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The Greatest Music Collection in the World – for sale!

February 21, 2008 bookmobile 2 Comments

Did you know that Pittsburgh is unofficially home to the largest collection of recorded music in the world? It’s true – but not for much longer. Paul Mawhinney, owner of Record-Rama Sound Archives, has been collecting records for about 60 years. His collection is comprised of over 3 million records and 3 hundred thousand compact discs, spanning many decades and genres. While operating the store in its original McKnight Road location and its more recent home in a former dance club in Pine, Mawhinney created a catalog of his collection and published Music Master, a guidebook for buying and selling… Read the rest

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