The music collection of journalist Mikal Gilmore, built over five decades covering music for outlets including Rolling Stone, LA Weekly, and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, is being offered for sale through a partnership between Discogs and Permanent Records.
The sale will be conducted via Permanent Warehouse, the Discogs-exclusive sister shop of Los Angeles-based Permanent Records. On Friday, July 17, Discogs will list 1,000 LPs, singles, CDs, and pieces of music ephemera drawn from Gilmore’s archive of 30,000 items.
Highlights from the initial offering include:
- Test pressings of Bad Brains‘ Rock for Light and New Order‘s Movement
- A promotional copy of Alice In Chains‘ “We Die Young”
- First pressings of Joni Mitchell‘s Blue and Descendents‘ Milo Goes to College
- David Bowie‘s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and a copy of Low with original promotional materials
Last month, Discogs partnered with Academy Records to sell the vinyl collection of Television founder Tom Verlaine. The initial 1,000-piece drop sold out within six hours.
Lance Barresi, owner of Permanent Records, commented on the Gilmore archive:
“Mikal Gilmore’s archive is one of the largest and best collections we’ve ever had the privilege to handle. The condition is immaculate and the amount of ephemera included is mind-blowing. There are more promos and press kits in these 17,000-plus records than we’ve ever seen before in one collection. The personalized notes from some of the people that sent these records to Mikal are beautifully heartwarming too. Mikal took great care of his records and we’re honored to help find them new homes.”
