Ep195: Collecting the Blues with John Tefteller
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2019
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
John Tefteller is absolutely driven to find the world's rarest blues records. Today he shares stories of his journey to amass the one of the world's largest and most valuable record collection and share it with the world through his annual Blues Images calendar.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey everyone, thanks for tuning into this episode of The Vinyl Guide. This week on the show, |
| 0:05.3 | John Tefteller, world famous record collector. He joins us to talk records and pre-war 78 blues |
| 0:12.5 | shellac. Now, John, as you may know, is the king of rare records owning some of the rarest and most |
| 0:18.1 | expensive records in the world. And not only does he routinely |
| 0:22.3 | shell out four and five digit sums for these rare records, but he also makes them available |
| 0:27.9 | in his annual Blues Images calendar. And I gotta say, I've seen the new 2020 calendar. It is |
| 0:34.3 | very, very cool, not only full of interesting facts on blues artists of years |
| 0:39.8 | gone by, but the calendar also comes with a CD chock full of recordings of John's Rare Blues Records. |
| 0:47.7 | Now, to get one, all you need to do is go to bluesimages.com, pick one up. Heck, you need a |
| 0:53.1 | 2020 calendar anyway. You might as well get one with |
| 0:56.8 | some killer blues music and facts that any record nerd would enjoy. Get a calendar for you, |
| 1:02.8 | get one as a gift. They're only 2495. Go to bluesimages.com and get them today. |
| 1:10.5 | And speaking of Christmas gifts for record nerds, |
| 1:13.9 | Groove washer has several holiday bundles on, |
| 1:17.1 | and you'll get an extra 10% off with promo code Vinyl Guide 10. |
| 1:22.5 | Get the best record cleaner in heaven, hell, or earth. |
| 1:25.4 | Go to groove washer.com, 10% off with promo code Vinyl Guide 10. |
| 1:32.0 | Now, by the way, John has been on the Vinyl Guide before. |
| 1:35.5 | Episodes 43 and 44, John was discussing his rare record finds and his collection, |
| 1:41.0 | and he was back again on episode 93, talking all about the history of |
| 1:46.9 | Paramount Records. |
| 1:48.1 | And if you find John's stories interesting, you'll also enjoy our episodes with blues historian |
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