THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDTRACK COLLECTOR MARKET In this 3rd primer on collecting rare soundtracks, we're going to discuss the historical evolution of this market. When the first soundtracks were released...
THE ART OF COLLECTING BROADWAY SHOW OTHER ORIGINAL CAST LPS The collectible basis for Broadway Shows and original cast LPs (we're not including cds or cassettes in this article) is to study a field that...
rts rarities CHECK OUT OUR SERIES ON COLLECTING RARE FILM MUSIC SOUNDTRACK LPS: PART 1- INTRODUCTION; PART 2- A STUDY OF RECORD CONDITION VS RECORD VALUE; PART 3-THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDTRACK COLLECTING...
To recount the key point of what makes soundtrack LPs collectibles, it's primarily the film composer and one of the most admired is BERNARD HERRMANN. When we started this business over 30 years ago, one of...
HISTORY OF THE 10" LP The "LP" (Long Playing Record) was a development of Columbia Records in the mid-1940s as the next technological development to replace the 78 rpm record which had been around for...
COLLECTING RARE FILM MUSIC ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK LPS -- THE JAPANESE REISSUES During the 1970s, following a huge increase in the interest and demand for rare soundtrack LPs here in the United States, our...
COLLECTING RARE FILM MUSIC ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK LPS -- THE AUSTRALIAN REISSUES During the 1970s we kept hearing a rumor that GEORGE'S DELERUE's rare soundtrack LP to 'CHINESE ADVENTURES IN CHINA' was...
THE EFFECT OF REISSUES ON ORIGINAL ISSUED SOUNDTRACK LPS Does a reissue of a soundtrack LP adversely affect the value of the original issue? There are a number of factors which have to be considered in the...
COLLECTING RARE FILM MUSIC SOUNDTRACK LPS FROM EUROPE In this 4th segment of our series, we're going to give you a historical background and some guidelines in the pursuit of film music soundtrack LPs that...
COLLECTING RARE FILM MUSIC ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK LPS -- VARESE SARABANDE RECORDS--THE EARLY YEARS OF A GREAT SOUNDTRACK LP COMPANY! During the latter part of the 1970s decade, after the Japanese and British...