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Hello. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. If you haven't listened to Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones all the way through. I'd highly recommend it Probably the album of the 70s for sure. Although I was born in 74.. I'll check out your new album. Happy Xmas/Hanukkah. 👍
You may have already listened to these, but some albums that come to mind that I had, or siblings had while I was growing up: Souvenirs - Dan Fogelberg, Punch the Clock - Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Night and Day - Joe Jackson, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos, Fine Art of Surfacing - Boomtown Rats, An Evening with John Denver (concert double album), The Best of George Harrison, The Longines Symphonette Mexicali Brass from South of the Border Dr. Demento's Delights - Barry Hansen There were also various albums, Beatles, Led Zeplin, George Benson, etc.
I'm never going back to the skips, crackle, and pop of vinyl. My 1st CD was Sgt. Pepper and I haven't bought an LP since then. I'm still buying CDs, dear Mary. Your's is already in my collection.
Yup I have been through every format my parents had 45's . I had a medium grade high fidelity stereo setup and wore out a lot of vinyl. I was skeptical about cd's but finally capitulated. Yes I use to wait for LP's to come out anxiously . I have had every format vinyl , reel to reel tape , cassette tape and cd's . The ipod ruined the Music Industry and MP3's ruined hi fi for most people .
Possibly. But in about 10-15 years the younger generation will discover or inherit their parents CD collections and their eyes will widen with wonder. No crackle, no pop, incredible dynamic range, cool silver discs, kitchy little cases which look so neat lined up like tokens on a shelf... and the whole circle will start again.
@@axiomrobust Yeah, rewinding with a pencil was such fun. LOL Seriously though, in the early 80s I purchased a 2 deck cassette recorder capable of dubbing. I borrowed a lot of music from libraries. Yeah I know, but these days I take pride in buying my music. Music has enriched my life in many ways, even though I can't sing a note or play an instrument. I deeply appreciate it though.
...but most parents have long since ditched their highly impractical CD's, and never had Hi-Fis... and kids in 10-15 years time will be inheriting someone who didn't have CD's to begin with. So no. It'll just be a few couple of kids with really weird parents that were overy intense about music and sound that have any such... There's already quite the age-span of people that never really had the experience of "listening together on a proper Hi-Fi".
I'm from the cd generation, and most of the people I grew up have thrown away their cd's 10-15 years ago, and are now very indifferent to music - and so are most of their children. A shame, have so many beautiful childhood memories listening together with my parents to music. At the time I found 60s and 70s music sometimes boring, but learned to appreciate them while growing up. There's so many music that will always remember me of having a good time with my parents. Or listening together with friends from school. Now I have a broad taste in music - old and new. Thanks to my parents! Recently, I know parents wo punished their kid for 'paying' for music on a legal website 😅 No joke!
@WeAreTheEggmen22 All he's saying is that you physically own your music. As opposed to digital mp3's, which you don't own. So CD's, cassettes, Vinyl, it's actually in your possession. No need to get upset
I am a 72 years old music fan, who had forgotten the joy of just listening. Recently I ran into someone I haven't seen this high school. After the usual "how are yous" he said how much he missed coming to my house and listening to a new album, and so did I. I am now making time to listen to old, and new, music. Thanks for the reminder.
As 59 years old, I grew up with records, and still is a important part of my music selection! I like many others were sucked in to streaming, and agreeable there is some advantage, but what you do is making it easy to just be background musik. With records, you know you have a short time until you need to interact (turn the record) so I find that I stay and pay attention instead of washing clothes or doing mails or wat ever you do, you hear the records as intended in the right order, don’t just skip. And maybe you learn to enjoy numbers you els would have skipped! Records forces you to turn down the pace and emerge you in the music. Vinyl I’ve missed you..
I grew up with vinyl and was around 22 when I bought my first CDs and player. Audiophiles treasured "direct-to-disc" vinyl recordings, where effectively live performances were cut onto the master platter on the spot. (They sound amazing.) I remember sitting in front of my stereo with a stack of records listening to my favorites, carefully handling the precious vinyl. Yes, that tactical memory sticks with me. When CDs came out, they were labeled as to whether recording, mixing and mastering were done in analog or digital. Since we were sold that digital was perfect, we were looking for "DDD" discs. I listen to some of those old CDs and wonder how we stood them, but I remember being enthralled by the _silence_ between tracks. In the quiet spots of an orchestral piece, or a small jazz band, you could hear the musicians breathing, turning pages, etc. (Something you can get on the _best_ vinyl, but a lot of old vinyl isn't actually very good.) The one thing that confuses me about the modern vinyl movement is that the recordings are _digital_ rather than analog (labeled the way CDs were, they would be "DDA". So what's being fed onto the vinyl is digital, and who knows how much processing has gone into it. So claims of an _analog experience_ are overstated.
I used to search for DDD in CDs back in the day and agree, the silence between the tracks and small details are enhanced by digital music. . LP is just a different experience.. I doubt modern music could ever be ADD as that would require the master being recorded in analogue, which I'm sure its all digital now.
I am a 69 year old musician. I still have a turntable and stereo. I love it. I have waited all my life to have my own studio and now that I do record, it is all so different now that I have to do so much for so little gain. I still love recording though. Thank you so much for this video.
Born in 1953 and began a musical love vinyl due to my parents collection of 78 rpm records, classical and modern, soul, light opera and more. Then vinyl to reel to reel mixes. I purchased my first LP in 1966. I have collected 100’s of 45’s and LP’s and adding my wife’s collection to make it ours in 1978. It was in 1967 when I received my fist guitar. Build a collection played in bands as far back as junior high. Still listening, learning, appreciating and playing. Cheers 🎸
I sold my gear twice in trade for a better system. Bought CDs occasionally, for average music or lack of safe transport space. I bought vinyl every other year since the early 80s and never really stopped, even though my gear may have been put into sleep for a few years. Spent thousands on records the last 5 years, mostly in the last 18 months, so I can awake my gear with reason, now. Vinyl will never end for me, regardless, as my record collection is vast, deep and diverse. And so are my three turntables looking for that.
I still have my LPs; they are in several boxes, sitting in my basement. And while I do miss some things about them - owning the music, the touch and feel of the LPs, the look of the hundreds of records lined up on a shelf, hunting for hours in a record store- I can't say that I would go back. If you had given me the choice forty five years ago that I could listen to whatever I wanted to whenever I wanted to wherever I wanted to for $15 a month, or keep listening to my records, I would have jumped at Spotify so fast your head would spin. I agree completely with your observations about taking the time to really listen to music; I used to put on my headphones for at least an hour a day and spin records. I don't do that as much anymore; in fact, when my kids came along, I got out of the habit completely. It's only now as I approach retirement that I'm starting to do that again.
I buy a lot of vinyl albums from an online site called Discogs. There are thousands of people from all over the world that sell on it, but me, I just buy. If you're interested in parting with any, and I am in the market for them, I may be interested, or if you would rather market them on Discogs and give them a percentage of each sale, that could be another way to go. I'm in the process of expanding my entertainment center to accommodate all my albums, CD's and DVD movies, to make room for any future purchases. 😂
I’ve gone full circle from vinyl through CDs, MP3, streaming and now back to vinyl. I also take time to listen to a whole album on headphones. Wonderful.
I've been a vinyl junkie since the early 80's and inherited my parents records covering the 60's and 70's.I produce my own music too and have all types of stuff on Spotify. Weighing up everything, vinyl is still my favourite format, its tactile, you have more to look at and ponder while listening, i just prefer the sound - crackles too! - and also the longevity- IF you look after vinyl, it will last many many decades. I've picked up ultra rare New Orleans gutucket blues albums, still wrapped, never been played from the early 60's that are spotless. Now digital doesnt decay, but a glitch, EMP, Spotify going bust etc, you lose EVERYTHING! A fire or theft is the only way all your records are going bye bye. I like cassettes - crap sound and all. I had CD's, my very old ones had issues with flaking and skipping, but threw them all away anyway, just had zero attachment to the format. Vinyl isnt perfect, but it makes you respect the care thats gone into the music and its presentation and the crackles emphasise the fragility of music. Music is not just a disposable commodity, its the glue that holds the human species together and our true universal language. We are an analogue, tactile species and life and handling ages us - vinyl is the same and thats why it still endures.
At 67, I remember spending my Saturday afternoons browsing in a music store. It was a wonderful experience just as you described. I still have several of my father's 78's and LP's.
I grew up with 78's 45's and 331/3 vinyl it wasnt until the 70's when turntables with diamond stylus and a 200 watts per chanel were all the rage. I remember hearing different parts of music that I had never heard on the radio. I do believe that vinyl is making a comeback! The last music that I heard on vinyl was when Rush released their latest album. We had a rush party and it was fantastic!
The more society and the industry devalues the art of music-making and its products, the harder I cling to it. What makes that important is, music (art) makes us worthy of existence. It is amark on our little snapshot of history and time. The thought of creating beauty purely through observation, inspiration and ability, is key to what we are and what we do.
