Vendors from across Victoria gathered in Sidney on Saturday, Oct. 19 to sell records, swap stories and talk music at the South Island Vinyl and Record Show.
The one-day event at the Mary Winspear Centre attracted hundreds of people despite heavy rains that lasted all weekend long.
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The South Island Vinyl and Record Show is a bi-annual event that happens in March and October that features all manner of classic and contemporary vinyl for sale and other prized collectibles.
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On Saturday, a motley crew of vendors set up shop at the Bodine Family Hall, showcasing a variety of LPB次元官网网址檚, 45s, CDs, concert DVDs, cassettes, band t-shirts, music books and memorabilia.
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The event is kind of riding the wave of the return of vinyl with more people seeing records as an investment and wanting to grow their collections now more than ever.
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And what could be more nostalgic than digging through crates and boxes of records and flipping through handwritten labels to find musical rarities.
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Kershaw has a personal collection of about 2,000 records and Smith owns 400.
Fellow vendor, Brian Linds knows a thing or two about the art of letting go.
From his original collection of 10,000 records, heB次元官网网址檚 now down to just 3,000.
"Just before COVID hit, I started selling my records because we thought we were going to move and we ended up not moving, renovating our house instead,B次元官网网址� Linds recalls.
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ThatB次元官网网址檚 how he ended up joining the vinyl community. B次元官网网址淢y wife says she's never seen me so happy because of the social aspect - talking to people about music and listening to music together,B次元官网网址� he said.
Vendors from all over the Island and Lower Mainland will be bringing music of various genres when South Island Vinyl and Record Show returns on March 2, 2025 at Mary Winspear Centre.