Ep461: Henry Rollins Stays Fanatic!!! Pt 1 of 2

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Henry Rollins dives into the fascinating world of record collecting, sharing insights through his book series "Stay Fanatic!!!" and discussing his passion for preserving & sharing music history.

Topic Include:

The origin story of "Stay Fanatic!!!"
Writing about The Stooges
Learning to scan, archive material
Telling the stories with early band materials
Transcribing from handwriting, then speech to text
Henry doesn't get rid of records
Acquiring individual and collections of records
Bands that reinvigorated his interest: OSEES, Ty Segall, etc
Label out of China – Old Heaven Books
Seeing Keiji Haino in Tokyo
Metallica closing a show for Iggy Pop
Can Henry talk about his new project?
What is Henry's tolerance for bootleg material?
Going to "see" David Bowie and Joy Division through their bootlegs
Aggravation with bad recordings sold on bootlegs
Understanding band reluctance to put out some recordings
Stopping releasing spoken word CDs as they end up on YouTube
Signatures get put on eBay near immediately
Henry no longer signs things
Stopping people from bidding on fake signatures
Henry's routine with Discogs and eBay
The anxiety of chasing Discogs and eBay alerts
Missing out on fresh listings of a holy grail
Buying items that were misstated in the listing
Educating inexperienced sellers on proper listing
The 1^st world problem of collecting records
Breaking even on the "Stay Fanatic!!!" Books
The genius of artists like John Coltrane and The Fall
Henry's early years – His mother loved books and music
Road Manager Ward brings a portable turntable on the road
15 feet on the unplayed records shelf
Henry describes his home stereo system
His system is set – very few changes
Leveraging experts to work on the setup
Collecting personal items from musical heroes
The Adverts, UK Subs clothing are in Henry's collection

Order "Stay Fanatic!!! Vol 4" here

Henry photos by Jacob McCann IG @blokeyoucantrust and Heidi May

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0:22.9	And now on with the show.
0:28.2	Welcome to the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds.
0:31.7	Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer.
0:33.4	Oh, well, hey, everyone, it's Nate.
0:40.4	Welcome to episode 461 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records.
0:45.7	And today, dear people, I'm so excited, the record collecting legend returns.
0:56.4	Henry Rollins, who started his career at Hagen-Doss, before being promoted to lead vocals in the lightning rod of black flag, then forming Rollins Band,
1:00.2	spending time on stage and screen, and writing books.
1:02.9	Henry's continued his pursuit as an author.
1:08.9	I mean, I see his name frequently on liner notes of recent reissues of some of my favorite albums,
1:29.5	and Henry's got a series of books which I think each of you will want to know about the stay fanatic series which is essentially Henry's music journal through the eyes of a fan and record collector and it goes super deep he writes it through the eyes of a major record fan, so these stay fanatic books are made with us in mind. They show sleeves, labels, variations, rarities, super rarities,
1:37.5	and all while explaining the stories behind the variations, misprints, errors, Easter eggs,
1:43.1	and more. But Henry's not just got vinyl in these books, but posters, flyers, pictures, other paper
1:49.8	collateral that tells the story of some of these obscure record pressings.
1:55.1	And truly, I can't express how delighted I am with Henry's Stay Fanatic Book Series.
2:01.5	It really is made with the record collectors and super fans in mind.
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