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

The Vinyl Guide Interview - For Record Collectors & Music Nerds

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 1st 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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