Paul Mawhinney Records Largest Collection in the World

[METALISMUSIC100]

I would buy that but I don't have the money

[Calvinchocolate]

*shit

[Calvinchocolate]

No one gives a shot

[filtecuk]

Hang in there, in the last two years (in Europe at least), CD sales have fallen 10% per annum, mp3 downloads have risen 28%, and vinyl sales have risen 33% per annum! Supermarkets and electronics stores are selling not one, but a whole range of turntables. Vinyl is back!

[qsergyuko]

i actually was the one who ended up buying this collection,cost me 1.6 million dollars,i resold 50 percent straight away and made 6.7 million dollas straight away,and kept the rest for myself.

[RyanliciousGTI]

@qsergyuko Dream on.

[gorrilatape]

look i can bet so many people want your collection make a museum definitely

[tcbp]

I wish i had the millions needed to buy that collection =(

[bedrecka]

this is soooo sad. I hope there has been a happy ending for this story.

[Tengu49]

what documentary is this from?

[middleC17]

Does anyone know how I can contact him? I can't buy the collection, unfortunately, but I saw this video on PBS and wanted to tell him how much I appreciated his dedication to the art of vinyl.

[SHsurreal]

I give a damn! I looooovvveee vinyl records!!

[jessicw1]

vinyl sales made a 150% increase in 2009 and are growing. Although vinyl sales represent 1% of music sales today, it is definitely making a comeback, although it is currently small. There are more people buying now than in the past several years and I feel this uncompressed realization is only going to grow. Many bands are hareleasing there albums now not only on cd but vinyl as well. Although technology is catching up to hi-fidelity, vinyl is too important to go away. Don't get so down bro

[ToiletBomberAlpha]

@jessicw1 - That's still not all that much. If you discount the constant vinyl sales (DJ's make a good living) every year, the "resurgence" is pretty meager.

[longgoneloser]

This guys collection is really incredible. And I bet he has looked after them too. He seems like someone who cares so much about the vinyl record that I bet he would make sure they stayed in pristine condition as to preserve it's crisp warm sound throughout the years to come. I would like to know where this guy is based because I plan on road tripping across the USA next year for a record shopping trip and would love to stop by and have a look through this museum of awesomeness.

[shuaduah]

I look at this man's collection the same way i look at a public library. There is something in there for someone. I ain't the first to say it here, but there is a lot of history in there. that's why I still sample. Keeps history alive. Someone's had to offer by now, right? Damn shame if not.

[MehyarTV]

that nigga be flipping samples all day

[discoddav1974]

can i just say that hats off to you paul for the biggest vinyl collection that you have built up over the years, but i,m also sad that you have to give it all up after all those years collecting. i wish i had $3 million dollors (not sure what that would be in uk money) but i don,t.

[KAISERKRAUT]

If I ever walked into a record store that had one million albums, I would shit myself first, then I would never leave.

That place looked like heaven to me.

[BalkiHasselhoff1]

I wish I was a millionaire...I would buy this collection and store it. You would think the government would buy this collection...All that music...It's historical.

[politoe]

@BalkiHasselhoff1

he wants 3 mil

[BadVideosJustForYou]

Anyone here to donate me $3 million? For a good cause.

[hockeyjaw]

an absolute crying shame, that you have not sold your amazing collection, people just don't realize a good thing when they see it

[randycornhole]

You would think he would have a killer record player amp and speakers to play them on...?

To be honest I don't think anyone will pay $53 million dollars for them. They will prob be sold after he dies at auction and raise a couple of mill...

[thomoz]

@randycornhole

He's only asking $3m,

they're estimated as worth $50m.

[thomoz]

@randycornhole

Lots of hardcore record collectors listen to them on mediocre stereos. The point to them is variety, not playback quality. Oddly, a lot of pro musicians (Mick Jagger among them) listen to their tunes on a boom-box. Audiophile musicians like Lou Reed or Jack White are uncommon.

[sfca925]

Sorry, man, they didn't make flat records (or any other kind of records for sale) in 1881. It looks to be a Berliner or Zonophone from the late nineties or early twentieth century. Not close, no cigar.

[hotskel2546]

He's right on about vinyl sounding better than cd. That's why vinyl sales have increased every year for the last 3 or 4 years. Artist prefer vinyl as well. I'm not sure if he has the worlds largest collection though. I also collect records (15,000 singles & 2,000 albums) and in my travels I have seen some huge collections like Val Shiveley's in Upper Darby, Pa. or Flipside in Hermitage.

[Universal1011]

This collector knows what hes talking about and if I had the money, I would buy his collection, no dout about it.

[Universal1011]

I also have a huge collection as well, not on records but things that I have huge sentimental value for. I would not want to give up on it.

[Universal1011]

Alot of people are brainless these days.

The music that is played nowadays I find is revolting and boring/bland as hell. Alot of modern music is redundant and has no serious meaning behind it .

[johnny9148]

record collectors GET A LIFE!

[DiscoScratch]

I've got about 1000 records...they are like my children. I have carried them from house to house (I have moved 14 times since I started collecting in 1982). I feel for this guy. I care. I really do. If I had $50,000,000 spare I'd buy his collection, let alone 3mill... I hope Paul reads this and he knows there are others out there that feel his pain. Respect.

[whatserfaceagainqm]

if the world was filled with the kind of dedication this man had, there would be no problems. People would fix things until they were perfect, and no one would have to worry about things going wrong. Of course, one person's view of perfect is always different from someone else's. I find him so inspiring, and it makes me so sad to see that he's out of business because no one cares about records anymore. You're losing a certain quality of music when you cut out the highs and lows...

[mace1337]

If I had 3 million dollars I'd buy his collection without thinking twice.

[treebeard431]

@mace1337 Same with me, mace! Imagine the journeys of discovery you'd be making as you go, artist to artist, finding LP's from the dim far reaches of your youth, album art that you hadn't seen in decades, in my case...

But transporting it would be a major logistical nightmare; you couldn't just pack them into some UHaul boxes and hire some rent-a-wino's to load up for you.

You'd almost have to leave them in place, regardless of where you lived...

[TheTrueMasterOfLife]

"music was my first love, and it will be my last..." quite a fitting tribute to this man, this is a great song! My local radio station used to play that everyday!

[djvartan]

Fantastic video!

[KillerVocals77]

Im With brunoscake on this one. Sell it to a place that can make a musium out of it or make one yourself. than atleast you know it's going to somthing for the right reasons

[TheTrueMasterOfLife]

quite clearly this guy can not afford to "do it himself", otherwise he would...

[bmxjeremy]

now THAT is a real collector, and he's collecting the right stuff too

[darke2]

speechless...

[brunoscake]

They should make a musuem out his records. This important history.

[EyEnOtgAy]

@brunoscake i've never been a record man but its a shame to see these kinds of things be left for dead thanks to the cd/digital downloading era.. real shame

[streamingfreedom]

He's right about the quality of vinyl. Today's society is convenience over quality.

[mrhoffame]

I like the littl crackles and pops at the end..nice touch for a touching story! I surely hopes he doesn't think people don't give a dam...it's just that most of us that would cherish the collection the way he has it can't afford the 3 million dollar price tag!

[dedlen]

I'm really surprised that somebody who puts money into preservation of our culture hasn't jumped on this. I guess it's probably more a matter of storage and maintaining it than the money.

I wonder if he'd recoil at my art or thank me...

[teoruz]

this is very depressing !

[lcaise]

shut up you little stinky fucker