Kinda relevant, I wrote this on fb today. And I am a ‘70’s child… you had to be there to really get it, nice to see you realising the magic. “Reflections on wearing earpods when out and about. It intrigues me. I have tried. I stopped. There is a surrealism about it, a twin focus of aural and visual stimulus that can both enhance and detract the mental state. Sensitise and desensitise. Like living in a space suit, at once there but not. I prefer the noise of where I am, I want that connection, even when the noise is a cacophony and harsh and brutally urban. In that way I know where I am. Insert earbuds and boom, I could be walking on the moon. I have spent a small amount of time walking places like coastal paths with my guitar on my back, stopping wherever I please to noodle some chords and tunes, with the wind, the ocean and the whispers of grass, trees and sand, waves and birds (there is nothing quite like the cries of seagulls in such a place for making your hair stand on end) and in those moments the connections are nothing less than spiritual. I could not wear earbuds in such a place, there is too much to lose, a world of sensuality missed. But I digress, I think earbuds have a time and place and each to their own. I also recall using them on a train once and gave up as the volume required to counter the ambient noise levels was crazy. Of course there are noise cancelling and fully enclosed headphones available…”
Go on, Mary. Take the next step and buy a nice quality turntable. After all, how many people can say the first record they played on their new turntable was one they made themselves? ❤. Oh, and if you do, don’t send the signal via Bluetooth! A proper amp wired to your headphones. 😊
You're right, Mary. There was nothing like the excitement of buying the album and owning it, listening to it in headphones while reading/staring at the album art and reading the back cover and the liner notes. So many repeated listenings, too, because the collection wasn't that big, but it made you enjoy the music more. But then CDs came out and remasterings and then I had to buy the same music over and over again. I loved it back then, but I also bought a lot of music out of curiosity only to barely listen to it again. But, yes, great memories, and seriously considering the way I consume music again.
The best thing about the vinyl revival? It has kept the idea of a hi-fi system alive, and caused more interest in other physical media - especially CDs - amongst younger demographics. As what I consider to be the best form of physical media around - near-perfect quality (with the right mastering), DRM free, and long lasting - I hope CDs will be around for many years to come. And judging by the quantities that Taylor Swift is selling at the moment, they probably will be!
I recently rediscovered by vinyl collection from decades ago - well, HALF of my original collection (the rest were lost in various house moves). Since then, I bought a new turntable, amplifier and speakers, and have been having the best fun trying to rebuild my collection to what it was 45 years ago. The fun of travelling the country and visiting record shops or second hand shops and discovering some of favourite 80's LPs is so reassuring and makes me feel young again. Also, the fact that most of my newest albums were once owned and loved by others just adds a magical connection to them as well.
I lucked out and got a signed copy of Super Sexy Heartbreak… on vinyl! Thanks. I consider myself fortunate to have come of age in the age of LP records. As a teenager I scoured used record stores for obscure treasures. At university, albums with gatefolds used to roll special jazz cigarettes on (I can neither confirm nor deny I did this). The stereo system was like an altar to music with the a amplifier stacked on a receiver, a tape deck on top of that with a turntable on top of the tape deck all in between two giant speakers. I’ve started collecting them again. There is something about an album that a CD or MP3 can’t replicate. I think you summed it up perfectly by listing sight, touch and sound.
Dear Mary, love from Bristol. I have never given up on vinyl. My first album was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I used my school dinner money to buy it. I have just ordered your vinyl and look forward to it. Please, please do me a favour…the last album I bought was CSNY at Fillmore East 1969. Please listen to it, on vinyl if you ca, it tells you everything about the love of the music, the quality and the medium…it is fantastic, it has renewed my faith that exceptional quality is still to be found and hearing history in the making with such clarity brings tears…great work.
I started work back in 1967 and every month I had just enough money to buy an LP. That purchase had to last me until the next payday and I'd play side one, flip the record and play side two, over and over again. Those records from the late 1960s got played into my subconscious and even now almost 60 years later they still sound great. My favourites? 'Forever Changes' by Love, Joni Mitchell's first album ( that I bought on import), Fairport Convention's 'What we did on our Holidays'. Precious memories.
As always, SPOT ON Mary! I was born in 1947 and, by 1960, browsing the record racks in the stores was a past-time for my friends and I. There is a resurgence of vinyl. My granddaughter has some and a turntable. I doubt that it will ever be like it was in 1960 but it was an awesome time for music. But music is still there and, after all, it's the music that's important. Also, your vinyl album looks gorgeous. Keep rockin Mary!
“…or, if you were lucky, a gorgeous girl…” wow, @Mary Spender that resonates. I can appreciate and love things I don’t own…and, as I get older, ownership of things and ideas means less to me than enjoying them, often with others - experiences become more important. If I own it, how much time does it sit unused, on a shelf, limited to only me and my family. I love public libraries (yes, you can get music and books there) and the internet. There are so many people, with crazy great talent, who would otherwise not make it through the gatekeepers filtering music before I can decide if I like it/love it.
True words, so many true words! Thank you Mary! To me, listening to music (and only listening!) is comparable to watching a movie at home - literally watching it, being focussed, following the story, recognizing certain elements, cuts, effects - and not letting it run next to doing the dishes. And it's the same with music! Did you hear that finger slipping over the string, that lips parting before the vocals start? All this and much more can only be noticed while REALLY listening or watching. And let's not forget about the smell of a fresh pressed vinyl, unwrapped and soon to feel the gentle touch of the needle...
I agree the way computer communication search works you never see anything unexpected or completely different from what you are used to seeing. Search through records is much like searching through books in a store.
My first three albums were Boston - Boston, Eagles - Hotel California and Steve Miller - Book of Dreams! I was 10 - 11 at the time. Many nights spent listening to every song on every album through my brother's 'borrowed' headphones. I built quite a collection by the time cassettes and CD's came into the mix. Earlier this year, I gave all vinyl to my nephew, who went absolutely nuts over it all. I'm glad he's into vinyl so my collection won't go to waste. Great video Mary! Brought back many memories!
Growing up in Oklahoma we had KATT-FM out of Oklahoma City. Every Sunday they had what they called "The KATT's Seventh Day" when they would pick a few albums and play them all the way through. If I remember right, the only ads were played at the side one/side two breaks. Just fantastic.
Loved it! Thanks for the memories and the Reggae story. As a teenager back in the '70s I bought tons of vinyl, most which I still have. Then got into CDs when they came out and used them to fill out my collection as well as replace some of the albums that had been played to death. Then in the '90s I discovered used record stores and the searching started. Acquiring full discographies of bands that I only had a couple records of and more "filling in" the gaps. Now we have RSD and Black Vinyl Friday or just a casual weekend afternoon at the local record shop.
I have got a thousand pieces of vinyl and have not been without a record player since about 1969. I have about 4000 cds and I usually listen loud without headphones. You are absolutely right about what vinyl was and Rick Beato has waxed lyrical about those days. (e.g. Sunshine Records, Oxford early 70s). Nostalgia is fine and streaming is tosh (I still cut cds). I know someone who buys vinyl and has no record player. Vinyl revival is the most cynical attempt to get us to buy our records yet again - re-releasing cassettes is insane. If you have not listened to DSOTM entirely, you have saved yourself from a crushing disappointment, something I have experienced for 51 years on and off (more off). Good video.
You are so right Mary, the first record I bought was Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I was blown away by how many amazing songs there were on this double album. There is something special about holding a record sleeve reading the lyrics whilst listening to the songs. At my age I struggle to read the writing on most CD sleeves lol.
I just bought Nirvana In Utero 30th anniversary vinyl , I have all their anniversary albums. I've been buying vinyl since I was a teenager, I'm 44 now and visit antique shops all the time to find that special record. I love CDs and still buy them, but there is something special about putting that record on for the first time.
The album experience could be magical, Mary. I remember listening to "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" for the first time, shortly after it came out, at a fellow musician's apartment. He established a ground rule...Absolutely no talking until Side 1 was complete. After a few minutes of "Wow", the same rule applied for Side 2.
Pulled out my big sisters 1979 copy of The Clash-London Calling on its 45th anniversary the other day and played it in full. That record has been played sooo many times by both me and her, it still sounds great but definitely has some "personality" that I'm well in tune with and enjoy. I listen to my share of digital music, but the turntable and record collection will always have special memories and purpose in my life. Sparked a great conversation with my Sis too, we've shared a tight musical bond since the mid '70's, it's her album I have to tell her when I play it.
Yep. Since 2015, I've returned to that music experience - listening to vinyl. I created a vinyl room (fully decorated), purchased a new stereo system & great headphones, and started buying all these newly remastered and boxed vinyl - past and present. I have albums from every decade from the 1940s onwards! I find my comfy chair, brew a nice dark road organic fair trade coffee, open up the vinyl album, read the lyrics, check out which musicians played on which tracks, where the album was recorded, who produced it...and so on. No gossip or silliness here. Just music and information on the making of the music. The stuff that matters. The joy of really listening. The joy of knowing what instruments are being played, who played them. Oh yeah, I insist on paying for all of my music. Musicians deserve to be paid, too!
Mary's soliloquy makes me think about two of my favorite songs about vinyl. 1) Kinks - To The Bone 2) Michael Des Barres - Crackle and Hiss PS, if you want to have some Pink Floyd related fun, find the 6 part homage/parody to Dark Side called "North Side of the Pole" IMHO utter brilliance in its execution and concept.
Great topic. I'm 61. I had a massive record collection. I sold all but a handful of pieces after realizing I was hoarding - not listening. It stopped being about music and it was obvious that it had turned into a manic need to possess. To own things. To claim bragging rights for the rarities I bought. It was unhealthy, and I came to see it wasn't why I gotten into music in the first place. The a la carte method of listening to music from artists worldwide - like yours - is far more satisfying. I've come to enjoy the way my kids live in this world - as a series of experiences, rather than shelves full of sign posts. Never lose sight (or sound) of the music. The format is irrelevant.
