Vinyl Fascination (Electronic Beats TV) 

other than the obvious aspects about vinyl fascination, i absolutely love vinyl because they are tangle. you can touch them, skim through tons of them and find the perfect one for the mood. that’s my fetish

Going to record stores in the 90s before mp3s took off was such an amazing feeling, finding ur fav band records, talking to others who also into music, damn i miss those times.

Records & a Technics SL1200 MK2.....the best combination......……..Had one then, stull have one now!

The art of record shopping (not purely collecting) is an addiction. I have about 1200 albums and I’m constantly on the search for new, innovative music. It’s pure joy to put that needle to the groove and hear music thru the speakers that only the particular tone of a vinyl album can bring. The album jacket, the inner notes, the LP sleeve, the gatefold cover, the record label... its all part of the attraction. Buy records for the music you love and you will never regret a single purchase.

Nice report EB.TV ! Great to see Cinthie included, huge fan of their label

I am looking to get back into vinyl, but I don't wan't to buy new records and it seems the prices of used records is increasing.

I wonder what people do who have thousands of records. Surely it's more music than you could ever listen to? How do you choose what to listen to?

It’s the ideal medium for music like quill and parchment is the ideal medium for literature. It’s tactile, it’s soft, it’s classic, it’s blah blah blah....

Do Vinyl-DJs get paid better than DJs who use digital files (CDJs or Laptop )?

Where can I get my hands on all the tasty German electronica records?

What kind of record shelves are that at 1:12?

Comparison of each format's negatives Computer digital files degrade in sound quality over time.Commercial computers correct for errors that build up in the files over time,consumer devices do not have this capability.Failing devices can ruin the files or make files irretrievable.Note:The best computer back up for consumers (DVD-RAM) is an optical disk.Also suffers from limited availability,many songs available on albums are not available in files. Streaming is incomparable since it's not ownership of anything and is like comparing radio to album sales. Vinyl degrades in sound quality by the number of plays,easily warps, heavy collections.New vinyl is a digital pressing making any perceived sound quality difference placebo.Expensive equipment that requires expensive maintenance like replacement needles.Static and dust problems,Limited by number of songs on the album.LP albums didn't sound as good as vinyl singles so i'm not buying the comparisons to compact disc. CD= A small number of cd suffered from rot over time made by one company that manufactured poor quality cd.Loudness effected a small number of recordings. Gimmick style recordings have been a recoding industry problem for a long time effecting vinyl too.It's not a format problem,it's an industry problem. CD is by far the best format.But,at least some diversity with physical formats creates manufacturing jobs.Can't say the same with digital files.

my god...till he found record he want to play, then to set up tonarm, I`m already finish listenin a song on my audio streamer...

A very bad taste and view of music... no love for it !!

Trends, people are just sheep. Buying overpriced CD-sourced vinyl reprints HAHA

these germans know how to make a proper documentary

more addictive than crack .

The giant art covers are so dope :)

I'm 14 and I own 9 vinyls so far

...what a perfect feeling you have, if you go to a concert of an underground band and after a fantastic gig you support them by buying a record and after some years you have still a thrill of the tracks, remembering the cool event and meanwhile you hold a classic item in your hands what costs a fortune now :-)

During the late 80s and 90s I was buying 5 to 8 boxes of records for 10 or 20 $ now that's what they're asking for one record

I think that vinyl is just a type of art, in a way. I think it appeals to people in very much the same way, and I think that's why it's difficult for others to appreciate it, and why they're unable to understand why people spend their time on it as a hobby. They probably can't see the art. For them, it's just a question of what's faster and more convenient--same with many things these days. I use Spotify, but I think that it's constant "conveniences" are killing what makes music so magical and special. People don't really sit and listen to an album, these days. It's all about playlists and what's "trending". I think of music as being an escape from the world, front and foremost, and, at the same time, a tool for observing and understanding it for when you put your feet back on the ground. It's also a means of expression, and for taking care at the idea that when you're connecting with a song or album, you're connecting with another person, and probably a whole bunch of other people, who all know what you're feeling/talking about. Vinyl is just one of those things that you either get, or you don't. Because, sometimes it isn't a question of facts, where you ask yourself: "Which sounds better? CDs or LPs?" It's not really certain. People keep thinking that they have all the answers, but it's always a mixed bag of responses, and I think that it just goes to show people's individual tastes and preferences.

