It was a special time in music. I recall 1973 and 74, some of the best (rock) music ever written was being made. It was new! It was exciting, our parents hated it, and it has stood the test of time. And Vinyl was the medium of the day, these albums of music were written to fit the standard. And it sounded great! In fact, those same albums still play and sound great today. That’s why I think Vinyl will still be played 50 and 100 years from now, because of the sheer number of great vinyl still in the possession of people like myself. Yes I have CD’s, I’m not quite there on streaming but I see it’s appeal. But I’ve got a nice collection of great vinyl albums that I can think of no reason to replace. A pile of money invested that I don’t need to spend again. And I can replace most of it if I had to, but a lot of it never was remastered on new vinyl, or converted to CD, and I’m not sure it’s even out there on Streaming? A lot of great old music.
And I can’t get around the fact that at times I do enjoy playing Records, I enjoy handling it, cleaning it, adjusting the turntable and dropping the needle. I can’t say why, just an old habit I suppose. And my son in law is already drooling over the prospect of inheriting my collection and turntable. So hopefully the tradition will live on. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with digital in any fashion, and I also agree how great it is to have a double album on a CD, so I don’t have to flip it 4 times to hear it all. But somehow vinyl will always hold a place in my heart. And the billions of records sold in the past near 70 years now do exist, it could take a while for them all to get played up. Heck, there are still people who play their 78 collections, they still sell phono needles for them. No one still plays their old 8 track tapes, because they all rotted away!
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