59 year old musician here - I loved it when we got rid of vimyl, but all these years later... I still love that we got rid of vinyl. Lack of dynamic range, lack of bass response, skips, warps, clicks, and pops, no bass-heavy content on the inner tracks, spending $10 per month in 1980 money to get ONE album, whereas $10 in 2024 gets you streaming of almost everything. If we actually did go back to how things were, people would hate it. Yes, there were liner notes. Now we've got TH-cam concerts and documentaries instead, in addition to interviews on social media, etc. This opinion might not be popular, but ask people if they'd like to give up what we have and go back to $10 for a record where you might like two songs.
On the other hand, CDs have many sonic advantages, can be copied digitally easily, and the average musician can actually MAKE them in their bedroom and sell them, unlike vinyl, which takes time and is expensive. CDs would be better for us musicians and we'd make more money from them in addition to being able to make our own at home. Perhaps if we put a CD in a 12 inch cardboard holder with big art and added some campfire noise to it...
Billy Joel once sang "there's a new band in town, but you can't get their sound from a story in a magazine." Now you can. Rolling Stone (and every other music reviewer) provides links to the albums they review, some from bands you're familiar with, some not. This is the golden age for LISTENERS and people who love all kinds of music.
Hello everyone, great video! I just thought it was important to say If you are going to get into vinyl I would recommend getting a good quality turntable that wont risk damaging your records. They don't have to be too expensive, avoid the cheap units- the cartridges usually are red or orange in these or they are in the suitcase style units.
When I got a copy of Fox Trot by Genesis (1972) for the first time, I listened to side 2 with the 23 minutes epic Supper’s Ready seven times straight. I just couldn’t beleive my ears! About 30 years later, I sang the whole piece with my band, on stage. One of many great vinyl experiences.
I'm a child of the 60s and remember buying my first 45rpm record at a local drugstore, The Beatles 'I want to hold your hand'. The 45 records were kept in this slotted wood display and there might be 5 or 6 copies. I think I paid 25 cents. I had a little record player with two of the cheapest speakers imaginable but when I put that and my other 45 records on (they could be stacked) it was rock on. Eventually graduated to albums and better equipment amassing quite a large collection which takes a lot of space. A friend of mine had an entire room just for his album collection. Bought albums at Sam Goody's, Tower, and some independent shops. I also borrowed records out of my brothers collections which had to be done in secret since they were off limits to their punk ass little brother. They both played in local bands so there was plenty of time to steal them away for a listen. But when CDs came along you still got the art work albeit on a smaller package (the package was twice the length of the CD and I saved every one of them) and there would be liner notes (usually) as little pamphlets. Radio stations in my area were agog at the quality of the CD sound even though functionally there is no sound difference between the two mediums and early digital was recorded off masters that still produced hiss, but gone were the pops and cracks of a LP. Not sure where I was going with this ramble but I'm not sure albums are making a 'comeback', maybe to some degree but I believe it is mainly the older generation reaching back nostagilically like they do with cars. I bought a slew of albums recently at auction but I have no plans to buy a turntable (haven't had a turntable in decades). I'll just keep them as conversation pieces or maybe sell them individually and make a buck since the album comeback is somewhat afoot. I say long live the album if that is your preferred format, long live the CD as well, and streaming isn't going anywhere so long live that as well. With music formats and listening you can have your cake and eat it too.
Very insightful Mary, as usual. I count myself extremely lucky to have been a teenager in the 70's, I'm always surprised and thankful for the reactions I see on TH-cam of people first listening to albums I've been listening to for years. I for one am glad of the resurgance of vinyl, hope fully it might inspire musicians-to-be into writing new classics. Thanks
The only music that I have bought (if you don’t include streaming) the last 10 years have been on vinyl. I love the experience. If I have the choice between a streamed album and a LP, I prefer the LP.
I remember one of the last alternative shops in Geneva, The Sound. I was there in 1998 when they started playing a Tragically Hip album. Ten people started moving and dancing. Bought the album. Magic time.
I suppose that is one thing about being Gen X. We grew up during the transition from vinyl to cassettes to CDs to digital... and if you're a pack-rat like I am, you still have all of it. Years ago there was a record store next to the comic book store I worked at. In the early 90s, they decided to transition their mostly vinyl inventory to CDs. Doing so, they started liquidating their records to make room. Everything was $1. Double albums - $2. I bought a ton of them. Probably worth hundreds now. I remember reminiscing with the owner years later about that. He just joked... "can I buy them back for $1 now?"
Change is also good. Because the days of vinyl records was gated. Gated by the music agent. Gated by the band's manager, then gated by their publisher/distributor. Additional gates were everywhere Living in the Upper Left Hand Corner in the USA meant we got music late. Later. Very later. Because of gates. Records were released in their distributor's home port as it were; NYC, or Detroit, wherever. Then, literally, the records that didn't sell were sent to the next in their release list. LA/SF were before Seattle, which was before Portland (Oregon). We had a local FM station that would travel to London and return with a fine collection of songs - That WE could never buy. Because we weren't in their market. They would never produce records and then ship them all the way to ULHC, USA While I lament some of the losses, I prefer knowing that I can purchase the songs I want. From the Artist themselves, and at online music shops. Because they are never out of stock. Your observations are still quite valid. I do prefer the aspect of being able to get the songs, but having access to the vinyl is a good option. Just sayin'
These videos - along with the one about cassettes - just feel my heart with joy and brought back lots of memories. Actually, when I was in high school, there would be a yearly trip to London (I'm from Hungary) and I would just blow my money out for CDs at HMV when I got there. Partly for the "classics" (like Mezzanine by Massive Attack), partly for what I was into then. (Drum'n'bass on Good Looking Records, mostly.) Music consumption has to slow down, or at least it should have a slow element to it - let it be through listening to vinyl, CDs, cassettes or streaming one album as a whole. Thanks for reminding me and everyone else.
I used to love going to record stores and used to work at Tower Records back in the 80's after I graduated college. But I do not miss LP's at all!! they were bulky, easily broken, easily scratched the high range sounded warm because of the noise in the recording.
I haven't finished the video yet so I don't know if Mary addresses this or not but I suspect the profit margin is higher per unit than a spotify listen so in that regard from the musicians point of view I can see how it might be thought of as the future. For myself it is all about the ritual of sitting down to listen to a record usually after making a cocktail and just really paying attention. I stopped buying CD's around '03-'04 and actually just quit listening to music altogether for about 11 years until I bought a turntable and started building a collection again. I'm 53 so I was buying cassettes and cd's not vinyl when I started developing my own taste in music but somehow listening to vinyl has become a nostalgic experience that has made music important to me again.
Just simply listening to an album has become a lost art. Nowadays, people listen while doing something else just to pass the time, with a skip button at their convenience. There is something magical, i’ll call it that, to quieting the mind and letting the art of music engulf you. When i mix audio this is what i try to do, make art of the performance, instead of focusing on making a song sound like another. There is the human element that comes out when we don’t let perfection grip us. Too often in this busy world doesn’t allow us to sit in the moment so we can collect ourselves.
I remember sitting and reading the record jackets and sleeves as a young one in the early 70s. Lyrics, notes, writers, and musicians. I immersed myself in the sounds of the vinyl records my mother put on. It's also how I learned the joy of singing. I still have vinyl from my parent's and my own collection, as well as my dad's late-60s stereo, with a turntable and reel-to-reel. If I want to relax and listen to music at home, I use the vintage gear. Out and about in the world, I use new technology. Thank you, Mary 🙏🏻🤍
I restarted my vinyl collection… I believe on physical releases, but that’s not easy. I like to make spatial music, I just released a Dolby Atmos BluRay Disc. I feel we can do collector items, be it a vinyl, a tape, a CD or a BluRay.
The artwork on albums was phenomenal. Right from when vinyl discs were made. From 78s, 45s, EPs and LPs, it was the images and artwork that cued you into the music. And it took you away to magical and distant worlds and situations. Yet, the crackle and hiss weren’t pluses, they were flaws in the system. And listening to the rumble of the needle on the vinyl grooves wasn’t that great, because it was just added noise. That’s why when CDs came out, all the noisiness went away. It was great. But the cost was shrunken artwork and much less of an impact through the eye candy of the cover. So, yes there is something to the vinyl “experience”. Is it worth spending thousands on a high end turntable and other components. Not necessarily. Music is magical because we imprint our innate magic onto it, no matter the format. I’m glad that vinyl is making a comeback - but even today, I could do without the snap, crackle pop, the skipping and the eventual wearing away of the grooves, no matter how expensive a system one has. But do enjoy yourself. It was a sound some of us grew up with, and it was the soundtrack of our lives, including all the pops and crackles. 😀🎶
I first began being interested in vinyl in about 2008 (aged 18), when it seemed the medium might just be emerging from the nadir of its popularity and the only way to acquire records was as used items. It's been fascinating to see the revival of vinyl. As a hobbyist song-writer and composer, I have a long-held dream to have a work published on vinyl, even if only a 7". In my mind, it's the nearest that sound ever comes to tangibility.
Album suggestion "Anthem Of The Sun" The Grateful Dead. I've considered getting singles made and selling them at my performances. The problem is I'm a NYC Subway busker. And it's an hour and half long bus ride from where I live in NJ to The Port Authority. Then there's the walk from The Port Authority to which ever station I wind up in. I worry vinyl wouldn't make that trip.
