{"product_id":"9781935613251","title":"Celebrity Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCelebrity Vinyl\u003c\/i\u003e is a laugh-riot reminder of what happens when famous people decide to (unsuccessfully) give singing a try. The number of celebrities, and pseudo-celebrities, that have indulged such hubris boggles the mind: Burt Reynolds, Shaquille O’Neal, John Travolta, Eddie Murphy, Leonard Nimoy, Alyssa Milano – the list goes on and on, as do the laughs. Over 100 photographs of the album art that houses these celebrity recordings are paired with gut-punch funny captions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection started when the advertising agency that author Tom Hamling worked in elected to transfer its audio library to CDs. Since then, he has spent close to a decade acquiring celebrity vinyl, rooting through record store bins and traveling to far-flung flea markets. Hamling says of his ongoing quest to collect these curiously compelling objects, “Sometimes I feel like Dr. Richard Kimble in search of the one-armed man. Except my one-armed man is the inaudible shriek of Jennifer Love Hewitt.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCelebrity Vinyl\u003c\/i\u003e is a pop-culture microscope that reveals the nuances and blemishes of vinyl and celebrity cultures from a bygone era. Every example is accompanied by riotously hilarious captions that dissect the album’s artwork and graphic design, as well as the celebrity in question.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Batty, Mark Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051519688944,"sku":"9781935613251","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935613251_p0.jpg?v=1763656261","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935613251","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}