Originally Posted by
alphaGT
I remember in my youth, once a week I would go to the record store to spend my hard earned money. I was in the habit of buying one record a week. Two if I couldn’t decide. But how often I walked in not knowing what I would buy?! And how often did I choose an album strictly by the album cover? I recall seeing Black Sabbath Sabotage, with the band dressed in funky clothes, I thought they were the coolest! And bought with no idea what was on the record. And the rest is history, I was forever corrupted that day by, “The Hand of Doom”, it was like I had found what I was looking for!
After CD’s came out, I don’t recall buying by album cover alone anymore. For one thing they were expensive so I wanted to be sure there were at least two songs I liked before I would chance it.
That was me, too. I was gutted when I went into the record shop one day to find the floor with the vinyl was now the floor with the DVDs. That was the end of an era, vinyl revival not withstanding.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.