Austin Record Convention

[@rundoetx]

Welcome to Austin Mazzy and crew. I helped set up and create the very first Austin Record Convention way back in the day. Sold there for the first 5 years. Now I just shop. The fact thst its held up all these years and gotten bigger to boot is amazing.

[@davidhoward3376]

Mazzy and Noble...my 2 fave vinyl community guys!!

[@RobertoGonzalez-ot8hn]

I moved to Charlotte, NC from Everett, WA two years ago. I still have to pay a visit to Noble Records. Mas, Love the fedora, I have one similar. Good video.

[@MrLovell1971]

Mazzy love the video so many cool VC members man very cool and I love that Air B N B you guys were staying at . That Austin Fair looked great the prices were reasonable. That Fair is on my bucket list to visit .

[@user-ux9td8kt4t]

Enjoy the visit, Mazzy. I lived in Austin for 15 years before relocating to DC. Austin is a great city - excellent vibe, very friendly people (in general) and plenty of music. Looking forward to watching your videos!

[@stevebender4546]

Mazzy, killer documentation of Austin trip. I was so overwhelmed by how big the convention is. So many records! I would definitely be hanging out in that stoner/doom/sludge bin for sure 👍 lol . I think Dillon was too star struck to talk on camera. Great VC gathering ! I look forward to more videos of the trip. Peace ☮️ Namaste 🙏 the Zonkman

[@sjbang5764]

Great video, it's a joy looking at old beat-up albums; stuff I had when I was 10, love your channel, Mazzy.

[@spectrum_archives]

Nice to hear you got Beck OG. Very happy I bought his first two major albums Mellow Gold and Odelay when they came out on Bong Load Records back in the day, right before his move to Geffen. Collection treasures!

[@JL-vo7dm]

Great video. I need to drive up for the next Convention. Haven't been since the late 90's. Remember when Roky would sit at one of the local's booths and sign LPs. Glad he got it together soon afterward.

[@markmedeiros3137]

Wish I knew you were there. I just drove back to San Antonio from ARC. I picked up the Sugar Cubes debut, Chris Isaak’s debut, some Sade, Winehouse, Police and Throwing Muses. You need to dig to find the deals. Some of the pricing was Discog level, for sure. Hope Austin is treating you well!

[@MonieMuse]

Love the idea of organizing by year, so cool! What a great time! Thanks for filming, it was like a high school reunion😁 did you meet Record Safari?!

[@offthebeatentracks4515]

Your original plan intrigues me. If I were flying all the way to Austin, Texas to a record convention, in my mind I would be purchasing a shit-ton of vinyl to make the journey worthwhile. Glad you found some worthy of your collection. I'm sure I would need Sherpas to aid me in carrying all mine back home.

[@thebuxtstopshere]

Great video.. Love the pranksters. Mazzy love how you always ref Ella in Berlin.. My late Dad's fave. I finally got a few copies but my own gem is a UK mono.. Strange as it is..keep up the Vinyl education.

[@louissaraiva2296]

Fun video Mazzy , always enjoy your trips and the people that you meet up with !

[@dannysvinylrainbow4852]

Hey Mazzy, what a dream trip that would be for me, I can't wait to see everything you see. Thank you for taking us along.

[@thedarkwizardroom]

Wow great show it look like it is. Larger then the ones I used to go to. But did great each time. Always fun when I went to record shows. And seeing the old dealers and people I knew when I went there and seeing them.

[@douglasweston126]

Hi Mazzy - lovin the trip to Austin. Your record fairs over there are huge compared to ours in Australia. Lovin it though. You have a great group of friends there -enjoy. Cheers Doug (from Down Under)

[@mazzysmusic]

Yes it was a fun week end. This is the largest in the US

[@northcarolinavinylpicker]

Great day 1. I’m looking forward to my record shopping in Alaska and Canada. Have fun. 🤩

[@cgarci19]

Awesome meet up.. thanks for videoing it Mazzy! And keep’em coming! Keep digging too

[@revkenwiz]

Happy to see people collecting, thank you. Peace & Love

[@Localbandography]

Awesome to see Billy and Jose made it to the show.

