In a global resurgence of physical records, including vinyl, CDs, and cassettes, the second season of For The Record on RTÉ Gold introduces music presenter, Pat O’Mahony, revisiting the homes of ten Irish celebrities. These individuals have accumulated significant collections of hard-copy records over the years.

As O’Mahony goes through their collections, he uncovers the stories behind their musical preferences. The discussions also touch upon the significance of music in their lives. Reflecting on his career as a collector, O’Mahony said:

‘’Whenever I've had the space, my records have always had pride of place. For some people it's books, for me it's records. But it's only relatively recently that I realised I am an actual record collector. Up until then I always figured I was just a bit of a hoarder who also happened to be a music fan who hung onto, not only records, both vinyl and CDs, but also to gig tickets and laminates, music magazines and other bits and bobs of music memorabilia. A couple of years ago, however, I found myself - alongside a bunch of other mostly middle-aged men - at a record fair, flicking through boxes of second-hand vinyl albums in search of a bargain or five. It was time to finally acknowledge it - my name is Pat and I am a record collector’’

Future For The Record guests include Dave Fanning, the most recent recruit to RTÉ Gold, Ivana Bacik, the current Leader of the Irish Labour Party and a TD for the Dublin Bay South, Jim Fitzpatrick, an artist known for his elaborately detailed Celtic-inspired works, Niamh Kavanagh, singer of Ireland’s winning Eurovision Song Contest entry in 1993, TV producer and recently retired weather presenter Evelyn Cusack amongst others.

Pat O’Mahony, a Dublin-based TV and radio professional, has over 35 years of broadcasting experience in Ireland and the UK. He's renowned for producing and hosting music shows like Access All Areas on RTÉ Radio 1 and contributing to RTÉ 2fm’s Dave Fanning Show. O’Mahony's career began in 1969 with his first 7” single purchase, Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) by The Real McCoy.

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