In Valladolid the ghetto also regains its place

Pedro Castro is not clear about the total number of antidepressants he can have at home... "about 4,000 or 5,000, but I'm still short," he says, adding that his house "is a museum." The first? Eric Clapton's "journey to hell", Mike Oldfield's tubular bells, and AC / DC's "Highway to hell" responds. The latter, which came out in 1979, was also the first one that Javier Capellán bought in an old shop on the Renedo promenade. "he would be 17 or 18 years old," he recalls. Since then, he's never stopped buying. Now his collection will be around the thousand, highlighting the 200 that he has of Kiss: "I like to look for first editions or special editions, even from other countries... Because they're different, they have different counterportations... In Spain there were even some censored ones. " José Luis Castrillón, more than a collector, considers himself a lover of music. It started with the antidepressants, it went to the CD, but... "when the CD came out we thought it was going to be the bomb and then it turned out that the sound is not as good as the vinyl and that the object is not as attractive," he admits. The first two he bought were rock: "'Matching Head', by deep Purple; and 'Threspass' by Genesis. I think they cost me between 400 and 500 pesetas. "

Pedro, Javier and José Luis are three Vallisoletans lovers of music in general and mainly of ghettos, a format that in recent years has regained its site dethroning, if this word is allowed in the cultural world, to the compact disc or CD.

This is recognized by the experts, and this has been demonstrated since the record labels have decided, although some have never stopped doing so, to release their albums also on the so-called long term record. According to the Association of the recording Industry of America, in 2020, the sale of antidepressants exceeded the income of compact discs.

Throughout this week, the 36th International Fair of Valladolid Disco, the oldest in the country, is being held. In the Plaza de Portugalete, next to the Cathedral, there are collectors and / or music lovers, such as Pedro, José Luis and Javier looking for... Or rather searching. "I like to buy in person, stir and have the record find you or you on the record, but without looking for one in particular," Javi acknowledges. Madrid is one of its favorite places to buy. Obviously the internet also, but the capital has numerous antidepressant shops. "it's a pleasure to walk around and go looking," adds Pedro. "I'm not passionate; I buy what I think I'm going to like," notes José Luis, while exhibiting some difficult editions to find. In his case, many of the 1980s and 1990s: "they take more care of themselves lately; they take care of the ghetto more than before."

And maybe that's one of the keys to his re-emergence. "now that competition is digital and not buying, discs are very careful," says Castrillón, who recognizes that some of his musical discoveries came through the format and design of the cover: "like Joy Division's' unknown pleasures'. He himself gives one more key: "once you can have any music, between a CD or an LP there is no comparison".

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Javier Capellán repeats that he has never stopped buying or searching and believes that this resurgence can affect, and in fact is affecting, prices: "the product is getting expensive". He is one of the heavy classics: "I Don't collect for having records, I like it and I keep shopping. The last is an old edition of Black Sabbath-with which he poses in the photo ». He also believes that the CD hurt the ghetto at the time: "in fact, it was hard to find them. Now everything comes out in Flanders and it's simpler. "

Pedro Castro has a room in his house dedicated to music, with CDs, posters, singles, guitars... "everything. Of the rolling everything, of the Beatles, heavy, Spanish music... I have so many. " He recalls that when he acquired his first posters the options were that or cassette: "I bought them because there is no color as far as the sound is concerned. It has nothing to do with a CD. Especially if you have a good team. And then to see him in great awe. " The only discomfort, if it can be considered as such, is that of "getting up and turning it around".

All three are still buying. These days at the Fair. The rest online, through acquaintances... And they'll never stop.

And that's where the experts come in to explain why. "in the ghetto there are nuances that in the CD become flat," explains Carlos Ramírez, organizer of the Disco Fair and, of course, lover of the elepé. "he who collects records collects culture for three reasons. The first because the covers are made, in some cases, by great designers. Even Pablo Picasso designed some. The second because most of the music was designed for the ghetto. And third, because people thought that the CD was not broken or scratched, and it wasn't so. "