Marco Cavenaghi
I have been collecting records since 1969, and at last I have decided to write a book about (some of) the rarest albums of my collection of black music.
Here is a gallery of some rare albums in my collection.
dischiIt was not a dark night, as Snoopy would write, but a cold day in 1969. I was in a small mountain town of northern Italy, where I used to spend my summer holidays, and for some reason I decided to buy a few vinyl albums to play at the local disco. Never would I have imagined that it would be the beginning of what I consider one of the largest record collections in Europe (owned by a private person, not a D.J., a promoter or a person working directly in the music record business or for a radio station. http://www.radiopellenera.com/playlist/playlist_paradiselost.html). Actually, I started to buy records in the early1960s, but at that time I did not consider black music at all but preferred 1960 pop and rock singles. However, for your information, that memorable night I bought the world famous “When a Man lLoves a Woman ” by Percy Sledge on Atlantic label, one of the most common, popular and well-known albums in black music history! The second one was an album by Arthur Conley, and the last one… I still don’t know! At the time of writing ,my collection includes almost 80,000 titles (mostly albums and CDs, but also 12”s, tapes and DVDs with live concerts by black artists).
I have some 50,000 vinyl albums bought here and there in the last 43 years and kept with great care.
ok va bene. Ti confermo vorrei avere la chance di inserire ogni tanto qualche disco raro, come novita’
Txs so much … i appreciate that!
Grande collezione Marco!
I’ve been looking for information about a rare private label record by Dan Cocco from 1973 when I stumbled upon your page. I have it listed on eBay right now and u might want to check it out it’s pretty amazing soul funk.
The danny cocco lp is an holy grail lp. I have it and is for sale if the price is exciting for me!!!