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Mats Gustafsson's vinyl collection!


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9 hours ago, rostasi said:

I've no problem with surf music - especially
the grittier forms of both early and ultra-modern styles (volumes
of really fine compilations exist!).

Names/labels/links for said compilations, please? I would like to explore but know not where to start. Especially interested in earlier things.

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46 minutes ago, lipi said:

Names/labels/links for said compilations, please? I would like to explore but know not where to start. Especially interested in earlier things.

There were several CD series (but you would have to check availability and search a bit - some will probably be OOP and only be available secondhand):

- The Birth of Surf (3 volumes) on the (UK) Ace label (a label that spells quality)

- Rare Surf (6 volumes)

- Lost Legends of Surf Guitar (4 volumes) on the Sundazed label

 

Experts of early surf will probably be able to give you more information.

 

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I've spoken to Mats at shows. His tastes are pretty broad. As record collections go, I've seen many large ones and many that focus on free jazz but I would rank his as among the most interesting. He has many titles that you just don't see, they're on a whole different scale of scarcity than what makes up a typical good jazz record collection.

One thing I love about visiting another collector is once in a while when they pull out something that is completely out of the blue that has a good story behind it and is in a style that I appreciate or even specialize in, but I just wasn't aware of. In a good collection you might expect to find just a few of those, but even just one is something to be savored and remembered.

For example, to a fan of free jazz or experimental music, I used to have about 6 of those, but now due to some unlikely reissues it's down to maybe 3 or 4. I love those so much more than a shelf of original Blue Notes or modern 45rpm pressings. My tastes being what they are, I can tell it would take considerable time to go through all the ones just of that type that Mats has.

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