The Vinyl Revival, Gender, and Collecting Aesthetics

The book considers record collecting and vinyl consumption in the 21st century and in the context of the vinyl revival. The book highlights gender, and how gender disparity is expressed in vinyl communities.

The book explores record collecting and vinyl consumption in the 21st century within the context of the vinyl revival. The book highlights gender, and how gender disparity is expressed in vinyl communities.

Veronica Skrimsjö considers vinyl consumerism and collecting and how the collector identifies themselves within the socio-political environment of the Global North, with a particular focus on gender. The book includes considerations of Record Store Day, DIY, and DI-together cultures, as well as the historic context needed to evaluate record collecting in the 21st century.

The work is aimed at both an academic and a general readership and as such strikes a more informal tone. Personal experiences are emphasised throughout because vinyl consumers are not a homogenous group, and it is only via personal experiences that we can understand the complexity of consumption. The personal experience also helps make the content more relatable, which is crucial as old stereotypes helped distance the collector from the everyday consumer. Readers will benefit from a different perspective on record collecting and consumptions as the book highlights active, creative consumption and provides an in-depth, innovative analysis of how gender inequality is constructed within this context.

Autorentext

Veronica Skrimsjö is Lecturer at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Klappentext

The book considers record collecting and vinyl consumption in the 21st century and in the context of the vinyl revival. The book highlights gender, and how gender disparity is expressed in vinyl communities.

Inhalt

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction: Record Collecting & Ownership

Histories & Contexts: The Album Replacement Cycle

The High Fidelity Stereotype

Overview of the Book

Key Concepts

Chapter 2: Decoding Vinyl & the Cultural Pulse

Listening & Collecting

Fandom, Audience & Consumption

Representations of Gender

Social Media & Online Resources

Chapter 3: Voices in Vinyl: Unpacking Gender Narratives

Premise

Women in Vinyl

Ethnographies

Winnie, Liv & Everly

Cora, Selma & Billie

Chapter 4: Analogue Echoes: Vinyl as Cultural Artefact

Physical Formats in the 21st Century

Vinyl as an Artefact

Record Store Day

Auto-ethnography

Chapter 5: Cult Collectors: Vertigo's Swirl Era & the Barton Collection

Introduction

Case Study: Vertigo Records

Case Study: Ritchie Barton Collection

Chapter 6: Bengans: Record Shops, Retail & Cultural Sites in the 21st Century

Second-Hand Trade

Bengans

Chapter 7: Popular Music as Cultural Heritage

Heritage & Archiving

Do-It-Yourself

Do-It-Together

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix A: Top 40 Selling Cassettes 2022

Appendix B: Vertigo Swirl Catalogue

Index