Yeah, he was born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, and owned a music store for eleven years in Brooklyn, NY, after he moved to the States.
He specialized in European music, and that's one of the things we actually bonded over, since we already had a number of favorite artists in common, such as Tangerine Dream and Dead Can Dance.
Of course, we both had dads that were jazz musicians, and my mom was a classical pianist, so go figure. ;-)
But his knowledge of European music from the 60s through the early 2000s is pretty impressive. He has introduced me to sssooooooooo many artists I've since come to love!
Okay, so that is beyond wicked awesomesauceness! Tell me he still has a collection of vinyl, and I will officially be too jealous to type. And wowsers - no wonder you and your husband bonded so well!
When I was little, my late father owned an appliance store that also sold albums. Long story short, his entire vinyl collection is now scattered in many directions, and what I had got lost in the shuffle of moving, back way when.
Since I'm already so far down memory lane, I figure I'll mention that at least we still have the Beethoven CD my dad picked out for my husband's birthday many moons ago, so it's all good. 😊
Actually, my husband divested most of his vinyl collection years before we met, but I picked up the slack.
I still have parts of my dad's, mom's and sister's vinyl collections, as well as my own, though two ex-husbands did their part in scattering large parts of them.
But I'm still collecting vinyls, and still a huge fan of the genre . . . no matter how good digital gets, our ears are still analogue, and analogue recordings still sound better!
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