Friday, August 13, 2010

Book Corner: Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again

By: N.D. McCray, Music Editor

Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again [Hardcover]
Authors: Gary Calamar and Phil Gallo

Foreword by Peter Buck of R.E.M.
According to the Scratch DJ Academy –a world renowned DJ and music production school here in New York, “The record store is like the barber shop of the music industry” and Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again (Sterling, $19.95) only solidifies that statement by bringing a book full of love, respect and appreciation for a community that’s a second home to DJs, producers and rabid music fans. Comprehensive and informative with stories from musicians, record store executives, singers, songwriters, record store clerks, as well as record store managers themselves, the 225-page tome brings to light why the record store is such an important part of music history. It also takes readers through decades-worth of memorabilia, photos, first albums, and 45s, LPs, singles, as well as record stores from New York to Kentucky to Chicago, California and back.

What’s even more beautiful about Record Store Days? It was compiled by two music heads: Gary Calamar, a music supervisor for hit shows such as True Blood, House and Dexter; he’s also a radio jock at KCRW in Santa Monica; and Phil Gallo, a music journalist with 25-years of experience who’s appeared on nationwide shows to talk music.

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