08-06-2011, 12:56 PM
As always, Richard, you've brightened the day. Some long-lost memories there, trapped between the grooves of vinyl. I agree entirely with you; there is nothing like the pleasure of placing a disc on a turntable. Especially with LPs, where the big cover usually carried a great image and some useful information. Classical music was especially well catered for in this country by HMV - I have many LPs with quite stunning sleeve cover images and backed by informed comment and recording details. British composers such as Delius and Vaughan Williams could be found in the HMV catalogue and at that time - 1960s - rarely elsewhere.
The times have moved on but the far-too-easy availability of MP3s and their evanescent quality (i.e. you can't pick 'em up and examine them for scratches, or read the labels or sleeves) make them in some strange way of less value. The damage done to the recording industry is almost total. We will never see the likes of it again, more's the pity. I'm not often a great fan of the past, despite appreciating what went before for the engineering and skill that created it, but in this case I'd make an exception. I like CDs, certainly - but I have a very warm regard for analogue discs.
Thanks for this!
Tony
The times have moved on but the far-too-easy availability of MP3s and their evanescent quality (i.e. you can't pick 'em up and examine them for scratches, or read the labels or sleeves) make them in some strange way of less value. The damage done to the recording industry is almost total. We will never see the likes of it again, more's the pity. I'm not often a great fan of the past, despite appreciating what went before for the engineering and skill that created it, but in this case I'd make an exception. I like CDs, certainly - but I have a very warm regard for analogue discs.
Thanks for this!
Tony
