to retire - this is a wonderful legacy you've built !
I just hope record-rama doesn't become a record-drama ;)
What prog rock bands do you like?
interesting...this meticulous guy has a teddy roosevelt tribute record from 1881? The year TR was first elected to the New York State Assembly? And it's on the first flat record ever pressed? That wasn't invented until 1887? That wasn't marketed in Europe until 1889? That wasn't marketed in the US until 1894? Fascinating that an "archivist" would mess all that up. Probably from 1901, when TR took office.
It's probably just a Glen Miller acetate... They make excellent skeet shooting targets.
Yeah I was confused about that as well.
Dude this guy again, I am surprised the DJ's haven't hit him up yet
All the good records were cleaned out 30 years ago.
Is this still in PA?
If i were to come by fortunate enough to buy Record Rama i would pay a good amount n then ask paul mawhinneys wife to donate that to charity !😊😊
@knewknew I doubt that there are warehouses full of hand-picked LPs and 45's. Remember, most of the archive is single copies of records. It's not a warehouse with 6,000 copies of the same John Denver or Carpenter's LP.
What surprises me it that vinyl collectors like Eddie Vedder and Neil Young have not bought this archive.
I know an old DJ in the Caribbean who has about half a million LPs in his home archive. When a collection gets that big, it requires a staff to keep up with it.
Absolutely false, the high priced sought after records were culled out long ago. He kept them behind the counter. You were not going to find any high dollar psych,prog or jazz left in those racks. I'm sure there was still gems in the mix, but my PA veteran digger friends said it was mostly picked through.
what is that reason?why do u think its a joke?i know he's a little eccentric but i feel he's a kindred spirit to me.
I wonder what reggae LP,7,10& 12 inches he has ????
does he have 78s too he said he has them computerized does that mean he record all the records as mp3s or just the titles that will be good if he made mp3s of them all that will be alot of songs because lps has about ten songs and 45s has two songs bye now
Yay 200,000 copies of Ray Conniff, Mantovani,Vaughn Meader and Firestone Christmas lps zzzzzz
I wonder if Paul knew a Jim Danas of Queens, NY, who was another avid record collector.
Kinda crazy he's blind too. He really knows that places by square inch.
the crazy guy who is trying to have every record released who lives in Brazil bought them all :)
I was curious and maybe Wishful those two would connect is that something that actually happened?
People who have$ don't give a fuck and people who gives a fuck don't have$.
@rlholo Just watched it again... He was actually asked about the value, so never mind on that point. Maybe he was coming from a place of sentimentality. Anyway, it's just something that struck me.
In the meantime, discogs has become the go to database for records (meaning Paul missed a real chance, as discogs now sells 6 million items per year) and while such a large collection is eyebrow raising at first, real collecting is all about quality over quantity.
See this every once in a while...guy in southern MN has pallet racking in his garage full of beat Babs Streisand and readers digest box sets.......devaluing the house by at least 3 grand....
spinalcrackerbox Totally true. Bands. I'm only lukewarm on, I see no reason to have their entire collection, I like Heart but I am not going to have their entire collection just for the sake of having it.
Wonder if he had overseas records such as the Quarrymen (the legendary Beatles were known by this name before they became famous with their other namesake). Or record by The Wynners from Hong Kong, another famous group from the 70s.
No.
Years opon years ago no(about 18 now) i came across a collection of DEAN MARTIN, ENGLEBIRD HUMPERDINK , MEL TORME , ELVIS, FRANK SINATRA and a few others.....ALL SITTING ON THE FREAKING GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i could'nt believe it, i don't know if anyone took any but if they didn't.....ALL THAT GREAT MUSIC WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DUMP...wow.
If I had the money, I would pay 4.5 million dollar for this!
I wouldn't I'm a collector but 2 million I think it a good#
O_O wow thats of records
@Ranckow I'd volunteer 3 months a year to help run the archive.
Also, not impressed. An original 1977 UK pressing of "Never Mind the Bollocks: Here's the Sex Pistols" w/Submission 7" and poster easily go for 1-2k in Near Mint condition.
Pulling out the Elvis seemed to cater to what most people would expect instead of what was actually the most rare.
How are you going to show up to this collection & ask for an album like "Rubber Soul"? An album that is common to find in the average collection next-door. Ask for some obscure titles, hell even some Can.
oh my god!
this fellow has over 3 million LP`S & out of all those , guess what LP shows up at 2:36 in ?! [Thanks to Tom Conway for bringing this STORIES "AU" sighting to my attention!]
yeah a bargain bin $1.99 classic lol
@vinylgal89 i was saying that because i wouldnt ever be able to afford it ever especially this age (well im 13 now)
If i looked through these i'd probably find 1 record i wanted. Would be like looking through a huge charity shop finding orchestra, ,Xmas comps and other rubbish.