I like having every song ever at my fingertips. For traveling and when I have company over and I don’t want to have to think about what to play next. But when it comes to my tapes, CDs and vinyl I take pride in them and I love them all

I love them for the beginning to end listening. "Liking" single songs on streaming services dissolves the artists album story.

Because comparing a digital file to a Vinyl is like comparing a book in a pdf in a screen against a book, yea sure, the PDF is more practical, more resistant, isn't made of paper and doesn't degrade, you can copy as many times you wan't without losing quality But holding something physical in you hands is so nice, the record you can touch it, appreciate the art, the large cover is beautiful, and is also nice knowing that you have to take care of it, is something you can give as a present, and then there's the turntables, you can customize it as you want as far as you wan't and that's nice

For me is vinyl not only the music but the culture of listening to music. And because culture is what makes us human, I have dedicated my work to this culture.

Amazing how many people who consider themselves afficionados and/or experts still don't know how to properly handle a record. It seems easy enough, though: no matter how big or small your hands may be, there is never a necessity to touch the surface of the LP with them. NEVER!

Well, I identify with all of the points in this clip. What I've realized since the shift to vinyl, that it is a path of exploration full of discoveries. Some, and only some records, I buy just because I loved it on digital medium. But most of the records I obtain are the thrift store finds, with music I would have never even have a chance to listen to. Frankly, the choice is mostly based on the album artwork, and I see it is a part of the whole "piece of art". And it serves the purpose of "the first impression", as I was meeting a person. Playing the record for the first time is like a first cup of beer with a new friend and further spins are the conversations you develop while getting to know each other. Peace and groove on, people!

Laptop-DJing still sucks bigtime in 2020 ;-)

I love vinyl! There's just something about them that really fascinates me and been a DJ also helps.

Why vinyl?...We have 5 senses right? (Sight, Smell, Touch, Hearing, and Taste). We take in EVERYTHING in the world through these five. So when you think about how much we love music....VINYL gives us the most input and incorporates the most of all those senses than any other musical format.

I don't miss vinyl for one hot second. I grew up with it, had up to 3000 12"s at one point, and I learned to mix with it. I loved it right up until controllers came along and now I would never go back. To each their own though.

I totaly understand it. Playing vinyl is magic. I'm so glad I live at a close range from Brussels.

Um ehrlich zu sein sind Platten das ideale Mittel um Leute zusammen zu bringen. Bundesweit hab ich den Läden wie Tonträger in Augsburg, Public Posessions in München, Vary in Leipzig und The Record Loft in Berlin sehr tolle und interessante Menschen kennen gelernt. Vinyl kämpft indirekt gegen die Vereinzelung unserer Gesellschaft an.

You sir, have too many records. And a hoarding problem that lets you frame your problem as a vinyl enthusiast lol. I have limited myself to owning 75 records (new one in, old one out) and it’s hard enough as it is to listen to all of them in a year. There’s no way you’re listening to even 5% of your collection annually, dude.

Great documentary, but I can't help but notice how some of the people in the film are lowering the stylus onto the record without using the cueing lever - I'm just like noooooo!!

record collecting is very fulfilling. I started just trying to sample records for beats but there is nothing like going to a store and finding the deals in a sea of the unknown vinyl. Cassettes also brings me this same feeling somewhat. I've been so accustomed to hq audio with good stereo and headphones but there is nothing like hearing a song exactly how the artists intended it to be heard, original master and all.

Art made art shared. Art kept.

Just like Steffi said , its like a drug i just cant stop ,its crazy.

I have been buy records since 1966 and will never stop.

