WFMU Record Fair 2025 Features Live Music and Film Screenings.

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The air will thicken with the distinct scent of aged cardboard and the palpable buzz of crate-digging anticipation this November 8th and 9th, as the WFMU Record Fair makes its triumphant return, transforming a convention space into a holy site for vinyl pilgrims. This isn't merely a marketplace; it's a biannual ritual, a symphony of needle drops and whispered discoveries where over 100 tables manned by the most dogged vintage vinyl dealers will offer a tangible history of sound, from the elusive first pressings of psychedelic pioneers to the pristine picture discs of 80s new wave.But the 2025 iteration elevates the experience beyond the grooves, weaving a live soundtrack directly into its fabric with a lineup that feels curated by a savant with impeccable taste. The singular, virtuosic folk-jazz explorations of Ryley Walker promise to be a main-stage event, his intricate guitar work providing a live score to the frantic, joyful hunt, while The Found Footage Festival will offer a surreal intermission, screening their brilliantly bizarre compilations of rescued VHS artifacts—a perfect, analog-era companion to the physical media celebration.For those of us who measure life in B-sides and album closers, this fair is our Coachella; it’s a place where the thrill of unearthing a mint-condition ‘Blue Note’ original by a forgotten hard-bop genius feels as significant as any chart-topping hit, where conversations with dealers aren't transactions but oral histories passed between custodians of culture. In an age of sterile, infinite streaming playlists, the WFMU Record Fair is a defiant, necessary bastion of musical serendipity, a weekend where the hunt for that one perfect record becomes a personal quest, and the collective act of listening, touching, and discovering reaffirms that music, at its core, is a shared, physical artifact of our collective soul.

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