Maybe the saddest video I've ever watched. Despite claims that it eventually sold, after 16 years of trying to sell the largest record collection on Earth owned by Paul Mawhinney, it remains unsold.
Paul Mawhinney:
"The Library of Congress did a study on the merchandise that I have in my collection, and from 48' to 66' they decided that only 17% of that music is available to the public...Now if you think about that for a second, that means that 83% of the music that I have on those shelves, you can't buy at any price, anywhere."
Digital music may have brought about a revolution making more music accessible to anyone and everyone around the world with an internet connection, but the shortcomings of seeing 80%+ of the past century's music neglected and disregarded due to lack of concern is just fucking disgraceful.
Wikipedia Record-Rama:
The Library of Congress was set to purchase Mawhinney's collection for several million dollars, as recently as the fall of 2002. That agreement fell through because of budget cuts and difficulty in justifying the purchase using taxpayer dollars.
This is about the only project I would be more than happy to see tax money go towards. Well that and NASA funding.
Anybody got a spare 3mil lying around to invest in the future of music? He's still taking any offers.
Paul Mawhinney holding the word's 1st flat record from 1881.