(15 days away from 2022)Vinyl is still booming! #BlackCrack addict here for 30+ years. I widdle my collection down every time I have to move it though :-P

I have about 250 records and just over 200 CD's . There are probably another 200 - 250 records I'd like to own and then life would be complete. :) Until the next new artist I would discover.

Like the woman in this video I find it difficult about digital dj-ing that I don’t remember track titles but I do remember sleeves from my vinyl. I’m simply very visual and then the visual of the sleeve corresponds to a certain emotion and you instantly know if it is a track to play. While scrolling through lists of titles gets me out of my concentration and workflow. Sometimes even to point of anxiety instead of relaxation.

I understand the appeal of digital. It's convenient and user-friendly. But every digital album, whether cds or downloads it just sounds like it's missing something. I have listened to both. The LPS are full of life and dynamic. Whereas cds and downloads just sound sterile. When I am in my car or need background music it's digital. When I am home relaxing it's vinyl.

I guess I'm missing out a lot of the ritual and culture around vinyl, but for me music is about music. And I don't see how I could ever explore as much good music in a record shop as I do online. Especially for rare old stuff, you just won't find masses of them in stores. Also, there's no point in having some 50% average or even lame songs in your vinyl library.

It doesn't stop.Its addiction.

That music room is INSANE!!!!!! 100

caught the bug when everyone sold their collections going over to CDs . Record's were dirt cheap then . still find great music on Vinyl all over the place . tho prices have gone up considerably .

Completely agree with the woman that says that she doesn't want to think about the name of the track when djing. I feel the same way. Thinking about names, etc. is more like an unnecessary and annoying thing that I like to avoid.

All my music is on vinyl and some of my flooring.and they both sound great!

I just started my own little collection of vinyls. Each one of them have cost me less than a dollar at local thrift shops and most of them in great condition. They're just fascinating to have plus I'm lucky enough to find the greatest classics.

Coole Doku! Für mich ist die Schallplatte einfach Musik in ihrer schönsten Form 🤩✌🏼

7:52 OPS! 🤭 NAUGHTY! 😜

Goodwill is my friend. I've found so many good records there with some looking dusty and worthy of passing by. You need to look thru that and see if it actually a pristine record under the dirt. I have a quick way of vacuum cleaning with my Record Doctor with an excellent cleaning solution and so many records come out looking like new. I run my turntable thru my Sweet Vinyl click and pop remover that makes the record sound CD quiet but yet has zero effect on the sound quality of the recording. 50 cent records end up sounding glorious!

Imagine collecting vinyl (rare or otherwise) right at the CD takeover.. It's similar to the 80's when digital was said to be superior over analog synths/drum machines and people were selling them for next to nothing. Crazy shifts in consumer habits!

For along time I was totally satisfied with sound files as opposed to having the actual music as a tangible object. The idea appealed to me because I could now own more music than I would've possibly ever been able to afford. However, disk drives do crash periodically, and I'm sure (sadly enough) that most of us have had practical experience of an entire music collection of 2-4 Terabytes suddenly become 'inaccessible.' I always had it in the back of my mind that it would be cool to have 100 of the most classic albums of all-time on vinyl, so I'm not surprised that years later I finally actually acted on it. There's nothing like having an actual vinyl album in your hands, it is by far the most true to form portrait of the artist and the music available other than experiencing it live.

Schallplatten werden alt, man kann sie anfassen, sie sind groß und ähneln Büchern. Sie sind teuer, die Sammlung wertvoll. Man kann sie verschenken und muss sie pflegen. Beim Umzug sind sie die Pest. Das Cover hat meine Flecken und ich erkenne meine Platte wieder, am Geruch. Plattenspieler sind wie englische Fahrräder, CD -Spieler wie amerikanische Fruchtpressen. Aber man kann jetzt in Cd-Qualität streamen, die Lp-Preise sind unverschämt und ich liebe es, aus Millionen von Tracks aussuchen zu können. Und ich kann Musik mitnehmen. Jeder kann beides nutzen.

VINYL IS SEXXX THAT WILL NEVA DIE!!! INCLUDING THE TURNTABLES!!!

