DESPITE WHAT YOU MIGHT'A HEARD, I LIKE PEOPLE

Val Shively, owner of R&B Records in Upper Darby, PA shares stories from his life in records. Val is one of the world’s experts and biggest collectors of 1950s vocal group 45s. All archival images courtesy of Val.
Interview shot, and edited by Darin Mickey.

This short film was original screened at the New York Art Book Fair and the L.A. Art Book Fair in 2016. It accompanied the release of Darin Mickey's photo book, Death Takes a Holiday documenting a handful of record shops in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania—independently run stores that opened primarily in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, many of which are now on their last legs, or have recently been shuttered. These stores are the alphabetized havens for the musical successes of a few and the forgotten failures of many. Shot from the perspective of a middle-aged man restlessly clinging to his youth and the hope of finding that elusive artifact to make anxiety subside and keep the reaper at bay, Death Takes a Holiday shows us a community of beautiful recluses brought together by obsession, compulsion and a pure, undying love of music.

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