Pongamos que todos los discos que tienes sumen un total de 1 millon de horas de duración, eso significaria que deberias estar escuchando 114 años musica sin parar para escucharlos todos.
Obsesión no devoción.
@pablos778 Muy interesante su pensamiento sobre la cantidad de discos ,las horas y años tras años para escuchar ellos... que cosa!
Espero que este archivo pueden sobrevivir, si no es compra de un solo persona, quizas hay 60 inversionistas con 50 mil dolares cad uno?
Viva los discos de acetate!
@ToiletBomberAlpha In my opinion, the archive is worth more than the sum total of the estimated re-sale or the current collector's pride guides. The Archive as a single item is easily worth that $50 mil, even though there were no bids at the $3 mil asking price.
When I see the silly blin-bling cars & cribs of today's big music stars, it's is absurd that none of them are educated nor cultured enough to value The Archive.
Perhaps we need 60 serious investors, at $50K each...
MAN CAN I BUY SOME OF YOUR 45S AND 33S DO YOU TAKE MONEY ORDERS
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He sold whole collection to Brasil.
It is true or not?
it looks like it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record-Rama
l like vynyl guitar .I want buy .
@gorrilatape im 12 i want it but i dont have 3 million dollars or any where to put them
His collection is estimated at 50 million, but he is selling it for 3 million
Because nobody gonna pay that much not even that guy from Brazil. Idk how much he pay
IrishLincoln
Hard to store, so no rich millennial will buy it because they like to download
(4:03) I have Betals - Rubber Soul in vinyl. I bougt it in pawn shop for $15.00 when I whent home to look at it and play with it I found that it has some writing on the jacket and the sleve and I found out that the record has has been stolen from a radio studeo. And I'm not kidding or blowing smoke(lyeing, don't know what I'm taking about ) I bleve that the album i have is werth $25.00 I think.
I saw another video of Mr. M,and he is losing his sight.Must find a buyer .:o*(
@ThePentagram9 and A Day In The Races :)
Hi I got like 800 hundred discos and I whan to sell
@HunterMann I do!
I wonder if this dude has any hip-hop or skramz
Almost as big as Bananas Records in St. Petersburg
@HunterMann I'm 14 and I know this collection is godly. This guy is legendary!
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Wow. Has he listened to all of those records?
Rosaetta smith I doubt he's listened to like more than 50
Nah 50 is not much at all. I myself have 2000+ albums in my collection and have listened to at least 1200 of them in their entirety. He obviously hasn't listened to the majority of them but Im sure he's at least heard hundreds or maybe even thousands.
He has 1,000,000 albums. Let’s say each is 30 minutes. Then that would 500,000 hours of music. Divide that in 24hr day and you would get 20,833 days. Divide that by 365 and you would get 57 years of music if played non stop.
Daniel McIntyre
Great math skills
Well, then he would be the oldest music listener in the entire World - as it would take about 188 years to go through the collection. So I guess not. 😎🎧
Sean Dunne's 'The Archive' portrays Paul's collection with much higher value and meaning than this...
great stuff but he might need to do a little more research on the tribute record to Teddy Roosevelt that he says is from 1881. TR was Prez in the 1900's so not entirely sure he's got that all right.
Can somebody tell me why this guy is going to sell his massive, priceless, invaluable record collection...just because he's going to be 70 years old?
I would keep the collection and enjoy it until I took my last breath.
Then, someone else could have it.
Can anyone explain?
I give this show concept a thumbs up.. the host is a bore
QUITE THE DIFFERENCE
He lost credibility when it was discovered that he seriously overstated the value of some of his discs.
You have less subscribes than most though 😆
I'm surprised a rich famous musician doesn't buy this collection like Bono or Paul McCartney or a movie star. 3 mil is nothing to them,for this. I would buy it in a second .Maybe it's just full of crap, in bad condition but I doubt it?I would imagine theyre are tons of gems in there.There are a lot more rare records worth more than $400-$600!...even a first Nirvana pressing will cost $1000.( I could never afford that by the way). I love records but i believe it should be broken up and sold. Mus
Because it was overvalued to begin with.
Wouldn't you like to be him.
Pity it's just crappy Elvis records