The first time i listened to DSOTM was in my aunties house, on headphones, in 1974, on vinyl, haven't stooped listening to it, on headphones(best way btw) ever since , shares listening time with Wish You Were Here, also on vinyl
November 14 1980. Four weeks after my 16th birthday. Friday evening sometime around 11pm. Me in the backroom of my parents house on my own with the lights off and just the glow of the electric fire to light the room listening to Tommy Vance on the Friday Rock Show on Radio 1. The track was Shine On You Crazy Diamond. I was hearing it for the first time. The world after hearing that track was not the same as the world before. All my friends had listened to it at the same time but we had to wait until we got back to school on Monday morning to talk about it, track down the album and start trading for a cassette recording from the one person in our class possibly in the whole school who had the vinyl. Album sales will never again pay for bands to fly in a rented Boeing 720 the way Led Zeppelin did but if they can keep an artist solvent and retain a little of that magic of having to earn your reward then there us a place for them and maybe forty odd years from now someone will think back to their own Friday evening and the song which divided the world into before and after.
I remember as a small boy (probably about the age of four, so 1983) examining the groove on an LP and wondering how it made the music come out. Tapes were crap, and CD's were convenient but still crap, and digital music is the crappest of the lot. I love the fact that you can't just bang a vinyl on and forget about it; you have to attend to it, start, stop and turn it over, then start and stop it again - you have to give it your attention or it won't work. Add to that the challenge of the artist really thinking about the running order so that it worked around these limitations(?), and also that the sound quality would be best on the opening tracks of each side due to the higher resolution further from the centre of the record and you're into some serious metaphysical processes. Vinyl is for the genuine consumer of music, rather than for those who need a soundtrack to their TikTok reel (or whatever it's bloody called). Keep it up, Mary - your content is always so well thought out, written and presented. You're a craftsperson.
I think the whole process of setting up vinyl is lost to many people now. Such is the lure and convenience of digital music. .. Mary is correct, the convenience of digital music means we're more likely to be multitasking while listening.. Speakers or headphones?
I started my collection in the early '60s and still have a lot of them. I did loose some over the years, but I have been working to get my turntable working again. I suspect I will end up getting a new one with USB now, but it is still nice to think of allocating time to just listen to an album. You most likely will not be able to find this one, but it is available on TH-cam Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer. Enjoy your journey.
As a collector I have seen vinyl come and go and come back and go again, but it will never be the true future of recording. It will always be a truly nostalgic past medium. That said I have hundreds of records and I enjoy them about twice a year.😂
I've mastered (on tape) for vinyl cuts in my early audio career and artists put time into sequencing the music as most people tended to listen to an album from track 1 onwards. Personal playlists evolved via copying from record to cassette tape. Swapping your cassette play mix with friends was a thing. 🙂
The magic of vinyl isn't that it sounds superior - it really doesn't, by any objective analysis - but rather the experience it promotes. Making a pilgrimage to the record store, flipping through the sleeves, often great artwork in itself, and in many cases, prompting you to buy a album based on looks alone, before handing over the cash and racing home to get it on the turntable. Listening to vinyl is a deliberate act, almost ritualistic at times. First side one, then side two... often over and over. There was no skipping through tracks simply because your brain lacked the patience to see it through. It wasn't about instant gratification. You sit, you listen, you discover, you absorb, and hopefully, you love.
It was August 1968. I had just been to my local Rumbelows Store and bought the Beatles new single Hey Jude. That night I played it over and over again until I had written down all the lyrics, including all the na na na's.
I use to buy some vinyl for its cover art. Also you can't easily skip tracks so you listen to the whole album. Turn the lights low and listen to Jeff Wayne's "War of the World's" great story and artists
I own a Technics SL1900 (bought in 2023, refurbished and upgraded)....and I buy CD's and records. Last new CD bought: "Empathogen" by Willow Smith et al. Last new record bought: "Don't smile at me" by the O'Connel siblings. As dad sold my small record collection in the early 80th (reasonable since non of us owned a record player anymore), and my CD's vastly outnumbered my LP's, I'm sort of rebuying them second hand now, but at the CD format. I had a friend in college who taped all of his albums straight from the store via a Nakamishi tapedeck on Maxell Metal tape. LP's I buy in dollar bins, just to sample them, a few exceptions of course. By the way, did you know the center hole of a CD is exactly the size of a former Dutch 10 cent coin. By the way my local record store has more music on vinyl than on CD, and lately cassettes (also a Dutch invention) are making a comeback, or better a debut since cassettes were a trend in gas stations up till the late nineties, but not in record stores. I tried out spotify....not cool with it. Everything equals nothing.
Oh thanks for this...I used to listen to Metallica, Pablo Cruise, Linda Ronstadt, Zeppelin, and Steely Dan, amongst many others on my mom and dad's system over and over again during the late 70's through the mid 80's. Now I am hoping to record, mix, master and cut to vinyl at Welcome to 1979 in Nashville some time next year. Hopefully...I am seeking that tangible medium to pass on. Not looking for any type of music industry success, but just a tangible personal sonic journal.
For me, the beauty of LPs is always the package that they are wrapped up in. The artwork, the dust sleeves, the lyric sheets. I grew up listening my parents collection of LPs from everyone from The Beatles to John Denver to Led Zeppelin, Clapton and Queen and I’ve never lost that love for them. I now have a lot of their collection, including an original Sgt Pepper from 67, and I cherish the memories as much as the music. Don’t get me wrong I use Spotify a LOT, but the two things can live in a happy harmony and both have their merits…..just please don’t bring tapes back!
I hope that vinyl continues, but convenience always seems to win. For example, I recall Blockbuster (BB) believing that consumers wanted to drive to the store, browse the new movie release wall, grab your soda and snacks while waiting in line to checkout, then drive home. BB assumed this experience would continues for years in the future after 2006. Then along came Netflix and changed the definition of convenience for movie watching.
My team at work have been doing an album weekly club. It's basicly the same premise as a book club. There are 3 of us, so we all pick an album a week and then share our thoughts.
Each to their own! Ha! You can apply the same logic to any human experience or activity. Drive a crappy cheap banger or cruise in a luxurious saloon, you still get to the same place! Scoff a cheap takeaway or fine dine in a restaurant, you still get full either way. Listen to music on spotify or take the time to unwrap a record and absorb the beauty whilst enjoying the artwork and reading the liner notes, appreciating how the music was recorded and what the artist was trying to convey. I'm a vinyl nut...but i also love streaming music daily.. the future will offer all formats for different occasions, different budgets, and differing levels of pure aural pleasure! Cheers
One of the few good things I can say for hipsters, at least they are helping vinyl stay alive. And oh, yeah, Blood on the Tracks definitely sounds better on vinyl.
Good evening Mary firstly great video, I am of the age that I remember LPS the first time round I guess when I turned 60 I decided to treat myself to a new system and I absolutely love it went to a proper hi-fi Centre in Nottingham and £1400.00 later I came home with a new hi-fi system. And I'm very lucky here in Newark-on-Trent there is a really good record store call vinyl attractions and it just brings back so many memories as a kid going into a record store looking through albums you know and don't know so I'm now building my little collection at once again...cheers Phil from Newark
Absolutely excellent. Younger generations do not know the feeling of walking into the Wherehouse or Music plus in Southern California, and looking through the countless bins of albums from bands that were famous to bands that you’ve never heard of before. And then, there’s the album art. Smart labels would get the best artists to design them and notes would include the lyrics, thoughts behind the songs, and the list of the musicians that played on every song we had no idea what a great time that was. Now, Spotify definitely has its upside. I found a lot of bands that I have never heard of simply by their recommendations. But Mary is right. We don’t own this music like we used to own albums. we would sit for hours in our bedrooms with our friends listening to album from a local band called Van Halen and were simply mesmerized by Eddie’s playing. Fun memories.
Loved this video. Try the sitting down without distractions to "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield for about 50 minutes. Amazing! Composed when he was about 19, he plays most of the instruments himself. Pure magic. And it came out the same year as Dark Side of the Moon. 1973 was an awesome year for music.
Agreed - err generally. Yes the LP set the 40 or so minutes of continuous (well apart from turning it over half way) performance. Technically the CD is arguably better but the limited L/R separation of vinyl results in a well defined central image. Tonally the sound is more dependent on the engineers mixing/eq, but I think there is an unquantifiable magic that hangs around vinyl sound. Anything is better than streaming though.....Nice piece thanks for presenting.
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A concept album you've probably not heard of: "The Misfit" by Erick Nelson and Michelle Pillar
Highly recommended listening.
Go buy it!
A couple of 70s albums to have a listen to; Carole King - Tapestry, Supertramp - Crime of the Century 🤘
Hello. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. If you haven't listened to Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones all the way through. I'd highly recommend it Probably the album of the 70s for sure. Although I was born in 74.. I'll check out your new album. Happy Xmas/Hanukkah. 👍
You may have already listened to these, but some albums that come to mind that I had, or siblings had while I was growing up:
Souvenirs - Dan Fogelberg,
Punch the Clock - Elvis Costello and The Attractions,
Night and Day - Joe Jackson,
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos,
Fine Art of Surfacing - Boomtown Rats,
An Evening with John Denver (concert double album),
The Best of George Harrison,
The Longines Symphonette Mexicali Brass from South of the Border
Dr. Demento's Delights - Barry Hansen
There were also various albums, Beatles, Led Zeplin, George Benson, etc.
I'm never going back to the skips, crackle, and pop of vinyl. My 1st CD was Sgt. Pepper and I haven't bought an LP since then. I'm still buying CDs, dear Mary. Your's is already in my collection.