[@Thomasgene]

"The first thing I remember knowin'" Would be in the 1968 bin you know that Boss! "The Hag!"! In the early part of your vid was that a Mom's Apple Pie the Original before the Police showed up? Neat that you ran into NC Noble Records! Thank you for the way you film! Very interesting VMG discussion! Thank you Mazzy!

[@ndeep45]

wow! it looks like half of the VC showed up in Droves. I wanted to thank you for the Lou Rawls album that came with the other records i received today Mazzy!

[@catherine6653]

It looks like fun. It's great to seeing all the VC members in one place 😊

[@RentonRC]

I was in Charlotte last weekend. Stopped by Noble Records. Great shop! Stellar inventory

[@26Jorgeb]

Great fun Mazzy! Thanks for taking us to the convention.

[@VinylLounger]

I see that Noble Records is represented! I never saw anyone more happy to be somewhere than Dillon at the Austin Record Convention!

[@hovz-zo8lf]

Thanks for the footage.

[@TrevorMarshall-iq6sy]

Massey. Enjoyed the videos to the Austin Record Fair. Have you ever considered showcasing Bruce Hornsby, chris rea and other artists which you have not touched upon. Really enjoy the blogs. Trevor Marshall, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

[@mazzysmusic]

I love Rea but only have a couple of CDs. Dont have any Bruce Hornsby 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@trevorsflatroundspun-vinyl9803]

Thanks for having us tag along Mazzy! Great video!

[@ab3000x]

The VMG "slab" business is from my town. It's an option if it's something you want to preserve. I don't hate the idea.

[@KevKavanagh]

Should've picked up that 6 ft Hick record at 12:24 Mazzy, the post it note describing it as garage blues was pretty apt, but back in their prime a killer live act, next level physical commitment!

[@juanluiszarzuela314]

I love your Spanish!!! 👏🏻👌🏻 Un abrazo!

[@harrysmusicroom]

20:30 mark isn't that the fellow from Record Safari?

[@mazzysmusic]

Yes

[@VinylLounger]

I'm here for the vinyl but I wanna stay in this place on my first trip to Austin!!!

[@Localbandography]

I need an original of The Information from Beck. Maybe my favorite of his.

[@BadEnglishRecs]

Wow that looks nice record fair. Going through that place would take some time.

[@wlsallnight]

Happy to see you all, thanks for taking me along.

[@mazzysmusic]

Our pleasure!

[@davidatkinson-Music-and-More]

Now THAT'S a record fair!

[@jmfloyd23]

Austin Record Convention never disappoints!

[@Davidicus-m8c]

definitely great fun,, been cool to meet some of you, guys!

[@djvinylvertigo]

Are you there, Dave?!!

[@Davidicus-m8c]

@@djvinylvertigo no im not there, i meant it would have been cool

[@robbiedetroitstigermanviny8883]

I partied on 6th street when I was in the Army at Ft. Hood. 85-86.

[@birdy1numnum]

*Total pro and extra cool dude Alex from Record Safari seen...and why was Beardo from Noble so strange with you?!*

[@mazzysmusic]

Dillion was great. I just surprised him.

[@Alphastare23]

Would be interesting to shop bins that are arranged by decade/yr especially for collectors who have been at it for decades.

[@bigsweetc6]

Mazzy, i love your low key disses to the VMG guys! I deplore slabbing. They absolutely are a mausoleum for your LPs.

[@christoddur]

You should really find that Linda Perhacs album - it is FANTASTIC.

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

Thanks for sharing Mazzy! 🎧

[@RobertoGonzalez-ot8hn]

I lived also in Texas, I attended Texas State University in San Marcos, net door to Austin.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Are there any steals and deals there? Or is everything jacked up?

