{"id":2605,"date":"2016-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/creating-your-vinyl-record-collection-interview-of-franck-co-founder-of-maplatine-com\/"},"modified":"2017-11-23T09:37:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T08:37:20","slug":"creating-your-vinyl-record-collection-interview-of-franck-co-founder-of-maplatine-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/creating-your-vinyl-record-collection-interview-of-franck-co-founder-of-maplatine-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Building your vinyl record collection: interview of Franck, co-founder of maPlatine.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Franck, co-founder of maPlatine.com, a great music<\/strong> and high-fidelity<\/strong> enthusiast, tells us about his vinyl record collection<\/strong>, from his very first up to his latest purchase.   <\/p>\n

– Do you have a large vinyl record collection?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I think I have more than 4,000 LPs. It covers every musical style, but there is mainly soul, rock and rhythm’n’blues in there. I also own 1,000 CDs and 1,000 singles (45 RPM of course), also mainly rock and soul. Anyway, it’s a large record collection, but I don’t plan to end it there! <\/p>\n

– When did you buy your first vinyl record? Which one was it?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I remember it very well, it was in 1980 and it was The Police’s ‘Reggatta de blanc’ with the tracks ‘Message in a Bottle’ and ‘Walking on the moon’. And a few weeks later, I bought another vinyl record<\/strong>: U2’s ‘October’. This particular track, with mostly piano, is just SU-PERB. <\/p>\n

– Which is your all-time favourite LP?<\/span><\/h3>\n

It’s difficult to say, because my record collection is quite extensive<\/strong>. If I had to pick one, it would probably have to be the first self-titled album by The Stooges, released in 1969. I think I could take that one with me on a desert island. <\/p>\n

– Why that one in particular?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Because of the way the guitars sound… I think this album changed my entire perception of rock. Also, it influenced my musical choices and even my life in a way\u2026 <\/p>\n

– Which record in your collection was the hardest to find?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I have a lot, so it’s difficult to tell. I have a lot of rare records<\/strong>. Unfortunately, contrary to belief, the value of a record is not based on its rarity. The hardest to come by were those of Johnny Cash, who I particularly like, especially from the Sun Records and early Columbia label eras. All mono of course!   <\/p>\n

– Is there a specific record that you haven’t found yet and that you would like to own?<\/span><\/h3>\n

There are several! I couldn’t name one in particular off the top of my head. This can be explained by the fact that many records I would like to have in vinyl have not been released in this format. I’m referring to productions that were released between the 80’s and 2000’s for example. <\/p>\n

– What was your latest find?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I was in the Netherlands not long ago and I bought ‘Crocodiles’, Echo and the Bunnymen’s first LP, released in 1980 by the label Korova. It’s not worth much but I didn’t have it\u2026 actually, I no longer had it, I think I gave it away at some point. This band influenced many of the current post New Wave bands. <\/p>\n

– Thanks Franck \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Franck, co-founder of maPlatine.com, a great music and high-fidelity enthusiast, tells us about his vinyl record collection, from his very first up to his latest purchase.   – Do you have a large vinyl record collection? I think I have more than 4,000 LPs. It covers every musical style, but there is mainly soul, rock […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions\/2646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}