CDs and tapes don’t hold a candle to vinyl records. If music helps keep you centered, and helps you figure out who you are, having a physical copy is a pretty powerful thing. When you’re as obsessed with music as I am, that’s pretty much the equivalent of having unlimited fire power and two extra lives. You can hold a record in your hand and know that, impressed forever on that piece of plastic is a song or album that has influenced the way your life has turned out. I had to explain that owning a record, to me, feels more like “owning the music” than any other form of music media. ![]() He had no idea why I’d want some old, antiquated piece of plastic when I could so easily download a digital file or, for even less commitment, stream any song I want for free. When I told my Dad that my Amazon wish list was full of vinyl records, he literally laughed at me.
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