[@iselect1012]

The one year I don’t attend you guys show up 😖

[@StephenSchnee]

They've been 'slabbing' comic books for years. People don't complain about that like they do vinyl LPs. Same concept, though. It preserves the integrity of physical product. And I believe that the price of 'slabbing' the vinyl is cheaper than what the CGC charges for comic books, but I'm not sure.

[@200crates]

The ARC is Awesome , bought 1000 records back in 2015 , the best Record fair in the states .

[@danb.9891]

Good to see you boys were able to find time for record shopping between all the eating ....😄

[@TEXAS.N8V]

When I lived there, I would easily blow several hundred dollars every year. So many records it was a sensory overload!!

[@saschaheusingfeld801]

14:34 Metal Jesus??

[@djvinylvertigo]

This video had given me FOMO!!! Big time!! Great to see everyone together!! Nice Air B-N-B!! Enjoy!!!!

[@spectrum_archives]

that was awesome!

[@hovz-zo8lf]

"We want the hobby to grow." "Cool. I just bought a Crosley." "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

[@timothymorgan4441]

THANK YOU…! ! EXCELLENT WORK …! ! !

[@christopherkibler511]

WFMU just seems to have broken the ice for gathering at record conventions. Thanks, Chris

[@mcharrison23]

Now I want a watership down T-shirt.

[@53puskas53]

It's a small world for US record collectors, the same people keep bumping into each other.

[@jtsrecordroom3963]

Ella In Berlin is sensational, any Ella actually.. Nancy Wilson, Dinah, Sarah, Billie, Chris Conner, all great !

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Why is there a cube with no records in it?

[@markh7147]

Mazzy picked up "Ella in Berlin" last week at the Library monthly book sale. NM vinyl & cover $1! Japan pressing.

[@MD-wk3gj]

By year? An interesting approach. I’m guessing it’s original year of release not pressing year.

[@rocky-o]

nice..community and conversation..that's what it's all about.. stay well my friend.. peace always..rocky

[@mazzysmusic]

Always!

[@ConcertBuddie]

The official documentarian of the Vinyl Community™️ knocks it out of park again. ⚾️ Cue the haters in 3, 2, 1….

[@VinylPiper]

thanks mazzy.. nice to see some of the walls.. i hate the slabs.. hate them!!

[@wolfybaby911]

Nice video @Mazzy ! Keep it up 👍

[@fredericmorris2931]

Very fun, thanks Mazzy. Best idea of show: organizing by year. Dumbest idea: slabbing.

[@mikel5582]

I can't believe you passed on that "Anyone Can Yodel" instructional record. You're gonna regret that someday when you're lost in the Cascades and need to communicate over to another ridge line.

[@mazzysmusic]

I already regret it

[@saschaheusingfeld801]

Eddie the legend 🎉

[@DavidHeafield]

Quick horror story….. I was at the mega record fair in Utrecht , Holland , and there was a dealer selling a rare Thailand copy of a various artists 45/EP that included the Sex Pistols . .Due to the constant humidity in Thailand most of the paper sleeves soon rot away to nothing and it didn’t sell that many anyway when it was released , consequently this particular 45 comes with a hefty asking price. The dealer had a xeroxed copy of it up on the display wall letting you know he had it for sale at €800 , so get chatting to him about it and where he had found it etc and he offered to let me see it , I did tell him that at €800 it was well out of my league for me to buy , but yes , it would be nice to see and hold it. He went to the back of his store front and picked up a 45 carry case which was extremely full of his rarer 45’s that he had bought to the fair. This case was so full you couldn’t have slipped a credit card into it , it was chockablock, anyway he dug it out and gave it to me to look at for a few minutes to admire and chat with him about it , then he took it back from me and still idly chatting away to me proceeded to try and put it back into the bulging 45 case , putting downward pressure on it to make it go back into the case when there was a god almighty “crack” sound as his precious €800 record snapped completely in half …….. After a few seconds of awkwardness between us I made my excuses and exited stage-left to leave him to beat himself up over his stupid clumsiness……poor man.

