Bimonthly MAD Magazine noted in July 2019 that it would cease publishing new content, outside of its year-end specials, after a 67-year run. Even some of its most ardent fans in the 60s and 70s might say, “I didn’t even know it was still issued,” because, let’s face it, as…

While music might be the initial driving force behind record album (lp) collecting, many collectors find it hard to resist the sometimes beautiful, sometimes bizarre, and sometimes downright boring, jacket artwork that accompanies those precious vinyl platters.  Over 50+ years of collecting records, primarily for the musical content, I find…

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” This quote is attributed to Charles Caleb Colton, an English cleric, writer, and collector who lived from 1780-1832. Colton collected rare paintings, but had he been born a couple centuries later, I am confident that he would have collected record albums, with a…