Record Collector and Vinyl Ambassador Michael Fremer joins us to talk record collecting, discuss the state of the vinyl industry, the relaunch of Tracking Angle and lots more.
Topics include:
- Interview start
- Current process for purchasing records
- The guilt of having so many records
- Absorbing and reviewing records
- Restarting Tracking Angle & YouTube Channel
- Hanging onto originals vs reissues
- Does he sell records?
- Special records in Michael’s collection
- Paul McCartney’s ‘Flaming Pie’ limited vinyl
- A letter from Brian May
- What happens to his collection after he dies?
- Are we in a vinyl bubble?
- Buying, selling, then re-buying records
- Records we regret passing up
- What’s the most Michael has spent on a record?
- What will the vinyl industry look like after the supply chain catches up?
- Vinyl benefits fuelling the vinyl resurgence
- New pressing plant investments around the world
- What is the current weak link in the vinyl production supply chain?
- Key suppliers for record stylus manufacturing
- Comparing record production from the ‘golden age’ and today
- Michael’s thoughts on HD Vinyl
- The long-term vinyl impacts of the Universal Music Fire
- DMM equipment and the Church of Scientology
- Recalling vinyl quality over time
- Are early pressings in a stamping cycle sold at a premium?
- Interview wrap up
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