John Galindo

Westchester County, NY

John Galindo aka JohnnyG

that collector is me!

I mainly collect vinyl 45's, but also have my share of 78's and LP's. I also search for old Radio Surveys, air checks and old TV Dance shows. I collect a wide genre of music too. Mostly Group Harmony, Doowop and R&B, in addition to R&R, rockabilly, soul, British invasion, rock, pop and jazz, between the years 1950 and 1990.

Started collecting vinyl my senior year of high school, 1976. At one point I wanted to own every 45 ever released, then realized who am I fooling, so I modified it a bit to collect specific record labels I was familiar with, and that turned out to be a few thousand! So try to own every release for any specific label, i.e. Columbia, Epic, RCA, Capital, Atlantic, Motown, and thousands of others.

Well over 150,000 45's, over 2,000 LP's and about 800 78's. Over 400 Top 40 radio station surveys, and a hundreds of video clips, not to mention over 1,000 picture sleeves.

These records are stored in cardboard boxes, throughout the house. I can fit about 200 45's per box. Sometimes it gets overwhelming. The records that have been cleaned are filed alphabetically by artist in three separate categories. 1950 to 1965 Vocal Groups, doowop, rockabilly, R&R and early soul. 1950 to 1965 Pop, easy listening, Teen idol, British invasion. Everything else is 1966 to 1990.

Well every Saturday night, from 8 to 10 PM, I share my collection with listeners all over the world. My show is called Vinyltreasures which airs live on Topshelfoldies.org. I feature my original 45's and play the music chronologically on the show giving information about the song, group, label or where I found or purchased the record. Their is also a web cam where listeners can view me playing the 45's a see each record. This is all a labor of love and I get true enjoyment sharing my collection and interacting with my listeners.