[@mazzysmusic]

Yikes 😵‍💫

[@rwlodarczyk]

While I know you’re mostly interested in Rock and Jazz, it would be nice to see what other genres are there at the show. For example, any DJ singles?

[@mazzysmusic]

Yes there were some tables with 12” dj singles of various genres. Pretty much everything represented. My interests are rock, soul, jazz, folk, country & world.

[@rwlodarczyk]

@@mazzysmusic appreciate the reply! My collection is ~90% house, trance, techno DJ issues. The rest is “other”. While we may not agree on music tastes, no worries there, we agree on the magic of vinyl. FWIW, I’m in the Seattle area too and have loved your content Mazzy!

[@rockchicavids]

Mazzy, what time did you get to Blacks?

[@mazzysmusic]

Friday night 8:30 pm. Saturday lunch 11:30.

[@prossart35]

I take it back. I LOVE Wax.

[@ccarney1126]

Ned Ryerson @8.51 😂😂

[@johndoyle7644]

That’s looks like serious eating at that barbecue joint !

[@mondoenterprises6710]

People don't talk about how great Bessie Smith was. I just p/u a big cache of her records NM for a $1 a pop. She's almost rocknroll.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Are records the new bitcoin?

[@fredbeck7447]

You are totally correct. The only difference is that you can hold and play records (which makes me value them more than crypto). Great video Mazzy!

[@4-dman464]

"We didn't start the fire" - - & that's true. Some freebies were gifted, & declared, & next thing they're burning Beatles records in Texas. But it's nice to see some VC people actually getting along. Never thought I'd see the day. Heartwarming. Records are an excuse for bonding & remembering, as you know. Some o those artifacts are actually people. It's the bonding, stoopid. But I didn't see anyone buying books. Surely, between Jose & *the Norman Maslov Public Library* somebody bought a book. Just raise the bar a bit would you? be a cut above.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

I guess the Greater Fool theory also applies to records. They're not vinyl! They're records!

[@BarakaPDub]

Lesson learned for me. Go on the first day. There appeared to be far better records on the wall for sure!

[@mazzysmusic]

Watch Dillion’s video. He chats a bit about that.

[@atown4434]

Nightfall of diamonds isn't a boxset

[@EpsteinEpstein]

6:47

[@dipanjanbiswas6580]

Finally - someone who doesn't get free jazz - tried it many times but just couldn't get the hang of it - I love Ella though.

[@mazzysmusic]

We love Ella ✌🏼

[@keithbertschin1213]

Why do you make your vids so bright, it doesn’t add anything, thanks

[@Russell.S]

I’ve got a sinking feeling that wrestling with Louie is not going to happen this year. ☹️

[@FleagleSangria]

Welcome to Texas Mazzy and the VC gang🎷🎸😎we’ll fatten ya up and put hair on your chest down here. Lookin good👍🏻

[@richardriley4415]

This was fun

[@Atentoamusicamedianews1]

🙏🙏

[@Oakenshield69]

That giraffe was the only worthwhile thing about this video (j/k!) Cheers!

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Guys, those prices look a little off the hook.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

I got that Richard Betts in NM for a $1.

[@Jonny_C73]

Records always sound better if you ultrasonically clean them before re-shrink wrapping them.

[@mdit21]

Ella Fitzgerald 👍

[@johndoyle7644]

Fun

[@mondoenterprises6710]

You better get your LBJ on if you're goin down to Texas.

[@pieterbalk-ht7kq]

Funny you have to travel to Austin to get to a decent record fair from Cali. And when ai see the size this is the average weekly fair here in The Netherlands not to mention our two times a year record planet which is 20x this size. Highly recommended to travel for that fair @Norman Maslov

[@mazzysmusic]

It’s not the size of the show, it’s meeting up with friends

[@pieterbalk-ht7kq]

@@mazzysmusic that’s obviously a good reason.

[@DEE-o4v]

Collectors - don't fall for that graded record bullshit. It's really f--ked up the comic and sport card industry. A record is MEANT to be played.....