Ep347: Michael Fremer - Record Collector, Vinyl Ambassador
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective sleeves for your vinyl collection. |
| 0:05.6 | Ask for the Groove washer from your local shop or go to groove washer.com. |
| 0:09.7 | Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10. |
| 0:12.4 | And now on with the show. |
| 0:14.4 | Hello, everybody. This is Michael Framper, and you're listening to The Vinyl Guide, and I enjoyed myself being here. |
| 0:19.4 | So thank you. |
| 0:21.9 | Well, hey, everyone. welcome to episode 347 of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record |
| 0:27.7 | collectors and music nerds, and yes, I am back from my recent travels. Those of you keeping tabs |
| 0:34.2 | on my Patreon or Instagram feeds may have seen that I recently went to California. |
| 0:39.3 | I was on a record hunting road trip in which I brought back many, many, many records. |
| 0:46.2 | I mean, man, I hit up so many shops, said hello to so many friends, migrated down to the Orange |
| 0:52.2 | County Records Show, and brought back three huge suitcases |
| 0:55.7 | of some of the most incredible records of my collection. If you're curious of what I got, |
| 1:01.5 | go check out my Instagram feed at Vinyl Guide and scroll through the last several weeks. |
| 1:06.6 | Lots of wonderful loot is shown there. And again, big shout out and thank you to all the people I met, all the listeners that took time to connect with me while I was there, all the record shops and vinyl maniacs. It was great to be back in my element in California. |
| 1:23.1 | Now, today's episode, I am speaking to vinyl guru and fellow record maniac Michael Fremer. |
| 1:29.6 | Now, most of you know Michael. He's a record collector, reviewer, audio file, and commentator |
| 1:34.9 | on physical form media. Michael's currently in the process of relaunching tracking angle, |
| 1:40.3 | or tracking angle.com, as well as a YouTube channel, which I'll link in this episode page. |
| 1:47.0 | Now, today, Michael and I talk all about the state of the vital industry, from the manufacturing |
| 1:52.3 | challenges to the issues and constraints that may impact record collectors like us in the very |
| 1:57.9 | near future. Michael and I also talk about the long-term impacts of the |
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