A friend said something on a post yesterday about the lovely sounds of those familiar skips and scratches that only…
A friend said something on a post yesterday about the lovely sounds of those familiar skips and scratches that only our most beloved vinyl can produce. I’ve said and felt the same on many occasion….and then I happened upon this photo I snapped a couple years back while cleaning out my archives. This was my very FIRST record album that I would play. I’d lay on the green sculptured carpet of my Grannie’s living room with my ear next to the speaker box of her couch sized console stereo, and play it over and over and over.
It belonged to my Uncle, who was away during the Vietnam conflict…but today, it belongs to me. I wouldn’t trade this old scratchy vinyl for anything. I still play it, and I’m 5 years old again, safe and secure at my Grannie’s house.
Do you remember your first love affair with vinyl? Do you still have it?
#Priceless #Vinyl
That song always makes me smile, Eve Aebi. la la la la life goes on
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Googling the Monks, Sean Heffernan… that’s a new one on me.
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sandy vetter…goosebumps, 🙂 it’s never too early for Christmas music.
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🙂 Bill Abrams…I’m sure whoever it is that currently has guardianship of your first is eternally grateful.
( which one is it??)
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Wait BobbieZen! I forgot all about a couple of records that I had when I was very young, and that are long gone. Probably the oldest was Itsy-Bitsy Spider and my favorite was something like Soldier and Sailor Songs . It had Anchors Aweigh, When the Caissons Go Rolling Along, Semper Paratus, the Marine Hymn, and The U. S. Air Force Song (that’s the official title). I had forgotten all about those!
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And then there was It’s in the Book — That one is on Google Play Music and an abridged version is on YouTube.
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🙂 good recall William Parmley!
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The most obscure vinyl I had was a 45 of a song named, “Sandy Sleigh Foot”. It was a Christmas song that was supposed to be the next Rudolph. It wasn’t. But we sing it at our house!
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BobbieZen I’m not sure. Didn’t keep track. My first albums were the entry dozen from Colombia House Record Club.
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I remember the stamps we would tear off to order our monthly selections, Bill Abrams…I was buying 8-tracks mostly back then.
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I went through a phase of that and cassettes too. I still have a few feet of albums, no 8-tracks and only a dozen irreplaceable cassettes.
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Yep.
My 8 tracks were donated to the community room at the old Cooper Arms apartment building in Long Beach, California back in 1988, when I no longer had nor could find a player for them.
sigh
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I do still have the 45 of It’s in the Book and it’s still funny after all these years. 🙂
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Fixing the turntable is on the list for this weekend. Then I’ll get back to adding to the next crate full.
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music to my ears
🙂
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I love his music!
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BobbieZen I have a very cool collection of vintage vinyl. There are 10″ and 12″ which include such favorites as Al Jolson, Ella & Duke at the Cote D’Azur, Arlington Guthrie, Lena Horne, Elvis and Louis Armstrong among the many others.
Unfortunately no dates on any of these. But fabulous stuff!
Interesting to read what Columbia, Capitol, RCA, and Decca used to write on these in terms of copyright and licensing.
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You have a goldmine of vinyl, Susan LaDuke! Awesome… 🙂
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