Posted on Monday, Mar. 12, 2007

Collectors still groove on vinyl

By Peggy Lim

Donald Bennett lifted the needle on his portable record player and gently dropped it into the grooves of a spinning vinyl record: "A Very Good Year, 1983-1984."

"It's good," he said after cocking an ear to the funky jazz. "Shocking because it's from a high school band."

Bennett, 38, a Durham resident and former New York disc jockey, stepped away from buying the rare record because of its $125 price tag. But like many of the music fans who attended the Record & CD Collectors Show on Sunday at a Holiday Inn, he found much to like.