Good one Bhaskar!
I am a first generation vinyl aficionado and my emotions are multiple. The first is of course the music, having listened to cassettes, CD's and MP3, vinyl is truly magical, irrespective of the genre.The artwork comes next - very good rendering, looks like they had real artists working on them rather than the mass produced photoshopped ones we see nowadays. The comes the vinyl playing ceremony, it has to be a ceremony, there is no other way. You got to shuffle through the collection physically, looking at the names, the artwork and more, the place it on the 'table, clean the stylus, remove the specks of dust, start and bliss!. You go through all the songs on a side and learn to enjoy all. You discover that the single that you did not understand, had lots buried in it...You learn patience, you learn to relax.
Then comes the history, all my collection is pre-owned and with it comes a lot of history. You see names, you see occasions and you see places. You wonder why and how a "Ramanujam" came to own a Miles Davis. Your mind can then take off and you reach a different plane altogether. You see a collection from a library, all numbered and so on and wonder.....You see owners from small towns and wonder how on earth they got the music and the turntable!! Admire that some of the owners put a date on the cover to indicate the date of purchase!!
I can go on and on...but like the author said you need to dedicate a time for this , which I do ....let me end the ramble here...It is truly magical !
Good one Bhaskar!
I am a first generation vinyl aficionado and my emotions are multiple. The first is of course the music, having listened to cassettes, CD's and MP3, vinyl is truly magical, irrespective of the genre.The artwork comes next - very good rendering, looks like they had real artists working on them rather than the mass produced photoshopped ones we see nowadays. The comes the vinyl playing ceremony, it has to be a ceremony, there is no other way. You got to shuffle through the collection physically, looking at the names, the artwork and more, the place it on the 'table, clean the stylus, remove the specks of dust, start and bliss!. You go through all the songs on a side and learn to enjoy all. You discover that the single that you did not understand, had lots buried in it...You learn patience, you learn to relax.
Then comes the history, all my collection is pre-owned and with it comes a lot of history. You see names, you see occasions and you see places. You wonder why and how a "Ramanujam" came to own a Miles Davis. Your mind can then take off and you reach a different plane altogether. You see a collection from a library, all numbered and so on and wonder.....You see owners from small towns and wonder how on earth they got the music and the turntable!! Admire that some of the owners put a date on the cover to indicate the date of purchase!!
I can go on and on...but like the author said you need to dedicate a time for this , which I do ....let me end the ramble here...It is truly magical !