Meaning of cratedigger | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who habitually looks through crates of vinyl records at music shops, especially in pursuit of interesting or rare records.

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Examples

“Serious vinyl collectors will have a minor epiphany at Car City Classics[…], where notorious crate-diggers like the UK's Kirk Degiorgio (a.k.a. As One) have been known to close the store.”

“Our audience tends to be what I would call ‘crate diggers’—people who like digging for new stuff.”

“A little crate-diggers’ paradise for collectors of Latin and easy listening music on vinyl.”

“Long a crate-digger’s grail and never before available on CD, this is one obscurity that really lives up to the hype.”

“But it was a chance encounter with Gilles Peterson, an influential U.K. radio personality and cratedigger with a knack for discovering raw talent, that helped move his [José James's] career into high gear.”

“The Beehive is half of a two-room shop that also contains Casbah Records, where cratediggers can flick through stacks of vinyl records while their friends or partners try on clothes next door.”

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