Not sure who posted this now (I assumed
@DLax69 ) but thanks to whoever it was. A fascinating, if heavy read:
Which I shall summarise
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Lawd...not me, but flattered as it does seem like something I would post,
@CatmanV2 !
Great read...and your summary is amazingly spot-on!Cat
I am utterly embarrassed by the fact that, in needing to shed some stuff due to one of my earlier divorces, I unloaded all of my original equipment and LPs and 45s. And I had some killer stuff, including first presses of Sgt. Pepper and London Calling and Scary Monsters...and my old man's collection of singles dating back to the 1950s. So I have only started to wade back into vinyl over the course of the last year or two.
But it also clarifies the whole "one man's trash" thing
@Wack61 as I thought I was getting "out" at the "right time" ...CDs were ubiquitous, streaming hadn't really started (other than BowieNet...freaking genius) and I got pretty good coin from the record shop that bought everything. And, when a year or so later, that record store went out of business, I felt pretty smug...or, as smug as I could feel in that situation. Maybe "justified" or "smart" are better adjectives.
But I never ever ever got near as much enjoyment from iTunes on shuffle than I did from listening to Dark Side of the Moon through my ginormous padded, over-the-ear headphones as the needle wormed its way through the groove...