Ep461: Henry Rollins Stays Fanatic!!! Pt 1 of 2
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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 photo by Jacob McCann IG @blokeyoucantrust and Heidi May.
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