Rediscover
Vinyl Records
The
Wonderful World of Vinyl
Records
Back
when I was a child, vinyl records
were the vehicle used by diehard
music lovers to listen to their
favorite songs.
Eight
tracks were going out of style
really quickly and the newest
trend was the cassette tape.
Believe it
or not, I was one of the
first in my town to own a
cassette player. I had just
returned from the Army in Europe
in the early 1970's and everyone
laughed at this new form of tape
player. Go figure!!
But, back
to the subject of vinyl records.
Even with the passing of the
eight tracks and the emergence of
the cassette tape, many music
lovers stuck to the traditional
vinyl records for their listening
pleasure.
We have
come a long way since the hay
day of vinyl records.
Compact discs are all the
rage today with good reason. The
sound quality is truly pure and
you almost feel as if you are in
a soundproof room when you focus
your listening skills on the CD
player.
The
clean sounds are a major
improvement from the vinyl
records that
crackled as they
played.
However, it
is that crackling sound
that is only offered by the vinyl
records that I find so appealing.
There is something about that
sound that is so
cool to listen to
especially when I’m in a
nostalgic mood.
Maybe it is
because the crackling sound is
tied so closely to the songs I
loved when I was a young man. I
just can’t seem to separate
the two.
A friend of
mine, who happens to be a DJ,
plays only vinyl records,
nothing else.
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This has
never been a problem for me. I've
always wanted to skip all of the
trendy pop-chart music of today
and focus on older dance music
and classic songs available on
vinyl records.
My friend
started playing dinner songs at a
reception I was attending. He
chose classic Moog music for the
wedding meal.
The entire
reception hall fell silent during
the prayer.
Once the
prayer ended, the DJ placed the
needle on the record and the
quiet room filled with soft
crackling sounds followed by some
beautiful, almost forgotten
music.
The
transition was magnificent and
the memory of the moment
the crackling sounds overtook
the reception hall still gives me
chills. You simply cannot
replicate that with a compact
disc.
Technologically,
we have come a long way when it
comes to music. However, we
should not completely let go of
the little gems from our past.
Those
haunting sounds of the
crackling vinyl
records help us truly
touch the past even if for just a
moment in time.
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