'The Archive' by Sean Dunne

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'The Archive' by Sean Dunne

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15 жыл бұрын

Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection. Due to health issues and a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection.

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@SimoneDeEngles 13 жыл бұрын

Oh, now I am crying. Heaven could never be as beautiful as those rooms full of records that Paul Mawhinney has wandered through year after year. Just heaven to even look at in this video.

@adipaul69 9 жыл бұрын

a Hundred likes, Sean.. brought tears to my eyes..

@BlueSuedeBabies 14 жыл бұрын

This is incredible, to all those saying that none of this matters as we have 'progressed'.. Even if that was true, we still shouldn't ignore the past. New ways of listening to music are being created every day but that doesn't mean that we should completely stop using Vinyl. I can't believe no-one has bought this collection...

@johnjames4593 7 жыл бұрын

"Thats the oldest flat record in the world" he says as he puts his fingers on the grooves 😂

@MortonMovieMusic 12 жыл бұрын

this is amazing, i could only imagine how overwhelming it would be to go through this, and to find the millions of gems in his collection.

@victwi 14 жыл бұрын

This made me cry :( I feel the need to promote this video..just so his record collection can be sold for what it's truly worth.

@mackdaniels8824 10 жыл бұрын

Serious record collector here... and poor. I know how hard it has to be to part with these gems. I only WISH I had 3 million dollars, as I would jump on this! I would cherish an archive like this forever! However, being on a fixed income, there's no way I could ever afford it. Now if I ever won the lottery... I'd give him double his asking price but, that isn't likely to ever happen. My best to you Paul, and hope you are able to find a buyer.

@marciathedj8088 9 жыл бұрын

I would to have loved to have helped Paul M too. In a museum is where all those records should be, not sold off. Wonder if anyone knows what did happen in the end as this film was posted in 2009?

@ETwOneE21 12 жыл бұрын

I CARE THERE IS STILL PEOPLE WHO CARE LOVE WHAT YOU ACHIEVED BLESSINGS PAUL AND TO UR WIFE FAMILY AND FRIENDS

@HunterMann 13 жыл бұрын

I love that he was "a salesman on the road for a paper company". He should have had a guest appearance on The Office!

@marsiozo 13 жыл бұрын

love this guy....share his passion...though I havent accumulated as much albums and singles as this guy.... ;D

@UTubeBerzerker 15 жыл бұрын

Saw this at Sundance. Thank you for posting it!!

@smokyislay 12 жыл бұрын

I wonder how Paul and his amazing collection is doing today. I love vinyl albums and everything they are representing. I would swap every single thing that i own to this collection and cherish it to the rest of my life. Sadly my belongings aren't even near worth of the asked price. I cannot understand that nobody is interested, not even any succeeded musician?

@ithentic 13 жыл бұрын

Totally Agree! There's something so organic about vinyl!

@rudyssite1 14 жыл бұрын

when he pulled out that elvis christmas album, chills went down my spine. I wanted to see the red vinyl. That record alone is worth thousands (priceless).

@blakemawhinney7396 12 жыл бұрын

love you pap if u do not like this u are cold hearted hes a great man

@JasonSaulnier 10 жыл бұрын

Incredible documentary.

@baker3person 12 жыл бұрын

beautiful

@ithentic 12 жыл бұрын

John Miles - Music Was My First Love

@JasmineElGazar 14 жыл бұрын

Keep on man... I hope to God that you were able to save your collection... That is what I call love of music :)

@khtyson1 14 жыл бұрын

my thoughts are with you what a great collection

@vinylkats6281 7 жыл бұрын

Stunning collection. I have a long way to go yet

@yoshiman12232 12 жыл бұрын

I would kill for a fraction of this collection. But at the same time, I hope it can be kept whole...

@spaceyourface7 11 жыл бұрын

This guy is my hero.

@ezgajups 12 жыл бұрын

i will cry

@JustinDeanCreates 14 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@HunterMann 13 жыл бұрын

@SevensNuts I think that you can start by contacting the person who made this documentary. His name is Sean Dunne. If you are serious about investing in this impressive archive, you might consider flying to Pittsburg and seek your contacts locally. I'm a research assistant with near-encyclopedic knowledge of phonograph records, will travel. -Hunter Mann

@lucielechat5659 11 жыл бұрын

je les veux bien avec grand plaisir !!!!

