“My dad...Vinyl, Reel-to-reel, Cassettes, CD’s and DVD’s...”
I took the same path.
I’m sure your dad bought many albums at base Navy Exchanges. Plentiful, cheap music! I used to hide albums behind clothing display stands
until payday so they wouldn’t get bought out from under me.
And now...microSD!
Will soon be in the process of converting several hundred old vinyls to digital...which will ultimately wind up on the smartphone microSD. A couple hundred cds already reside there.
Love gigabytes.
During WW2, Dad played records for his fellow sailors, and told the stories of the music as entertainment for them.
It stunned the captain one day as he went out on deck and the sailors were whistling the “Soldiers Chorus” from Faust as they swabbed the deck! LOL.