Vinyl

in #music7 years ago

Like a lot of folks I fell back in love with vinyl a few years ago.
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I bough this No Doubt as a birthday present to myself...

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And this Re-Release of Born To Run ... just because.

It started out as a curiosity at a neighborhood flea market.

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...but it is rapidly expanding into a full-blown obsession.

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I’ve always been a collector ... but my collection has always been comic books. For some reason Vinyl-Lust is taking over.

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I think it has something to do with valuing music in a world where music is basically free. You can download entire discographies for any artist in seconds ... it takes away from the whole magic and ownership and experience of buying a new album.

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Plus it is just a good time looking and hunting ... it does something very profound to the lizard brain lurking in all of us.

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...and it sounds better

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Well - maybe not better - but it FEELS different

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Dropping a needle on a record ... checking out the album art in a nice large format...

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... ooh - this one was a gift from Amanda Palmer’s record company! ... so it’s even more special!

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This is a recent purchase ... of the same album that happens to be the first album I had ever bought with my own money as a child...

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More Springsteen...

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And a birthday present from my lovely girlfriend just last year...

So yes ... it’s a bit of an obsession — but it’s not the worst thing you can get hooked on...

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Run to the hills!! Still hoping to add that one to my vinyl collection.

Thx for sharing. I‘m hooked as well. Keep on collecting!