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Bob George

Born November 24, 1949, it is the birthday of Bob George aka B. George. He was one of the biggest collectors of records in the world having more than 2 million vinyls. He donated his collection to the ARCHive of Contemporary Music in partnership with Columbia University. The biggest known collector is Zero Freitas (Emporium Musical) from Brazil which has more than 6 million. He had bought the Paul Mawhinney collection (Record-Rama) which had 3 million records. Mr. Mawhinney kept a copy for his personal collection of every vinyl he sold. In hip-hop, the biggest collector was Dr. Dre who sold his 80,000 records. DJ Shadow has the one of the largest active digging collections in hip-hop with 60,000 records. Elton John has a collection that is worth highlighting as to this day he can arrive in stores all over the world while he is on tour and he buys recent hip hop like Tech N9ne, Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott. The Rocket Man owns 70,000 vinyl records.

Né le 24 novembre 1949, c’est l’anniversaire de Bob George alias B. George. Il était un des plus collectionneurs de disques au niveau mondial en ayant plus de 2 millions de vinyles. Il a fait don de sa collection au ARCHive of Contemporary Music en partenariat avec Columbia University. Le plus gros collectionneur connu est Zero Freitas (Emporium Musical) du Brésil qui en a plus de 6 millions. Il avait acheté la collection Paul Mawhinney (Record-Rama) qui avait 3 millions de disques. M. Mawhinney gardait une copie pour sa collection personnelle de chaque vinyle qu’il vendait. Dans le hip-hop, le plus gros collectionneur était Dr. Dre qui a vendu ses 80 000 disques. DJ Shadow a une des plus grosses collections de crate digging active dans le hip-hop avec 60 000 vinyles. Elton John a une collection qui est à souligner car à ce jour il peut arriver dans un magasin partout dans le monde alors qu’il est en tournée et il achète du hip-hop récent tel que Tech N9ne, Kendrick Lamar et Travis Scott. The Rocket Man possède 70 000 disques vinyles. 




 


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