I remember listening to it over and over, going to sleep, one hot summer with no A/C. The white bedroom curtains would flutter in the darkness.
That was a good summer. I was a teenager. The LP wasn’t very powerful, so you could hear the record getting a little worn after a while.
But the melodies. And the story of the symphony itself. Kind of like Beethoven’s 3rd. Or 5th. Or 9th.
Ours was a Brahms, Bach and Beethoven house.
My folks went to hear a man play the piano in the basement of their church.
This man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGSfJn3nKQ
It was long ago now, but I have always been amazed at the idea.
I was in the Guitar center today and they had a HUGE selection of VINYL RECORDS!
(I felt SO validated!)