Yup I have been through every format my parents had 45's . I had a medium grade high fidelity stereo setup and wore out a lot of vinyl. I was skeptical about cd's but finally capitulated. Yes I use to wait for LP's to come out anxiously . I have had every format vinyl , reel to reel tape , cassette tape and cd's . The ipod ruined the Music Industry and MP3's ruined hi fi for most people .
Possibly. But in about 10-15 years the younger generation will discover or inherit their parents CD collections and their eyes will widen with wonder. No crackle, no pop, incredible dynamic range, cool silver discs, kitchy little cases which look so neat lined up like tokens on a shelf... and the whole circle will start again.
Bro, you forgot, after LP, they have to get fun with compact cassette and a pencil in it😂
@@axiomrobust Yeah, rewinding with a pencil was such fun. LOL
Seriously though, in the early 80s I purchased a 2 deck cassette recorder capable of dubbing. I borrowed a lot of music from libraries. Yeah I know, but these days I take pride in buying my music. Music has enriched my life in many ways, even though I can't sing a note or play an instrument. I deeply appreciate it though.
...but most parents have long since ditched their highly impractical CD's, and never had Hi-Fis... and kids in 10-15 years time will be inheriting someone who didn't have CD's to begin with. So no. It'll just be a few couple of kids with really weird parents that were overy intense about music and sound that have any such...
There's already quite the age-span of people that never really had the experience of "listening together on a proper Hi-Fi".
I'm from the cd generation, and most of the people I grew up have thrown away their cd's 10-15 years ago, and are now very indifferent to music - and so are most of their children. A shame, have so many beautiful childhood memories listening together with my parents to music. At the time I found 60s and 70s music sometimes boring, but learned to appreciate them while growing up. There's so many music that will always remember me of having a good time with my parents. Or listening together with friends from school. Now I have a broad taste in music - old and new. Thanks to my parents! Recently, I know parents wo punished their kid for 'paying' for music on a legal website 😅 No joke!
Yeah nah
The most important phrase in this entire video *_"you own it"_*
I also own my CD collection what's your point
@WeAreTheEggmen22 All he's saying is that you physically own your music. As opposed to digital mp3's, which you don't own. So CD's, cassettes, Vinyl, it's actually in your possession. No need to get upset
I am a 72 years old music fan, who had forgotten the joy of just listening. Recently I ran into someone I haven't seen this high school. After the usual "how are yous" he said how much he missed coming to my house and listening to a new album, and so did I. I am now making time to listen to old, and new, music. Thanks for the reminder.
As 59 years old, I grew up with records, and still is a important part of my music selection! I like many others were sucked in to streaming, and agreeable there is some advantage, but what you do is making it easy to just be background musik. With records, you know you have a short time until you need to interact (turn the record) so I find that I stay and pay attention instead of washing clothes or doing mails or wat ever you do, you hear the records as intended in the right order, don’t just skip. And maybe you learn to enjoy numbers you els would have skipped! Records forces you to turn down the pace and emerge you in the music. Vinyl I’ve missed you..
I grew up with vinyl and was around 22 when I bought my first CDs and player. Audiophiles treasured "direct-to-disc" vinyl recordings, where effectively live performances were cut onto the master platter on the spot. (They sound amazing.) I remember sitting in front of my stereo with a stack of records listening to my favorites, carefully handling the precious vinyl. Yes, that tactical memory sticks with me.
When CDs came out, they were labeled as to whether recording, mixing and mastering were done in analog or digital. Since we were sold that digital was perfect, we were looking for "DDD" discs. I listen to some of those old CDs and wonder how we stood them, but I remember being enthralled by the _silence_ between tracks. In the quiet spots of an orchestral piece, or a small jazz band, you could hear the musicians breathing, turning pages, etc. (Something you can get on the _best_ vinyl, but a lot of old vinyl isn't actually very good.)
The one thing that confuses me about the modern vinyl movement is that the recordings are _digital_ rather than analog (labeled the way CDs were, they would be "DDA". So what's being fed onto the vinyl is digital, and who knows how much processing has gone into it. So claims of an _analog experience_ are overstated.
I used to search for DDD in CDs back in the day and agree, the silence between the tracks and small details are enhanced by digital music.
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LP is just a different experience..
I doubt modern music could ever be ADD as that would require the master being recorded in analogue, which I'm sure its all digital now.
Bit old records. Problem solved. As a bonus , the music is also better!
I am a 69 year old musician. I still have a turntable and stereo. I love it. I have waited all my life to have my own studio and now that I do record, it is all so different now that I have to do so much for so little gain. I still love recording though. Thank you so much for this video.
I was a teenager in the sixties, thanks to vinyl I’m often still a teenager. Thanks Mary
Born in 1953 and began a musical love vinyl due to my parents collection of 78 rpm records, classical and modern, soul, light opera and more. Then vinyl to reel to reel mixes.
I purchased my first LP in 1966. I have collected 100’s of 45’s and LP’s and adding my wife’s collection to make it ours in 1978.
It was in 1967 when I received my fist guitar. Build a collection played in bands as far back as junior high. Still listening, learning, appreciating and playing. Cheers 🎸
I built a Hifi system and bought 900 records in the last year. It’s been amazing!
I sold my gear twice in trade for a better system. Bought CDs occasionally, for average music or lack of safe transport space. I bought vinyl every other year since the early 80s and never really stopped, even though my gear may have been put into sleep for a few years. Spent thousands on records the last 5 years, mostly in the last 18 months, so I can awake my gear with reason, now. Vinyl will never end for me, regardless, as my record collection is vast, deep and diverse. And so are my three turntables looking for that.
I still have my LPs; they are in several boxes, sitting in my basement. And while I do miss some things about them - owning the music, the touch and feel of the LPs, the look of the hundreds of records lined up on a shelf, hunting for hours in a record store- I can't say that I would go back. If you had given me the choice forty five years ago that I could listen to whatever I wanted to whenever I wanted to wherever I wanted to for $15 a month, or keep listening to my records, I would have jumped at Spotify so fast your head would spin. I agree completely with your observations about taking the time to really listen to music; I used to put on my headphones for at least an hour a day and spin records. I don't do that as much anymore; in fact, when my kids came along, I got out of the habit completely. It's only now as I approach retirement that I'm starting to do that again.
I buy a lot of vinyl albums from an online site called Discogs. There are thousands of people from all over the world that sell on it, but me, I just buy. If you're interested in parting with any, and I am in the market for them, I may be interested, or if you would rather market them on Discogs and give them a percentage of each sale, that could be another way to go. I'm in the process of expanding my entertainment center to accommodate all my albums, CD's and DVD movies, to make room for any future purchases. 😂
I’ve gone full circle from vinyl through CDs, MP3, streaming and now back to vinyl. I also take time to listen to a whole album on headphones. Wonderful.
I've been a vinyl junkie since the early 80's and inherited my parents records covering the 60's and 70's.I produce my own music too and have all types of stuff on Spotify. Weighing up everything, vinyl is still my favourite format, its tactile, you have more to look at and ponder while listening, i just prefer the sound - crackles too! - and also the longevity- IF you look after vinyl, it will last many many decades. I've picked up ultra rare New Orleans gutucket blues albums, still wrapped, never been played from the early 60's that are spotless. Now digital doesnt decay, but a glitch, EMP, Spotify going bust etc, you lose EVERYTHING! A fire or theft is the only way all your records are going bye bye. I like cassettes - crap sound and all. I had CD's, my very old ones had issues with flaking and skipping, but threw them all away anyway, just had zero attachment to the format. Vinyl isnt perfect, but it makes you respect the care thats gone into the music and its presentation and the crackles emphasise the fragility of music. Music is not just a disposable commodity, its the glue that holds the human species together and our true universal language. We are an analogue, tactile species and life and handling ages us - vinyl is the same and thats why it still endures.
At 67, I remember spending my Saturday afternoons browsing in a music store. It was a wonderful experience just as you described. I still have several of my father's 78's and LP's.
I grew up with 78's 45's and 331/3 vinyl it wasnt until the 70's when turntables with diamond stylus and a 200 watts per chanel were all the rage. I remember hearing different parts of music that I had never heard on the radio. I do believe that vinyl is making a comeback! The last music that I heard on vinyl was when Rush released their latest album. We had a rush party and it was fantastic!
The more society and the industry devalues the art of music-making and its products, the harder I cling to it. What makes that important is, music (art) makes us worthy of existence. It is amark on our little snapshot of history and time. The thought of creating beauty purely through observation, inspiration and ability, is key to what we are and what we do.
Kinda relevant, I wrote this on fb today. And I am a ‘70’s child… you had to be there to really get it, nice to see you realising the magic.
“Reflections on wearing earpods when out and about.
It intrigues me. I have tried. I stopped.
There is a surrealism about it, a twin focus of aural and visual stimulus that can both enhance and detract the mental state. Sensitise and desensitise. Like living in a space suit, at once there but not.
I prefer the noise of where I am, I want that connection, even when the noise is a cacophony and harsh and brutally urban. In that way I know where I am. Insert earbuds and boom, I could be walking on the moon.
I have spent a small amount of time walking places like coastal paths with my guitar on my back, stopping wherever I please to noodle some chords and tunes, with the wind, the ocean and the whispers of grass, trees and sand, waves and birds (there is nothing quite like the cries of seagulls in such a place for making your hair stand on end) and in those moments the connections are nothing less than spiritual. I could not wear earbuds in such a place, there is too much to lose, a world of sensuality missed.