@bozooe 10 жыл бұрын

i would go there every day if i could

@slamvid6915 11 жыл бұрын

Good job! It's short but brilliant! This guy is amazing, I would love to watch a longer film about him and his "record temple". The music is too loud though, I had to concentrate to actually hear what he was saying…

@HunterMann 13 жыл бұрын

@tramp2000 Good point. After buying it, there's the costs of packing it all, shipping it and then buying or building an archive to keep it in, insurance, security system, the cost of keeping the archive going & maintained, etc. The easiest thing to do would be to buy the building that the archive is in and either move there, or travel to it often to run the place. Like anything, it can take years to cultivate a buyer for something like this.

@destro513 10 жыл бұрын

Don't give it up. I care! We care!

@ELECTRIKHEADS 14 жыл бұрын

Why is there not a museum or national archive that will buy this up? At 50million what is that per record? If it was spread to everywhere and everyone bought one couldn't we make this man very happy?

@Seatedmaggs 11 жыл бұрын

that was some Book of Eli shit when they dont tell you hes blind until halfway through haha. What a baller.

@helloimsmexyK 10 жыл бұрын

inspiring.

@SelfCloak 11 жыл бұрын

4:03 Paul refers to the loudness war. Nice.

@SuperAde1974 13 жыл бұрын

I give a damn. I'd buy it in a heartbeat if I had the money.

@suenewson5026 4 ай бұрын

i think the music master tracks catalogs are the most extensive in print media & take prid & place!

@SimoneDeEngles 13 жыл бұрын

This collection belongs in the Library of Congress and nowhere else. But they cannot afford it, I guess, from what I read?

@Balonious_Crunk 11 жыл бұрын

Man, if I had the money, I would gladly take these records off his hands.

@BallyRecordingStudio 12 жыл бұрын

Very touching. I'm surprised that Coca-Cola or some other big company don't offer him the $3 Million he is asking for, and open "The Coca-Cola American Record Archive" or something along those lines. $3 Million for $50 Million worth of records that will probably only go up in value, as well as the positive PR, it would make good business sense.

14 жыл бұрын

this is unbelievable.

@bonevoyeur 12 жыл бұрын

They make terrific COASTERS once you plug up the HOLE...

@JesusIced 14 жыл бұрын

damn! this man is THE MAN. if i only had 3mil...

@ellenwithjelly 14 жыл бұрын

This is so sad, If only the people who cared had the money.. :/

@psykick77 14 жыл бұрын

If i had 3 million extra dollars i would buy it right now.

@colemartinst123 12 жыл бұрын

Whats the song hes listening to, near the end, the one he says is his life song starts at about 5:38

@SuperAde1974 13 жыл бұрын

@MagoPaco82 it's John Miles, "Music of the Past." Beautiful, isn't it?

@psykick77 14 жыл бұрын

Much respect and I definately give a damn.. Data is not music!!!!

@M3aximus 12 жыл бұрын

He needs to get in touch with Questlove from The Roots.

@saidukuttys1122 10 жыл бұрын

I love to collect records, I wish I buy all records from Mr. Paul unfortunately I have only 10,000 $ in my savings.

@SuperAde1974 13 жыл бұрын

@SuperAde1974 actually, I think it's simply called "Music." It's from 1976, so pretty.

@DJErrn 11 жыл бұрын

I'd like a follow up to this as this was recorded 5 years ago whats happening now?

@HalfmanhalfTwig 14 жыл бұрын

it's a dark day when you got to sell something you love flac wav cd minidisc whatever, it's not the same as a record ng

@steazpleaz 10 жыл бұрын

Somebody NEEDS to get this man in contact with Jimmy Page or Jack White. Those two individuals would most certainly purchase his collection to preserve its essence because they are mutually caring for music and its importance. !!! SOMEHOW GET THEM IN CONTACT

@chedderz66 10 жыл бұрын

Think of all the music Jimmy Page can plagiarize!

@victor42580 9 жыл бұрын

chedderz66 You deserve my upvote. ^^

@coakleykids6964 8 жыл бұрын

wants the first vinyl played in the video called

@victor42580 9 жыл бұрын

This guy is surely a true music and hi-fi lover. But he said something wrong about MP3. He said the highs et the low are clipped, but he confuses the pitch and volume. Clipping is the method of cutting the high noise levels in order to compress the dynamic range (in order to play louder on the radio). This method is also used on lossless digital music (FLAC, WAV, ALAC). But it's also used on vinyl records ! Moreover, the dynamic range is lower on the vinyls than on the CDs ! So we can assert that in the absolute the sound is more compressed on vinyls than on CDs and MP3. I have nothing against vinyl lovers and I understand that the warmth of the analog sound can be pleasant.

