“Many years of great live music and clubs have created an atmosphere of musical awareness that interprets into music collecting in many ways,” said Doug Hanners, creator of the Austin Record Convention (www.austinrecords.com), a twice annual, vinyl-centric event that claims to be the largest sale of recorded music in the country. “Many of the musicians are also collectors, also work at record stores.”
Old media still around
Vinyl-collecting is alive and well in Austin, Texas.