But I digress, I think earbuds have a time and place and each to their own. I also recall using them on a train once and gave up as the volume required to counter the ambient noise levels was crazy. Of course there are noise cancelling and fully enclosed headphones available…”
Go on, Mary. Take the next step and buy a nice quality turntable. After all, how many people can say the first record they played on their new turntable was one they made themselves? ❤. Oh, and if you do, don’t send the signal via Bluetooth! A proper amp wired to your headphones. 😊
You're right, Mary. There was nothing like the excitement of buying the album and owning it, listening to it in headphones while reading/staring at the album art and reading the back cover and the liner notes. So many repeated listenings, too, because the collection wasn't that big, but it made you enjoy the music more. But then CDs came out and remasterings and then I had to buy the same music over and over again. I loved it back then, but I also bought a lot of music out of curiosity only to barely listen to it again. But, yes, great memories, and seriously considering the way I consume music again.
The best thing about the vinyl revival? It has kept the idea of a hi-fi system alive, and caused more interest in other physical media - especially CDs - amongst younger demographics.
As what I consider to be the best form of physical media around - near-perfect quality (with the right mastering), DRM free, and long lasting - I hope CDs will be around for many years to come. And judging by the quantities that Taylor Swift is selling at the moment, they probably will be!
When you understand the process of how vinyl is made compared to other formats, it's just so much more special
I recently rediscovered by vinyl collection from decades ago - well, HALF of my original collection (the rest were lost in various house moves). Since then, I bought a new turntable, amplifier and speakers, and have been having the best fun trying to rebuild my collection to what it was 45 years ago. The fun of travelling the country and visiting record shops or second hand shops and discovering some of favourite 80's LPs is so reassuring and makes me feel young again. Also, the fact that most of my newest albums were once owned and loved by others just adds a magical connection to them as well.
I lucked out and got a signed copy of Super Sexy Heartbreak… on vinyl! Thanks. I consider myself fortunate to have come of age in the age of LP records. As a teenager I scoured used record stores for obscure treasures. At university, albums with gatefolds used to roll special jazz cigarettes on (I can neither confirm nor deny I did this). The stereo system was like an altar to music with the a amplifier stacked on a receiver, a tape deck on top of that with a turntable on top of the tape deck all in between two giant speakers. I’ve started collecting them again. There is something about an album that a CD or MP3 can’t replicate. I think you summed it up perfectly by listing sight, touch and sound.
I just sitting here in Toronto, listening. I'm 80 and remember records back to the 1950s. --BAK--
Dear Mary, love from Bristol. I have never given up on vinyl. My first album was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I used my school dinner money to buy it. I have just ordered your vinyl and look forward to it. Please, please do me a favour…the last album I bought was CSNY at Fillmore East 1969. Please listen to it, on vinyl if you ca, it tells you everything about the love of the music, the quality and the medium…it is fantastic, it has renewed my faith that exceptional quality is still to be found and hearing history in the making with such clarity brings tears…great work.
I started work back in 1967 and every month I had just enough money to buy an LP. That purchase had to last me until the next payday and I'd play side one, flip the record and play side two, over and over again. Those records from the late 1960s got played into my subconscious and even now almost 60 years later they still sound great. My favourites? 'Forever Changes' by Love, Joni Mitchell's first album ( that I bought on import), Fairport Convention's 'What we did on our Holidays'. Precious memories.
As always, SPOT ON Mary! I was born in 1947 and, by 1960, browsing the record racks in the stores was a past-time for my friends and I. There is a resurgence of vinyl. My granddaughter has some and a turntable. I doubt that it will ever be like it was in 1960 but it was an awesome time for music. But music is still there and, after all, it's the music that's important. Also, your vinyl album looks gorgeous. Keep rockin Mary!
For my friends and me, not for I.
Must must must listen to the entire Dark Side of the Moon album. Wish You Were Here is also amazing.
Amazing video! 👍🏻
“…or, if you were lucky, a gorgeous girl…” wow, @Mary Spender that resonates.
I can appreciate and love things I don’t own…and, as I get older, ownership of things and ideas means less to me than enjoying them, often with others - experiences become more important.
If I own it, how much time does it sit unused, on a shelf, limited to only me and my family. I love public libraries (yes, you can get music and books there) and the internet. There are so many people, with crazy great talent, who would otherwise not make it through the gatekeepers filtering music before I can decide if I like it/love it.
True words, so many true words! Thank you Mary!
To me, listening to music (and only listening!) is comparable to watching a movie at home - literally watching it, being focussed, following the story, recognizing certain elements, cuts, effects - and not letting it run next to doing the dishes. And it's the same with music! Did you hear that finger slipping over the string, that lips parting before the vocals start? All this and much more can only be noticed while REALLY listening or watching. And let's not forget about the smell of a fresh pressed vinyl, unwrapped and soon to feel the gentle touch of the needle...
I agree the way computer communication search works you never see anything unexpected or completely different from what you are used to seeing. Search through records is much like searching through books in a store.
My first three albums were Boston - Boston, Eagles - Hotel California and Steve Miller - Book of Dreams! I was 10 - 11 at the time. Many nights spent listening to every song on every album through my brother's 'borrowed' headphones. I built quite a collection by the time cassettes and CD's came into the mix. Earlier this year, I gave all vinyl to my nephew, who went absolutely nuts over it all. I'm glad he's into vinyl so my collection won't go to waste. Great video Mary! Brought back many memories!
Growing up in Oklahoma we had KATT-FM out of Oklahoma City. Every Sunday they had what they called "The KATT's Seventh Day" when they would pick a few albums and play them all the way through. If I remember right, the only ads were played at the side one/side two breaks. Just fantastic.
Mary: who wouldn't, for sure! Love your commentary! You are so funny!!
Loved it! Thanks for the memories and the Reggae story.
As a teenager back in the '70s I bought tons of vinyl, most which I still have. Then got into CDs when they came out and used them to fill out my collection as well as replace some of the albums that had been played to death. Then in the '90s I discovered used record stores and the searching started. Acquiring full discographies of bands that I only had a couple records of and more "filling in" the gaps. Now we have RSD and Black Vinyl Friday or just a casual weekend afternoon at the local record shop.
Beautifully and brilliantly put Mary.
I have got a thousand pieces of vinyl and have not been without a record player since about 1969. I have about 4000 cds and I usually listen loud without headphones. You are absolutely right about what vinyl was and Rick Beato has waxed lyrical about those days. (e.g. Sunshine Records, Oxford early 70s). Nostalgia is fine and streaming is tosh (I still cut cds). I know someone who buys vinyl and has no record player. Vinyl revival is the most cynical attempt to get us to buy our records yet again - re-releasing cassettes is insane. If you have not listened to DSOTM entirely, you have saved yourself from a crushing disappointment, something I have experienced for 51 years on and off (more off). Good video.
I grew up on vinyl and CDs (and I prefer them over digital only), but I can't imagine the younger generations going back to those media.
I did like my vinyl records. I have some of my Dad's 78 rpm of the Brandenburg Concertos and the Barber of Seville.
Just bought my first vinyl player for my 21st birthday. Absolutely loving it so far! 😄
You are so right Mary, the first record I bought was Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I was blown away by how many amazing songs there were on this double album. There is something special about holding a record sleeve reading the lyrics whilst listening to the songs. At my age I struggle to read the writing on most CD sleeves lol.
I just bought Nirvana In Utero 30th anniversary vinyl , I have all their anniversary albums. I've been buying vinyl since I was a teenager, I'm 44 now and visit antique shops all the time to find that special record. I love CDs and still buy them, but there is something special about putting that record on for the first time.
The album experience could be magical, Mary. I remember listening to "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" for the first time, shortly after it came out, at a fellow musician's apartment. He established a ground rule...Absolutely no talking until Side 1 was complete. After a few minutes of "Wow", the same rule applied for Side 2.
I think that conscious listening part is really important, and the biggest reason why I have such an extensive collection.
Pulled out my big sisters 1979 copy of The Clash-London Calling on its 45th anniversary the other day and played it in full. That record has been played sooo many times by both me and her, it still sounds great but definitely has some "personality" that I'm well in tune with and enjoy. I listen to my share of digital music, but the turntable and record collection will always have special memories and purpose in my life. Sparked a great conversation with my Sis too, we've shared a tight musical bond since the mid '70's, it's her album I have to tell her when I play it.
Brilliant! I miss my old record collection and am getting ready to spend way too much money getting a new system and rebuilding my collection.
Yep. Since 2015, I've returned to that music experience - listening to vinyl. I created a vinyl room (fully decorated), purchased a new stereo system & great headphones, and started buying all these newly remastered and boxed vinyl - past and present. I have albums from every decade from the 1940s onwards! I find my comfy chair, brew a nice dark road organic fair trade coffee, open up the vinyl album, read the lyrics, check out which musicians played on which tracks, where the album was recorded, who produced it...and so on. No gossip or silliness here. Just music and information on the making of the music. The stuff that matters. The joy of really listening. The joy of knowing what instruments are being played, who played them. Oh yeah, I insist on paying for all of my music. Musicians deserve to be paid, too!
Mary's soliloquy makes me think about two of my favorite songs about vinyl.
1) Kinks - To The Bone
2) Michael Des Barres - Crackle and Hiss
PS, if you want to have some Pink Floyd related fun, find the 6 part homage/parody to Dark Side called "North Side of the Pole"
IMHO utter brilliance in its execution and concept.
It’s the artifact of music. As you say, cherishing and identifying with an album that’s been lost. Sense of ownership of the object matters.
