I've always liked the sound of a well-preserved LP or 45. I was reminded of how retro my interest in music on vinyl is, though, when...
...a former co-worker asked if I ever listened to music "on those big records."
...another former co-worker said records were given away as prizes in a church raffle about 15 years ago, and kids in grade school who won them stared at them and asked older people at the event, "What do we do with these?"
...a friend from college went back for another degree in recent years and took a music appreciation course. When the teacher asked for someone to work the record player, she volunteered. She was the only person in the room, aside from the instructor, who knew how to operate a turntable.
Objectively, a record is an eccentric form of technology. The act of putting a needle on a piece of wax to hear sounds is, after all, quirky. Still, considering that so much music has slipped through the cracks and will never be available online or on CD, a good turntable is a sound investment.
