Quite right too. Back on topic, I have no idea who they are, but those covers look like the part of the reason I still love vinyl. Colourful to look at and draw in the listener with hopefully something to read inside while you listen. Every album I own carries a memory. I love reading ths thread.
Wow, that sounds like a serious accident. I would say your husband gave you good advice to buy something you might never have expected to own. I had a lesser accident that took 18m of physio and exercises before a trapped nerve worked free and I splashed all the compo on two Bob Dylan giclee...
Let's be honest, I'm just jealous. I had to downsize out any proper vinyl playing equipment when we downsized. All my CDs uploaded on to my Cocktail through a couple of smaller Tannoys. But I kept all my albums and singles from my first 45 at the end of the 50's to to last when CDs took over. I...
All my 45's are a precious memory. I know where I bought every one of them or which Christmas I received them. I recall so much from my childhood, teens and twenties just by listening or even looking at the labels. I've had to fight Mrs Earle to hang on to them and the albums, but they are part...
I have all my singles except one - Not Fade Away by the Rolling Stones. Lent it to a bloke called Geoff Cousins at Varndean and he never gave it back. I never forgive or forget a musical grudge
I have almost all my albums. Errors include selling Magical Mystery Tour import, Eagles Live and...
'Sadly' or an opportunity. I didn't want to get in to the whole Audiophile thing, so oddly I get enormous pleasure from my 'record player' and still use a cleaning brush before placing the needle carefully in the groove.
Interesting thread. I too have retired recently, but only played a little vinyl. Virtually throughout my vinyl buying life, i.e. 60's to 90's, I had a Bush Arena HiFi purchased in 1973. Garrard SP25 deck, integrated amplifier and Bush branded Wharfedale speakers. It retired to the loft in the...