Great topic. I'm 61. I had a massive record collection. I sold all but a handful of pieces after realizing I was hoarding - not listening. It stopped being about music and it was obvious that it had turned into a manic need to possess. To own things. To claim bragging rights for the rarities I bought. It was unhealthy, and I came to see it wasn't why I gotten into music in the first place. The a la carte method of listening to music from artists worldwide - like yours - is far more satisfying. I've come to enjoy the way my kids live in this world - as a series of experiences, rather than shelves full of sign posts. Never lose sight (or sound) of the music. The format is irrelevant.
59 year old musician here - I loved it when we got rid of vimyl, but all these years later... I still love that we got rid of vinyl. Lack of dynamic range, lack of bass response, skips, warps, clicks, and pops, no bass-heavy content on the inner tracks, spending $10 per month in 1980 money to get ONE album, whereas $10 in 2024 gets you streaming of almost everything. If we actually did go back to how things were, people would hate it. Yes, there were liner notes. Now we've got TH-cam concerts and documentaries instead, in addition to interviews on social media, etc. This opinion might not be popular, but ask people if they'd like to give up what we have and go back to $10 for a record where you might like two songs.
On the other hand, CDs have many sonic advantages, can be copied digitally easily, and the average musician can actually MAKE them in their bedroom and sell them, unlike vinyl, which takes time and is expensive. CDs would be better for us musicians and we'd make more money from them in addition to being able to make our own at home. Perhaps if we put a CD in a 12 inch cardboard holder with big art and added some campfire noise to it...
Billy Joel once sang "there's a new band in town, but you can't get their sound from a story in a magazine." Now you can. Rolling Stone (and every other music reviewer) provides links to the albums they review, some from bands you're familiar with, some not. This is the golden age for LISTENERS and people who love all kinds of music.
Hello everyone, great video! I just thought it was important to say If you are going to get into vinyl I would recommend getting a good quality turntable that wont risk damaging your records. They don't have to be too expensive, avoid the cheap units- the cartridges usually are red or orange in these or they are in the suitcase style units.
When I got a copy of Fox Trot by Genesis (1972) for the first time, I listened to side 2 with the 23 minutes epic Supper’s Ready seven times straight. I just couldn’t beleive my ears! About 30 years later, I sang the whole piece with my band, on stage. One of many great vinyl experiences.
CD’s, or even cassettes, are just as tangible, without the imperfections and hassles.
I'm a child of the 60s and remember buying my first 45rpm record at a local drugstore, The Beatles 'I want to hold your hand'. The 45 records were kept in this slotted wood
display and there might be 5 or 6 copies. I think I paid 25 cents. I had a little record player with two of the cheapest speakers imaginable but when I put that and my other 45
records on (they could be stacked) it was rock on. Eventually graduated to albums and better equipment amassing quite a large collection which takes a lot of space. A friend
of mine had an entire room just for his album collection. Bought albums at Sam Goody's, Tower, and some independent shops. I also borrowed records out of my brothers collections
which had to be done in secret since they were off limits to their punk ass little brother. They both played in local bands so there was plenty of time to steal them away for
a listen. But when CDs came along you still got the art work albeit on a smaller package (the package was twice the length of the CD and I saved every one of them) and there
would be liner notes (usually) as little pamphlets. Radio stations in my area were agog at the quality of the CD sound even though functionally there is no sound difference
between the two mediums and early digital was recorded off masters that still produced hiss, but gone were the pops and cracks of a LP. Not sure where I was going with this
ramble but I'm not sure albums are making a 'comeback', maybe to some degree but I believe it is mainly the older generation reaching back nostagilically like they do with
cars. I bought a slew of albums recently at auction but I have no plans to buy a turntable (haven't had a turntable in decades). I'll just keep them as conversation pieces or
maybe sell them individually and make a buck since the album comeback is somewhat afoot. I say long live the album if that is your preferred format, long live the CD as well,
and streaming isn't going anywhere so long live that as well. With music formats and listening you can have your cake and eat it too.
Very insightful Mary, as usual. I count myself extremely lucky to have been a teenager in the 70's, I'm always surprised and thankful for the reactions I see on TH-cam of people first listening to albums I've been listening to for years. I for one am glad of the resurgance of vinyl, hope fully it might inspire musicians-to-be into writing new classics. Thanks
The only music that I have bought (if you don’t include streaming) the last 10 years have been on vinyl. I love the experience. If I have the choice between a streamed album and a LP, I prefer the LP.
I remember one of the last alternative shops in Geneva, The Sound. I was there in 1998 when they started playing a Tragically Hip album. Ten people started moving and dancing. Bought the album. Magic time.
I suppose that is one thing about being Gen X. We grew up during the transition from vinyl to cassettes to CDs to digital... and if you're a pack-rat like I am, you still have all of it. Years ago there was a record store next to the comic book store I worked at. In the early 90s, they decided to transition their mostly vinyl inventory to CDs. Doing so, they started liquidating their records to make room. Everything was $1. Double albums - $2. I bought a ton of them. Probably worth hundreds now. I remember reminiscing with the owner years later about that. He just joked... "can I buy them back for $1 now?"
Change is also good. Because the days of vinyl records was gated. Gated by the music agent. Gated by the band's manager, then gated by their publisher/distributor. Additional gates were everywhere
Living in the Upper Left Hand Corner in the USA meant we got music late. Later. Very later. Because of gates. Records were released in their distributor's home port as it were; NYC, or Detroit, wherever. Then, literally, the records that didn't sell were sent to the next in their release list. LA/SF were before Seattle, which was before Portland (Oregon).
We had a local FM station that would travel to London and return with a fine collection of songs - That WE could never buy. Because we weren't in their market. They would never produce records and then ship them all the way to ULHC, USA
While I lament some of the losses, I prefer knowing that I can purchase the songs I want. From the Artist themselves, and at online music shops. Because they are never out of stock.
Your observations are still quite valid. I do prefer the aspect of being able to get the songs, but having access to the vinyl is a good option. Just sayin'
These videos - along with the one about cassettes - just feel my heart with joy and brought back lots of memories. Actually, when I was in high school, there would be a yearly trip to London (I'm from Hungary) and I would just blow my money out for CDs at HMV when I got there. Partly for the "classics" (like Mezzanine by Massive Attack), partly for what I was into then. (Drum'n'bass on Good Looking Records, mostly.) Music consumption has to slow down, or at least it should have a slow element to it - let it be through listening to vinyl, CDs, cassettes or streaming one album as a whole. Thanks for reminding me and everyone else.
I used to love going to record stores and used to work at Tower Records back in the 80's after I graduated college. But I do not miss LP's at all!! they were bulky, easily broken, easily scratched the high range sounded warm because of the noise in the recording.
I haven't finished the video yet so I don't know if Mary addresses this or not but I suspect the profit margin is higher per unit than a spotify listen so in that regard from the musicians point of view I can see how it might be thought of as the future. For myself it is all about the ritual of sitting down to listen to a record usually after making a cocktail and just really paying attention. I stopped buying CD's around '03-'04 and actually just quit listening to music altogether for about 11 years until I bought a turntable and started building a collection again. I'm 53 so I was buying cassettes and cd's not vinyl when I started developing my own taste in music but somehow listening to vinyl has become a nostalgic experience that has made music important to me again.
So many hours went into that album of which you should be proud.
Just simply listening to an album has become a lost art. Nowadays, people listen while doing something else just to pass the time, with a skip button at their convenience. There is something magical, i’ll call it that, to quieting the mind and letting the art of music engulf you. When i mix audio this is what i try to do, make art of the performance, instead of focusing on making a song sound like another. There is the human element that comes out when we don’t let perfection grip us. Too often in this busy world doesn’t allow us to sit in the moment so we can collect ourselves.
100% worth it to get a great pair of headphones and listen in a format that's not quite as compressed as most MP3s.
I remember sitting and reading the record jackets and sleeves as a young one in the early 70s. Lyrics, notes, writers, and musicians. I immersed myself in the sounds of the vinyl records my mother put on. It's also how I learned the joy of singing.
I still have vinyl from my parent's and my own collection, as well as my dad's late-60s stereo, with a turntable and reel-to-reel.
If I want to relax and listen to music at home, I use the vintage gear. Out and about in the world, I use new technology.
Thank you, Mary 🙏🏻🤍
vinyl sounds so much better than CD's. I'm a musician and I love records. It's like a tube amp vs. solid state, it just sounds better
I restarted my vinyl collection… I believe on physical releases, but that’s not easy. I like to make spatial music, I just released a Dolby Atmos BluRay Disc. I feel we can do collector items, be it a vinyl, a tape, a CD or a BluRay.
The artwork on albums was phenomenal. Right from when vinyl discs were made. From 78s, 45s, EPs and LPs, it was the images and artwork that cued you into the music. And it took you away to magical and distant worlds and situations. Yet, the crackle and hiss weren’t pluses, they were flaws in the system. And listening to the rumble of the needle on the vinyl grooves wasn’t that great, because it was just added noise. That’s why when CDs came out, all the noisiness went away. It was great. But the cost was shrunken artwork and much less of an impact through the eye candy of the cover. So, yes there is something to the vinyl “experience”. Is it worth spending thousands on a high end turntable and other components. Not necessarily. Music is magical because we imprint our innate magic onto it, no matter the format. I’m glad that vinyl is making a comeback - but even today, I could do without the snap, crackle pop, the skipping and the eventual wearing away of the grooves, no matter how expensive a system one has. But do enjoy yourself. It was a sound some of us grew up with, and it was the soundtrack of our lives, including all the pops and crackles. 😀🎶
I first began being interested in vinyl in about 2008 (aged 18), when it seemed the medium might just be emerging from the nadir of its popularity and the only way to acquire records was as used items. It's been fascinating to see the revival of vinyl. As a hobbyist song-writer and composer, I have a long-held dream to have a work published on vinyl, even if only a 7". In my mind, it's the nearest that sound ever comes to tangibility.