@250Pants 9 жыл бұрын

+Victor Malvolti That's right. I think that he was giving an example, a bad one, but he did not literally meant that "the highs and lows are clipped." What he meant is that in analogue productions or SPARS codes "AAA" and "AAD" (check Wikipedia for what SPARS codes mean) some information present in the original recording is lost in the conversion process. It could very well be that some of the information lost is in the higher or lower frequencies and the sensation of "clipping" may occur but this has nothing to do with dynamic range or compression. I agree that for post 1990s DDD recordings a digital reproduction will always be better than one on vinyl. However, for all of those AAD recordings that appeared on CD I side with vinyl as I have learned to appreciate all the subtleties in the music that only show up in vinyl but not on CD, things like hearing the "fingers" or the "slides" in a bass guitar or cello.

@pachonrhodes 11 жыл бұрын

anybody out of there whats the name of the song starts in 3:04, thanks!

@HunterMann 13 жыл бұрын

@victwi It's usually hard to sell it for what it's worth, and what about the many years he spent collecting & archiving it? What was his time & knowledge worth? I recently attended a big car auction in Arizona and saw many cars selling for less than they cost to store, but that's the market. Big time car collectors don't expect to make a profit on their cars, they just balance their checkbooks by selling & buying cars. I own a car that cost $120K to build. I'd be lucky to get $40K for it.

@95gmz 14 жыл бұрын

holy crap. does any1 noe where this studio is stationed?

@JustCrashedIntoAPole 11 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if the collections going to be turned into a museum or something?

@wordofchris 11 жыл бұрын

It's actually just "Music" ...he even says it in the video

@RJBHurst 15 жыл бұрын

Absolutely outstanding video, I just wish I had $50,000,000!

@ableterra7021 11 жыл бұрын

where to get the whole documentary?

@joretz181 10 жыл бұрын

what's the last song played? The one he (and i) almost cry on

@domitorinvictus 10 жыл бұрын

John Miles - Music

@pakalunalolo4836 8 жыл бұрын

what can i do to help, of i can help?

@128yeahman 11 жыл бұрын

Any body know the name of the song that starts at 3:04. ?

@koslef 14 жыл бұрын

anyone know the song at 3:04???it;s not jojn miles music

@RenaissanceEarCandy 6 жыл бұрын

I would really like to know what the song at 3:04 is

@philipose66 5 жыл бұрын

at 7:23 is a list of the 4 songs played---it is 1,2, or 3

@wmj19 14 жыл бұрын

John Miles 'Music'

@jamesyo88 12 жыл бұрын

@SimoneDeEngles had the same reaction

@theRanManCan 14 жыл бұрын

anyone know the song at 3:04???

@HunterMann 13 жыл бұрын

@djharmonix Most of those new-money celebs aren't educated or cultured enough to know the high value of this collection. The value is high in many more ways than just the money, that's for sure! Reality check: Most of the hot musicians these days will see their CDs in the 50 cent bins in a few years(new, cut-out copies). If I had $4 million, I'd spend $3 million on this archive and $500K to build an archive space with listening stations for the public.

@superiormusic 8 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who wants to know more about that flat record from 1881?

@prunusserrulata6303 7 жыл бұрын

InternalCombustionGenie There is no way that's from 1881. The first Berliner records date back to 1889 and they were 5 inches wide, the one he is holding is 7 inches wide. That record is probably from 1890's.

@androidaz 13 жыл бұрын

@MagoPaco82 John Miles - Music

@HunterMann 13 жыл бұрын

@BlueSuedeBabies If you think it's hard explaining the difference between analog vinyl and digital recordings, try explaining to people why film is still better than video, HD, etc. Film director Robert Rodriguez is anti-film, pro-video. He states "The only reason to shoot film these days is for purely nostalgic reasons." That's absurd.

@OneLoveRadio 14 жыл бұрын

OH WOW this is me in 50 years! if only i had $3m

@tonyfinch2 14 жыл бұрын

how sad !!!!

