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Vinyl Records @ Detroit Bookfest and What We Love About Record Stores, Funk Music, MC5 and YOU!

Books and vinyl records go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Yes, several vendors will be selling vinyl records @ Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest).

We will also have DJ Zig-Zag playing funk music.

The Joy of Vinyl Records

LP’s (aka: vinyl records) are currently outselling digital downloads and CD’s by $200 million dollars!

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), this is a new and positive trend. And we hope it continues. Why? Because there is no adequate substitute for vinyl records.

When you download an MP3 audio file, the music gets compressed and you lose the fullness of sound that you get on vinyl records. The sound on vinyl is more expansive, nuanced and loaded with delicious sonic subtleties that are lost on all other formats. You can feel the music when listening to LP’s.

Plus, vinyl record listening, collecting and appreciation is a wonderful culture. Buying records at a store and listening to it is a fun and meaningful experience. You develop great relationships with record store owners and come to enjoy the variety of eclectic tastes out there.

If you’re just starting out, make sure you:

Buy a good, quality turntable
Buy at least 2-4 good, quality speakers
Buy some record crates to store your records in
Buy some record sleeves to protect your records
Get some good chairs for you and your friends to sit in

You don’t need to worry about cork mats, titanium tone arms, 180-gram vinyl, etc, when starting out. Just enjoy digging in crates and listening to good music that you like.

Audiophiles are vinyl connoisseurs whom appreciate hi-fi records and the sport & hobby of amassing an incredible collection of high grade records. Audiophiles are very knowledgeable and have years of experience. But you do not need to be an audiophile to appreciate good records.

We also want to thank Third Man Records Detroit and Archer Record Pressing Plant for making vinyl records in Detroit!

FUNK MUSIC

DJ Zig-Zag will be bringing the funk, the whole funk and nothing but the funk to Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest).

Why do we love funk music?

Because it’s fun, upbeat, and there’s a certain Detroitness to funk music and a certain funk music vibe to the city of Detroit.

photo by: Nostalgia King

One of the big inspirations for us having funk music at Bookfest is Detroit DJ Frank Raines and his Funk Night Music parties.

Going strong since 2001, they are held the last Friday of every month at a different spot in Detroit. Frank spins funk records and they have live funk bands. We highly recommend you check them out!

MC5, Wayne Kramer & 50 Years of Kickin’ Out the Jams!

The rock band MC5 formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan in 1964.

On Devils Night and Halloween 1968, they recorded their famous ‘Kick Out the Jams’ album live at Detroit’s legendary Grande Ballroom. This album propelled them to international acclaim.

2018 marks the 50^th anniversary of MC5 and leader Wayne Kramer is leading MC5 on a historic 50^th Anniversary concert tour that will culminate in an October live show at the Fillmore Detroit.