Vinyl's resurgence lately has me scouring local thrift stores for records that I got rid of many years ago when I decided to switch over to CD's. Good news: I have found many that I discarded (or sold) in haste yea those eons ago; now in 2011, all of them were less than a dollar! And a few were still unopened in their original shrink wrap. I don't know who would keep a record unopened for 30 years, but...thank you.
Humans run on analog sound. Currently there has been a backlash from audiophiles fatigued by the clinical precision of digital. Me? I see value in both methods of sound recording. Analog for its forgiving nature (often adding flattering colors to original sound) and digital for its ease of editing without generational loss.
Not intending to revise history, 25 years ago I really saw the compact disc as a step forward. Nostalgia is part of the needle-in-groove mystique; right now I am all wrapped up in the good old days.
Keep it in the red.
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