An Ode To Vinyl

[Tiki Torches]

Short but sweet article on the love of vinyl from an author who must be around the same age as me. The giveaway is how she references an Archies single that came from the back of a cereal box as well as the Partridge Family and Bobby Sherman, all of whom were all the rage when I was growing up.

Ode to Vinyl Records
by Michele Catalano

[sistergoldenhair]

Short but sweet article on the love of vinyl from an author who must be around the same age as me. The giveaway is how she references an Archies single that came from the back of a cereal box as well as the Partridge Family and Bobby Sherman, all of whom were all the rage when I was growing up.

Ode to Vinyl Records
by Michele Catalano

Memories!! Sugar Sugar, Arizona, I Think I Love You !! I could not wait for the latest Tiger Beat to come out so I could see the latest pics of my heart throbs! But I was a Beatles girl at heart ...

[Tiki Torches]

I loved the Beatles too but my first memory of them was hearing Walter Cronkite announce they were breaking up on the CBS Evening News. My first ever vinyl record (aside from kids albums) was Killer by Alice Cooper, or at least that's what my memory tells me.

One of those old Archies cereal box singles in action:

[sistergoldenhair]

I loved the Beatles too but my first memory of them was hearing Walter Cronkite announce they were breaking up on the CBS Evening News. My first ever vinyl record (aside from kids albums) was Killer by Alice Cooper, or at least that's what my memory tells me.

One of those old Archies cereal box singles in action:

Alice Cooper! You were bad a** !! My first record was the 45 of the Beatles "Slow Down," and "Matchbox," which I begged my mom to buy me while grocery shopping! I think I was 7 or 8. We had British neighbors, and a very early memory (I was probably about 4 or 5) is dancing to Twist and Shout in their driveway! I also remember dancing to LocoMotion by Little Eva ... My first LP was More of the Monkees. Music has been so important to me my whole life, and it still keeps me sane ...

[Tiki Torches]

My bedroom growing up was right next to one of my older brothers. I remember having to be in bed at the ungodly hour of 9 pm or something like that, which meant my brother was still up in his room. One of those nights he had Killer playing on 8-track and when it got to the title track with the sound of the gallows door dropping and all that, I was shaking underneath the sheets. I also knew I just had to have that record, something which I did in under a week. Funny how that works.

[Tiki Torches]

If y'all like articles like this, I highly recommend the Dust and Grooves site which profiles record collectors from around the world. I haven't read them all but one of the most enjoyable was their recent profile of Rebecca Birmingham from Brooklyn, NY who specializes in old country and roots records. The most fun was having her playlist play in the background as I read the article. Damn good stuff, at least to me.

[Wildh2oskier]

Noticed at the Zac Brown concert last week that he was selling vinyl LP's of his new album. I thought it was pretty cool.

[Tiki Torches]

It's all the rage these days. Though I know Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and Jimmy Page have angered some fans by releasing albums on vinyl only within the past year or so. God forbid they'd have to buy a turntable to listen to 'em. That said, anyone with the ability to convert vinyl to mp3 had them uploaded to the web shortly after their release (and in some cases, before). Buck and Page aren't alone as lots of folks are releasing albums on vinyl these days, usually with a CD included along with a download code card for the mp3/FLAC crowd.

[Tiki Torches]

Graphic: Vinyl sales break another record in 2012

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[jbfinscj]

Fun read for a guy to young to appreciate vinyl. My only vinyl memories are time life Christmas albums and the muppet movie soundtrack. . Thanks everyone for sharing their memories

[Tiki Torches]

Fun read for a guy to young to appreciate vinyl.

There's no time like the present. In recent years it's only continued to increase in popularity.

[tigzoe]

Nothing will ever compare to vinyl. From the sound to the packaging. I think I got my first 45 when I was 5. It was for a song called Playground In My Mind. And yes, I still have it but the turntable is packed away.

[Hockey Mon]

Short but sweet article on the love of vinyl from an author who must be around the same age as me. The giveaway is how she references an Archies single that came from the back of a cereal box as well as the Partridge Family and Bobby Sherman, all of whom were all the rage when I was growing up.

Ode to Vinyl Records
by Michele Catalano

Now, the real trick would be to find the vinyl album that has the Who's songs sung by the artists in the movie. I was always on the look out for that one.

First album was (I think) Rush's Moving Pictures. I've got so much on vinyl I want to "rip" to electronic format. My Motorhead album is calling me.

[Tiki Torches]

Nothing will ever compare to vinyl. From the sound to the packaging. I think I got my first 45 when I was 5. It was for a song called Playground In My Mind. And yes, I still have it but the turntable is packed away.

I remember having a box set of 45's as a kid that was all childrens's music. I'm pretty sure my first rock n' roll 45 was "My Ding-a-ling" b/w "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry. I still have it but it's not playable as a chip got taken out of it somewhere along the way.

Now, the real trick would be to find the vinyl album that has the Who's songs sung by the artists in the movie. I was always on the look out for that one.

Amazon has some copies of it on vinyl for as little as $1.79 and as much as $14.99. Click on the image below for more info.

First album was (I think) Rush's Moving Pictures. I've got so much on vinyl I want to "rip" to electronic format. My Motorhead album is calling me.

I'm pretty sure my first full length album was Killer by Alice Cooper. One night a very long time ago when I was trying to get to sleep I could hear it coming out of one of my older brothers' rooms (on 8-track no less) which was right next to me . When it got to the last couple tracks ("Dead Babies" and "Killer"), I was shivering under the covers with fright. It scared me so much that I knew I just had to own it and within a week, I did.

I bought Moving Pictures for my cousin back when it first came out in the early 80's. Little did I know, that was his first album. It's very cool that he remembers it and that he thanks me for it every time he gets a chance. I still haven't ripped any vinyl to mp3 but there are a few albums have that I'd love to do that with. I have a friend that's done it, it's time consuming as you basically have to babysit your turntable during the process and separate the tracks afterwards (unless you do it as you rip the vinyl) but I hope to do it someday. In the meantime, I've acquired a few vinyl rips of albums that are out of print or that have never been released on CD.

Meant to post this yesterday but better late than never:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 12” 33 1/3 RPM VINYL! YOU’VE NOW STOKED 82 YEARS OF OBSESSIVE COLLECTING!

[Tiki Torches]

This looks to have aired on MTV in late 1988, at least going by the appearance of R.E.M.'s Green, which came out in November of that year. Strange to look back at this as cassettes were outselling vinyl and CD's at the time. For whatever it's worth, my last purchases on vinyl were Green and Rattle and Hum (both in 1988).

[chippewa]

I don't burn too many CDs anymore, but I love using these. Grooves and everything.

[Tiki Torches]

I don't burn too many CDs anymore, but I love using these. Grooves and everything.

I have a few of those but they were gifts from a friend. I can't remember the last time I burned a CD. Since everything on my computer is mp3's, I'd have to rip songs directly from my CD's so they wouldn't be compressed. Unless of course, I was creating a CD that could be played on a device that's mp3 friendly.

[Tiki Torches]

The new Jack White album Lazaretto generates a hologram when played. More info here.

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America's Largest Record Plant Expands Thanks to Vinyl Boom – But It's Never Been in Trouble


United Record Pressing in Nashville, TN.
Courtesy of United Record Pressing