@VideoGamer945 14 жыл бұрын

can you say audiophile

@rareblues78daddy 10 жыл бұрын

This guy was always a jerk to his customers. He's not looked upon kindly in the "old-school" collector community in PA. Also, I've talked with people who were there before the collection was boxed up. Sure, there's lots of "stuff" there, but most of it is pure crap.

@HunterMann 13 жыл бұрын

@ELECTRIKHEADS If there isn't one buyer or corporation that buys it, maybe 60 investors could from an LLC or a non-profit and each invest $50,000 in buying the Archive. Heck, there are coke addicted businessmen who spend that much a year up their nose. The problem with The Archive, is that the people who appreciate it do not have the money. Those that do, are interested in other thing, not records. Maybe NEIL YOUNG or EDDIE VEDDER will see this and save the archive?

@250Pants 9 жыл бұрын

$2-3 million might be worth it but he stands a better chance of selling if he can pull of a few thousand or hundred titles that have sold or have been valued in the $1000s or $100s. If I am a buyer considering to invest in this collection I'd be looking for the meat. I bet that out of those millions of records only a small fraction is worth something.

@jeffg1524 8 жыл бұрын

+boolz22 Agree. He mentions that between 1948 and 1966 only 17% of the music is still available. I understand one person's treasure is another's trash, but please, there's a good reason most of the music hasn't been transferred to CD-digital sources. I'm sure a lot of music from that era is dreck that “deserves” to be forgotten.

@lesolak843 8 жыл бұрын

+boolz22 the idea is to keep The Archive as it is and maybe make additions like todays Vinyls. I wouldn't sell it piece by piece too. Also If I were Amazon or Apple, I'd just buy The Archive and make FLAC versions of each record. Then I'd release albums for listening online too.

@250Pants 8 жыл бұрын

+Le Solak It doesn't work like that. Apple and Amazon can't do $#!t with those records. They do not own the rights to distribute or sell copies of those recordings in digital format. The record companies do. Also, I didn't mean sell the collection piece by piece, I meant to value it in terms of the records on it that are worth the most (the meat).

@lesolak843 8 жыл бұрын

+boolz22 I totally understand the copyrights situation and it's just too easy to talk about The Archive for me but ofc Amazon or Apple can deal with those record companies. I didn't mean it's too easy, I meant a company should step up to keep the archive alive and make it open to public so they can earn more money from it too. : ) ex: apple can stream the music and pay %something to the record companies for listening counts etc. in the video they say it's estimated value is about $55 million so 2-3 million is already too cheap for it. any big company can do this easily.

@250Pants 8 жыл бұрын

+Le Solak ;-) wishful thinking... the recordings are so old god knows who owns the rights now. Some of the labels may be out of business and not being represented. It would "take a village" (as Hilary Clinton said) to bring all the licensing together and then... is ithe effort going to pay off in terms of dollars$??

@bonevoyeur 12 жыл бұрын

I'm reasonably sure that LOTS of people "give a damn". There just aren't any people WITH MONEY that give a damn. People with money give a damn about money--that's why they have it. If they gave a damn about records, they'd have records--not money.

@Maestroluv 12 жыл бұрын

If I only had 3 million dollars....

@djharmonix 14 жыл бұрын

ROFL at rapper millionaires and pop artists who are buying Bentleys and stupid shit when the first thing I would do would be to invest on this collection. For billionaires this is pocket change..

@ariyas6481 6 жыл бұрын

1:44 song?

@philipose66 5 жыл бұрын

at 7:23 is a list of the 4 songs

@1atmrn 14 жыл бұрын

How can anyone refer to this collection as bullshit just because there are new recording formats‽ So much of today’s music is lifted from yesteryear it beggars belief that even one person is too deaf to recognise it. If I won $3mil plus shipping, handling, import duty & somewhere to store them, I'd have the lot. Don't get me wrong Barry Manilow is not my cup of tea but it's important none the less for that.

@RosbifChaud 11 жыл бұрын

So he has a.... ''World RECORD'' ?!

@Custodianx 12 жыл бұрын

zach galifinakis's dad

@Sermi81 15 жыл бұрын

you only have to have $3,000,000 ;)

@Judex1963 11 жыл бұрын

lol dude. LOL.

@withnail6969 14 жыл бұрын

@CHRISYBEANS looks like its called. "let me live you"

@2c4u222 12 жыл бұрын

CDBaby never throws anything away. Seems like there must be someway for your guys to hook up. cdbaby dot com EVEN THO, I know you don't like CDs - they have their place