SEOUL, June 5 — A repository of vintage vinyl records from around the world has opened in Seoul, Hypebeast.com reports.
Located in Hannam-dong in central Seoul, Hyundai Card’s “Music Library + Understage” complex boasts a collection of 10,071 vinyls, along with 3,000 vinyl-related books, and every issue of Rolling Stone magazine ever published.
The credit card company reportedly hired Korean music collectors to travel the globe amassing coveted vinyl rarities for the collection.
Their haul included the 1977 track “God Save the Queen” by the Sex Pistols, of which only 10 copies survive today, and The Beatles’ controversial “butcher cover” of the 1966 album “Yesterday and Today.”
The library also has The Rolling Stones’ 1969 “A Special Radio Promotion Album in Limited Edition”, of which only 200 copies were released.
It is open to the public who can browse two floors of records, books and record players and listen to a selection of records.
They can also attend performances in the basement by indie bands and underground musicians.
The Music Library is the third of the credit card company’s “library projects,” with the Design Library having opened in 2013 and the Travel Library in 2014.
