Comments on: Collecting the Beatles' "White Album," an art project

By: franko

franko — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:37:00 +0000

agreed that there’s some obsessiveness going on here, but not all obsessiveness is a bad thing. i think this is brilliant.

By: Philboyd Studge

Philboyd Studge — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:12:00 +0000

Less arty – more practical: the project to rid the world of Jerry Maguire VHS tapes.
http://www.everythingisterrible.com/p/maguire-watch.html

By: Philboyd Studge

Philboyd Studge — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:06:00 +0000

Someone should try that project with Herb Alpert’s Whipped Cream & Other Delights album. Oh wait, that’s every thrift store in existence.

By: nixiebunny

nixiebunny — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:21:00 +0000

This article compelled me to get out my copy and admire it. It’s in too good condition for this guy, though. It still has the four color photos in the sleeve. And it’s mono.

By: BookGuy

BookGuy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:34:00 +0000

I’m imagining Dr. Zasio from “Hoarders” saying, “I think you’re using your record collection as a way to keep others at a distance.”

By: RayCornwall

RayCornwall — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:14:00 +0000

Or Prince’s Black Album.

By: 10xor01

10xor01 — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:08:00 +0000

Someone in Portland should sneak a copy of Spinal Tap’s Smell the Glove into his collection.

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:05:00 +0000

Ah, thank you!

By: williamhereford

williamhereford — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:04:00 +0000

Finally, one less item of guilt from my childhood to carry around. I mistakenly opened one (of four) of my fathers collector copies of the White Album when I was a kid. Mistakenly isn’t the right word, I opened it because I “knew” that a brand new record would sound better than the the copy I was always handed to play. My father didn’t agree with my logic for some reason, and promptly made the record case with doors off limits.

Rutherford Chang I am on my way with an almost new copy, opened and played once, but otherwise pristine.

By: annoyingmouse

annoyingmouse — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:46:00 +0000

I saw this on another site the other day and thought it was amazing. It’s fascinating how some people reacted to being given a blank canvas with drawings, letters, poetry, etc. The connection people had with their copy and the stories that you imagine behind them (where are Richie and Jeannie now?) draws you in. A lot of these seem like copies in a condition that would get overlooked in second hand record stores by collectors and yet, in many ways, they’re more unique than a lot of other supposedly more “desirable” items. Wish I could go and see the exhibit.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:39:00 +0000

It’s at Recess in NYC, not the Recess in Portland.

By: annoyingmouse

annoyingmouse — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:36:00 +0000

These are 100 copies of the album in 100 different states. That’s the nature of vinyl. The records, much like their covers, will vary dramatically in condition. The playback will skip and stutter on some copies. I’m no expert but I reckon in some cases the needle will probably skate across the record in no time at all.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:28:00 +0000

Will he, at some point, be finished with this project, and, if so, will he then switch to collecting copies of Smell The Glove?

By: destroy_all_humans

destroy_all_humans — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:27:00 +0000

this is witnessing obsessive compulsive disorder in public, not a record shop

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:24:00 +0000

I don’t get it.

If his 100 listeners played 100 White Albums on the same turntable, there would be no time differences – because one White Album is pretty much identical to another.

So did he play them on 100 slightly different turntables? Or is the speed shifting artificial?