I’m 71 and was a hi-fi salesman in the ‘76-’83 timeframe. I collect vinyl records, still. I’m shocked at how may kids are going for vinyl these days.
Heck, I live in a small town and our Wal-Mart has a shockingly good vinyl selection. Even my 15 year old grandaughter is getting into it, as well as my 41 year old son and his wife.
Retro is in.
One thing for sure, I HATE TOUCH SCREENS.
Im 81 and recently sold my collection. 4K 45 rpm, 500 33 1/3 albums, 200 78 RPM. All R&B, Doowop and Blues. All from the 40’s and 50’s. Had been collecting since I was a kid. Had to let them go.
“One thing for sure, I HATE TOUCH SCREENS.”
It’s impossible to hate touch screens enough! They are from the depths of hell. I texted my brother that our sister had “just docked in Seattle”. That’s what I THOUGHT I had typed. Autocorrect changed “docked” to something else, making us wonder how much fun she was really having in Seattle.
And stupid laptop touchpads. I bought a refurbished Lenovo laptop — practically new — for $100. The guy said the only thing wrong with it was that the touchpad doesn’t work and he didn’t want to mess with it. I said GOOD! The first thing I ever do is go into Settings and disable the touchpad.
Yeah. I really wish I had all my old vinyl. Well, not all of it. Some of it was pretty lame. My son is early 20s. He has some of my old vinyl (Boston, Foreigner, Van Halen - stuff I managed to keep), and some of his own old vinyl (Moody Blues, Rainbow, Metallica, Megadeth, Marty Robbins - yeah, Marty Robbins, Oingo Boingo).
Funny you mention that. I also sold hi fi to make my way through college. Worked for Opus 2 in Memphis, TN and then for various entities on the West coast in northern California. There was a lot of cool gear around back then. I’ve got stories...
When you have cats, vinyl LPs collect their airborne fur. Very happy when CDs came along