That guy has a great collection...I was at about the 9000 mark at one point...

Hey guys! Aussie here! I made a documentary style short film last year about collectors of vinyl records. It was my major work for university and It's called 'Gathering Grooves', it's on my channel, please check it out!

Most of the people don't even know how to manage vinyl properly, they take, touch these poor LPs like stones on the beach

I had a record collection about the same size as the one the guy with a wall of records has. I collected them from the age of eight. Many were rare, all were mint. I stored them at my parent's house. Then I fell out with my mother after she was mean about my father who had become so ill he nearly died. She thought I was taking his side, so one weekend she hired a skip and trashed my entire collection into it. I only discoverd this when I returned from living in France. :0(

And this is how not to store your LPs. They will all be warped.

I’m a lover of vinyl (and CD) and have collected records since I was 11. I’m also a DJ since 20 years but have no interest in DJing vinyl. Too heavy, too risky. My vinyl collection consists of mainly LPs for home listening and some 50-100 dance records that I have digitised for DJing purposes.

I worry about what will happen to my vinyl collection when I die. A lifetime of collecting for it only to be taken down a charity shop. 😣

I was a radio disc jockey for 30 years. I started collecting vinyl at 17 years old. Today at 59 years old I still have those classic rock vinyl records...3,000 of them. Rock on!

As soon as someone says "the quality of the sound" when talking about vinyl, it's a good point to stop listening to them.

I reckon the psychology behind buying records and listening to it entirely is 'sunken costs', you pay for something with a relatively big pricetag, so you instinctively make the value stretch. I'm more of an eco friendly consumer, leaving as little footprint to our environment which is why I prefer digital, Bandcamp is a great indie way to 'discover tracks'.

I was in a used record store last week and I would say 80% of the people in the store were 25 years old or younger. And there were a lot of people in the store. This is one of the few used record stores in my area that is still a used record store. The new record stores closed up 20 years ago so now that we have people buying new vinyl again, several other shops that used to sell mostly used records now have mostly new records. It can be a bummer since most new records I buy are online which provide the best price. I prefer to go to used record stores for used records which I buy much less of online. Its cheaper to buy used records in stores. And, I can see what I am buying. To me vinyl never really died. First, they stopped counting how many records shipped as they did in the 50's through the 80's. They started counting how many records sold. So many shops don't report their sales and no one was counting used vinyl sales. At the lowest, in the U.S. in the early 90's they were saying 900k sold per year. I believe that number was significantly low. I think it was more like 3 million a year at the low mark. And, it was much more when you look at world-wide vinyl sales. I also have heard people say vinyl is not a discovery format. I disagree 100%. I love finding that record store (and I find many of them) that have $1 or $2 or even $5 bins full of records. I dig around and I find things I am familiar with and I do buy them. But, I am on the lookout for that unknown cover or band name that looks intriguing. I try to walk out with at least 2 or 3 records I have no clue about other than the cover and band name and rough approx of the genre. Of course, I'm gonna buy genres I like. But, it's only a few dollars and if I don't like the record, I'm not out much. But, usually I like what I get and I am introduced to a great new band that way.

Has anyone done the soundtrack for this?

Many records actually sound better than a CD. The only question is: why?

the vinyl record is the only format that is the physicsl representation of the actual music, created by the artist, by it's nature once it has been committed to vinyl it cannot be changed only destroyed. when electricity stops and your computer stops working or apple/microsoft changed their coding al lyou need to hear a vinyl is: a needle, a simple cone of paper to amplify and a spindle and you could still listen to the music as it is still there physically

People forget that Vinyl is as only good as the original recoding and manufacturing will allow and then don’t even start on the equipment you need to play it to get the best out of it...