Album suggestion "Anthem Of The Sun" The Grateful Dead.
I've considered getting singles made and selling them at my performances. The problem is I'm a NYC Subway busker. And it's an hour and half long bus ride from where I live in NJ to The Port Authority. Then there's the walk from The Port Authority to which ever station I wind up in. I worry vinyl wouldn't make that trip.
The first time i listened to DSOTM was in my aunties house, on headphones, in 1974, on vinyl, haven't stooped listening to it, on headphones(best way btw) ever since , shares listening time with Wish You Were Here, also on vinyl
November 14 1980. Four weeks after my 16th birthday. Friday evening sometime around 11pm. Me in the backroom of my parents house on my own with the lights off and just the glow of the electric fire to light the room listening to Tommy Vance on the Friday Rock Show on Radio 1. The track was Shine On You Crazy Diamond. I was hearing it for the first time. The world after hearing that track was not the same as the world before. All my friends had listened to it at the same time but we had to wait until we got back to school on Monday morning to talk about it, track down the album and start trading for a cassette recording from the one person in our class possibly in the whole school who had the vinyl.
Album sales will never again pay for bands to fly in a rented Boeing 720 the way Led Zeppelin did but if they can keep an artist solvent and retain a little of that magic of having to earn your reward then there us a place for them and maybe forty odd years from now someone will think back to their own Friday evening and the song which divided the world into before and after.
I remember as a small boy (probably about the age of four, so 1983) examining the groove on an LP and wondering how it made the music come out. Tapes were crap, and CD's were convenient but still crap, and digital music is the crappest of the lot. I love the fact that you can't just bang a vinyl on and forget about it; you have to attend to it, start, stop and turn it over, then start and stop it again - you have to give it your attention or it won't work. Add to that the challenge of the artist really thinking about the running order so that it worked around these limitations(?), and also that the sound quality would be best on the opening tracks of each side due to the higher resolution further from the centre of the record and you're into some serious metaphysical processes.
Vinyl is for the genuine consumer of music, rather than for those who need a soundtrack to their TikTok reel (or whatever it's bloody called).
Keep it up, Mary - your content is always so well thought out, written and presented. You're a craftsperson.
I think the whole process of setting up vinyl is lost to many people now.
Such is the lure and convenience of digital music.
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Mary is correct, the convenience of digital music means we're more likely to be multitasking while listening..
Speakers or headphones?
I started my collection in the early '60s and still have a lot of them. I did loose some over the years, but I have been working to get my turntable working again. I suspect I will end up getting a new one with USB now, but it is still nice to think of allocating time to just listen to an album. You most likely will not be able to find this one, but it is available on TH-cam Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer. Enjoy your journey.
As a collector I have seen vinyl come and go and come back and go again, but it will never be the true future of recording. It will always be a truly nostalgic past medium. That said I have hundreds of records and I enjoy them about twice a year.😂
I've mastered (on tape) for vinyl cuts in my early audio career and artists put time into sequencing the music as most people tended to listen to an album from track 1 onwards. Personal playlists evolved via copying from record to cassette tape. Swapping your cassette play mix with friends was a thing. 🙂
The magic of vinyl isn't that it sounds superior - it really doesn't, by any objective analysis - but rather the experience it promotes. Making a pilgrimage to the record store, flipping through the sleeves, often great artwork in itself, and in many cases, prompting you to buy a album based on looks alone, before handing over the cash and racing home to get it on the turntable. Listening to vinyl is a deliberate act, almost ritualistic at times. First side one, then side two... often over and over. There was no skipping through tracks simply because your brain lacked the patience to see it through. It wasn't about instant gratification. You sit, you listen, you discover, you absorb, and hopefully, you love.
It was August 1968. I had just been to my local Rumbelows Store and bought the Beatles new single Hey Jude. That night I played it over and over again until I had written down all the lyrics, including all the na na na's.
I use to buy some vinyl for its cover art. Also you can't easily skip tracks so you listen to the whole album.
Turn the lights low and listen to Jeff Wayne's "War of the World's" great story and artists
I own a Technics SL1900 (bought in 2023, refurbished and upgraded)....and I buy CD's and records. Last new CD bought: "Empathogen" by Willow Smith et al. Last new record bought: "Don't smile at me" by the O'Connel siblings. As dad sold my small record collection in the early 80th (reasonable since non of us owned a record player anymore), and my CD's vastly outnumbered my LP's, I'm sort of rebuying them second hand now, but at the CD format. I had a friend in college who taped all of his albums straight from the store via a Nakamishi tapedeck on Maxell Metal tape. LP's I buy in dollar bins, just to sample them, a few exceptions of course. By the way, did you know the center hole of a CD is exactly the size of a former Dutch 10 cent coin. By the way my local record store has more music on vinyl than on CD, and lately cassettes (also a Dutch invention) are making a comeback, or better a debut since cassettes were a trend in gas stations up till the late nineties, but not in record stores. I tried out spotify....not cool with it. Everything equals nothing.
You tore my heart apart and left me picking up the pieces when you said you never listened to the Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd 💔
Oh thanks for this...I used to listen to Metallica, Pablo Cruise, Linda Ronstadt, Zeppelin, and Steely Dan, amongst many others on my mom and dad's system over and over again during the late 70's through the mid 80's. Now I am hoping to record, mix, master and cut to vinyl at Welcome to 1979 in Nashville some time next year. Hopefully...I am seeking that tangible medium to pass on. Not looking for any type of music industry success, but just a tangible personal sonic journal.
For me, the beauty of LPs is always the package that they are wrapped up in. The artwork, the dust sleeves, the lyric sheets. I grew up listening my parents collection of LPs from everyone from The Beatles to John Denver to Led Zeppelin, Clapton and Queen and I’ve never lost that love for them. I now have a lot of their collection, including an original Sgt Pepper from 67, and I cherish the memories as much as the music. Don’t get me wrong I use Spotify a LOT, but the two things can live in a happy harmony and both have their merits…..just please don’t bring tapes back!
I hope that vinyl continues, but convenience always seems to win. For example, I recall Blockbuster (BB) believing that consumers wanted to drive to the store, browse the new movie release wall, grab your soda and snacks while waiting in line to checkout, then drive home. BB assumed this experience would continues for years in the future after 2006. Then along came Netflix and changed the definition of convenience for movie watching.
My team at work have been doing an album weekly club. It's basicly the same premise as a book club. There are 3 of us, so we all pick an album a week and then share our thoughts.
Each to their own! Ha! You can apply the same logic to any human experience or activity. Drive a crappy cheap banger or cruise in a luxurious saloon, you still get to the same place! Scoff a cheap takeaway or fine dine in a restaurant, you still get full either way. Listen to music on spotify or take the time to unwrap a record and absorb the beauty whilst enjoying the artwork and reading the liner notes, appreciating how the music was recorded and what the artist was trying to convey. I'm a vinyl nut...but i also love streaming music daily.. the future will offer all formats for different occasions, different budgets, and differing levels of pure aural pleasure! Cheers
One of the few good things I can say for hipsters, at least they are helping vinyl stay alive.
And oh, yeah, Blood on the Tracks definitely sounds better on vinyl.
Good evening Mary firstly great video, I am of the age that I remember LPS the first time round I guess when I turned 60 I decided to treat myself to a new system and I absolutely love it went to a proper hi-fi Centre in Nottingham and £1400.00 later I came home with a new hi-fi system. And I'm very lucky here in Newark-on-Trent there is a really good record store call vinyl attractions and it just brings back so many memories as a kid going into a record store looking through albums you know and don't know so I'm now building my little collection at once again...cheers Phil from Newark
Absolutely excellent. Younger generations do not know the feeling of walking into the Wherehouse or Music plus in Southern California, and looking through the countless bins of albums from bands that were famous to bands that you’ve never heard of before. And then, there’s the album art. Smart labels would get the best artists to design them and notes would include the lyrics, thoughts behind the songs, and the list of the musicians that played on every song we had no idea what a great time that was. Now, Spotify definitely has its upside. I found a lot of bands that I have never heard of simply by their recommendations. But Mary is right. We don’t own this music like we used to own albums. we would sit for hours in our bedrooms with our friends listening to album from a local band called Van Halen and were simply mesmerized by Eddie’s playing. Fun memories.
Great episode and loved the insights and subtle humor 😉
Thats it, im going to play a whole lp right now!
Loved this video. Try the sitting down without distractions to "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield for about 50 minutes. Amazing! Composed when he was about 19, he plays most of the instruments himself. Pure magic. And it came out the same year as Dark Side of the Moon. 1973 was an awesome year for music.
Pink Floyd told a story in four albums. Might I suggest that you binge them all?
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall
Agreed - err generally. Yes the LP set the 40 or so minutes of continuous (well apart from turning it over half way) performance. Technically the CD is arguably better but the limited L/R separation of vinyl results in a well defined central image. Tonally the sound is more dependent on the engineers mixing/eq, but I think there is an unquantifiable magic that hangs around vinyl sound. Anything is better than streaming though.....Nice piece thanks for presenting.
Sight, sound, touch and smell!
I’ve got both. Love them