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This documentary tells the story of Paul Mawhinney and Record-Rama, the largest collection of vinyl LPs in the world.
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 [...]

 

The Alchemists of Sound is a great 2003 documentary taking a look at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
It features lots of fantastic archival footage, plus interviews that look at not just the history of the workshop, but the history of electroacoustic music and sound effects.

 

Last year, we published an item about the animatronic robots of Showbiz Pizza Palace/Chuck E Cheese getting reprogrammed to perform gangsta rap, including a cover of Miss New Booty.
Lots of people have fond memories of visits to see these cheesy robots as kids, and videos of the reprogrammed robots went on to become hits on [...]