It's the VINYL Countdown...

I saw a newspaper article the other day about a man who was trying to sort through all of his late mother's belongings that he inherited.  Among other things, there were hundreds of old vinyl records.  That got me thinking about my dark place under the stairs that is currently housing all of our own 45's and 78's.  We are loathe to throw them out and it seems like a lot of work and money to have them converted to CDs.  Besides, is it just me or do MP3 music sound very thin and tinny?  From time to time, we have tried to get CD versions of some of our LP's, but others sit in the old egg crates that were carried in from our move more than a decade ago.

I must be "old" now because I'm so attached to my vinyl.  We used to have an old turntable that skipped quite frequently and sometimes I'd have to blow lightly on the the needle head to get it to the next groove.  Hmm...groove to the music.  I get it now!  I remember when the cool DJ's used to scratch LP's like crazy to create that signature "zip zip" sound.  A lot of 80's and 90's music had that sound effect.  I think that dance mixes of many songs still encorporate it.

A few years ago, I finally found the LP of the "Summer Lovers" movie soundtrack. I had been looking for it for many, many years. However, I realised very quickly that I had no way to listen to it and it was not available on CD.  So I put it away in a safe place and left it for awhile. That Christmas, my lovely husband secretly had the album put on a CD for me. I will always remember listening to it in our tiny rental car as it chugged along the bumpy roads of Santorini.

What if I was to donate or throw out all my vinyl albums?  Sure, it's good to purge what I'm not using.  But like the old yearbooks and textbooks, I just can't do it.  Not yet anyway...

Old school sounds the old school way...



BOB DYLAN Blonde on Blonde 2XLP SEALED REISSUE 180gr

Hey!  I found another one!
SOUNDTRACK summer lovers LP vinyl 1 23695 VG++ 1982



new red retro record player turntable vinyl lp







Old Vinyl

I finally got my old turntable fixed. Remember those? The little box-like things that have a rotating round disc on them where you put another vinyl disc on top and by some miracle hear music?

Yes, those. A record player. But because I'm hip, I'll call it a turntable.

I have a big record collection and have not been able to listen to them for years. Just lugging them around with every move, and boy are they heavy!

The enjoyment comes not just in listening to the old music (everything from classical to Dean Martin to Duran Duran), but I particularly enjoy reading the album covers again. It's just not the same on a little CD insert. Look at the cigarette that Dean Martin is holding - seems so out of place today. But love the hat and the pin striped suit - very stylish!

Have a look at the dresses on the other two album covers. From the 1950s, one dress is a studded strapless gown with drop earings and pearl necklace. The other is a chiffon dress with perfectly matching dyed shoes, opera length gloves and finished with a tiara.

Makes me want to dance!