For vinyl, it's not just the music and the sound, you also have something wonderful in your hand. Already as far as the cover design is concerned, renowned artists often have the opportunity to let off steam and let their artistic abilities run wild. The cover for the current AC/DC album "Rock Or Bust", for example, is an exemplary 3-D masterpiece. If you tilt the front forward, the lettering crumbles like an explosion. The cover for the penultimate Judas Priest album "Redeemer Of Souls" is beautifully designed and refined. In "Led Zeppelin III" from 1970, a rotatable image disc is incorporated in the cover. The artistic designers of the second Jethro Tull album "Stand Up" from 1969 came up with something quite different: if you open up the gatefold, the four musicians stand up as cardboard figures. Not to mention, of course, "Revolver" by the Beatles: Klaus Voormann was responsible for the cover design. With vinyl, you have almost unbelievably many possibilities with the cover design and thus with something that is completely impossible or at least very difficult to realize with other music media.

Um sonho ter uma coleção de vinil assim um dia 🙏

It's amazing how many Germans speak English so well. On the other hand I know exactly zero people that speak German.

Sehr informativ cool und interessant obwohl der geneigte Beobachter eigentlich weiss das Vinyl immer und auch weiterhin zum festen Bestandteil der Musikszene gehören wird

Claas is der Chef Styler....♥️💛🧡💋🏆

I agree that vinyl is a more attractive collectible category/format than cd, but I know that it is possible to hold a cd and say, “I love it,” i.e., like a record collector would of records. Vinyl is more attractive because of the size, which is more readable and maybe encourages more interaction with the owner- many reasons that we could come up with. But cds are still interesting, deserving, and lovable objects to pursue and collect.

Will one of you Krauts repress that damn Skylab album already!

14:55 "Digital vs. vinyl debate is like comparing apples and oranges. They're two very different animals" 🤣🤣🤣

~ This is all so hilarious to someone 60+ years old that starting buying vinyl records in 1963 and never ever stopped to 2018, and never acquiesced to CDs or MP3 or file sharing or iTunes. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

VINYL RULES!! ♥️

Yes: A vynil is a piece of art 👍

They charge $20-30 for vinyle these days! WTF?

The thumbnail image got me he has his records leaning over too far and I bet for too long.

Prelepo svaka čast sve pohvale to je velik broj arhiva ploča

Can someone tell me some names of the tracks played here?

lol. cassette is coming back!!

Excellent video!

Das very cool

I like what was said at 4:00, about it fulfilling it's purpose. Sometimes you need to think of them as rentals if you are not passing them down to others. Collecting in the late 70's for me was very similar......but now, being exposed to so many other great artists/bands up and down the music timeline just makes this feeling exponential.

i like cds. no kill me for it.

Started in the 90s in high school with punkrock stuff, long before it was cool.. I sit around 700 records now, mostly punk, ska, reggae and some classics. I buy what I like, I don't care about pressings or any of that other stuff, and I don't bulk buy to just to have stuff I'll never listen too. I rock a dual table with Kanto Yumi speakers, they have a built in dac and preamp, so it makes for a nice minimal clean set up... they also have bluetooth for when I want to stream from spotify..

Most German pressings are the best I've heard/seen. Especially the early non-reissues.. The vinyl quality and quality control is exemplary. And I'm not even talking about audiophile heavy vinyl, just your regular pressing.

I compare vinyl records to the difference between playing a guitar and playing a digital computer program that sounds like a guitar, or tries to. Digitalized music will never have the warm feel of vinyl.

I didnt actually realize they weren't speaking english in that first minute

This people are hoarders and he can't even listen half of his hoarding vinyls I mean it's good to have vinyls but not like this that u throw your whole life doing this like geeks.Invest your money because those artist they don't give a shit about you when your wallet start getting empty because buying all this.this is all about money this is what they do for living sell vinyls.This vinyls gonna make you run out of money because you will get addicted like drugs....Id rather travel and see the world than sit in one room all day like an old man.I really don't understand where they going with all this vinyls Collections.Just a waste of money.Think about your retirement not this,this are for young people only.Take my words so u don't regret later!!!!

The answer is Sven Vath.

I treasure my vinyl and my stereo system. They don't need to be fed and they'll never leave me for another audiophile. They just need my love.