Alice may be old but he's very smart. As covered earlier this year, vinyl sales are up while CDs and downloads are on their way out. Streaming is the name of the game.
As most of us know, Alice is a good guy on multiple fronts. I wish him nothing but success.
The wife and I just purchased tickets to see him this Friday in Kansas City. I grew up on some of his songs. Glad there is an opportunity to see him before he hangs up his Spurs.
MFO
“Breadcrumbs”
Heh.
Funny guy.
Luckily, I not only have all my old albums, I also have two regular turntables and two USB to MP3 tables.
If memory serves, as a teen, I paid $10 for Welcome To My Nightmare, back when JC Penney still sold records.
The vinyl being sold today is $35 and up.
Even the few used vinyl stores around want crazy amounts for a “passe’” medium.
I hate streaming.
All my stuff is on my iPods.
Probably my best vinyl is the gatefold pop-up Tull album, “Stand Up”.
You open it and Ian and the boys spring to life.
They don’t make neat stuff like that anymore.
When my rock band was coming up, The Spyders (Alice’s group) were ahead of us about 3 years. We weren’t old enough to get into bars (like the Red Dog a Go Go) to hear him. But his guitarist, John Tatum, quit when Vince moved to LA and changed the band’s name.
Within about two years a certain LS was playing in John Tatum’s band.