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title: "3 Record Collectors Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Record Collectors quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Record Collectors sayings and thoughts."
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> [When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/when-it-all-started-record-companies-and-there-were-many-of-them-and/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/david-crosby-8990_a-good-thing_when-it-all-started-record-companies-and_707380.jpg)

> [When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/when-it-all-started-record-companies-and-there-were-many-of-them-and-2/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/david-crosby-8990_a-good-thing_when-it-all-started-record-companies-and_1947035.jpg)

> [“There’s a vast fraternity of record collectors, and the record store was their hub. There was not a lot of information on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-calamar/there-s-a-vast-fraternity-of-record-collectors-and-the-record-store/)

[Gary Calamar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-calamar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/gary-calamar-38745_collectors_there-s-a-vast-fraternity-of-record-coll_2320486.jpg)

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