The single most important figure (imo) in the vinyl LP reissue business.

Now here’s a fantastic idea for a series of videos, posted today by Dylan of Noble Records, a dealer in rare and out-of-print LP's.

https://youtu.be/fp29xjmcMso?si=0Fd0hvpCpuof03q2

Another very important figure who must be included in this discussion is Michael Hobson, who along with partner Ying Tan started the LP reissue label Classic Records in 1994. Ying Tan was a dealer of out-of-print records in Los Angeles, whose apartment near the Capitol Records building I had already visited. The place was stuffed-to-the-gills with LP’s, with narrow isles between stacks to walk through. At some point Hobson bought out Ying, owning and carrying on the company alone.

Classic---along with Chesky Records in New York (another very important player in the vinyl reissue scene)---began by putting out mostly Classical titles, in particular the legendary RCA Victor and Mercury LP’s from the 1950’s and ’60’s, many of them very hard to find, and relatively expensive. Classic eventually started issuing Rock and Pop titles, which now themselves fetch high prices on the collector’s market.

Okay so I just spent a bunch of money on that website because of this freaking post. Who can blame me I just bought a turntable with no albums and I've got like a dozen almost . Now I've got half a dozen more . This is some heroin addiction . Is there a 12-step group for it? 

No known cure aside from ………

Regarding the above link to the YouTube video of Dylan from Noble Records:

Well, although the idea of visiting the owners of large record collections sounded like a great one, in practice it turns out to be a matter of one's musical tastes and interests. All of the guys Dylan visited---as well as Dylan himself---are fans of musical genres very different from mine. I have zero interest in Psych, Hard Rock, and Metal music, the preferred music of them all. Oh well, others here may like that music too, so enjoy!