Vinyl record sales climbing and growing in popularity…data shows that physical sales of vinyl records have climbed the charts over the past three years.

THV11 ^ | July 20, 2023 | Ian Russell

[DoodleBob]

[God luvs America]

I still have the more than 600 albums i purchased from the ealry 70’s till the mid 80’s. Some are in great shape. Of course i’ve got nothing to play them on!!!

[rktman]

Well we don’t have that many. Just some faves from years gone by. Discs are excellent and covers not too bad

[dfwgator]

I miss the days of going to Peaches.

[Organic Panic]

I see players at Walmart of all places, and a small selection of vinyl. If you are a connoisseur of vinyl any thrift store usually has hundreds on the cheap.

[DoodleBob]

[SamAdams76]

[Ken Regis]

It’s weird listening to 5-6 songs then tending the turntable -again.

But I’m a fan of vinyl.

Have been for a long time.

[Ken Regis]

I still use my 1968 turntable.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Grandpa’s ‘console’ like that had a BAR and a TV in it, too! Good times! :)

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Why anyone wants to go back to scratchy , skippy, hissing plastic is beyond me. I was thrilled the day in 87 I got my first cd player.

[DoodleBob]

Here in the Northeast, it was either Sam Goody or Tower Records, or any number of independent stores.

I hit a flea market in Woodstock, NY last year, and dropped $200 on albums. It was heaven.

[Round Earther]

I can fill room of my house with 2000 vinyl albums or I can fit them all on an iPhone, put them in my pocket and listen anytime and anywhere.

I’ll go with my iPod/iPhone.

[Celtic Conservative]

The way we use electronics was pioneered by General Motors in the 1920’s for cars. Its called “planned obsolescence”

CC

[SamAdams76]

My main Boston area record store during the late 1970s was Strawberries. They had a store just outside Fenway Park and I usually bought an album or two after the game.

Cars, Police, Blondie, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, just to name a few vinyl albums I bought from that store.

[EEGator]

I have Herb Alpert and Star Wars from when I was five.

[Scarlett156]

Mr K (not the one on this forum) has an old crank Victorola his parents-in-law bought when they were married back in the 1920s. It has the collection of wax (they were mostly wax then) records that came with it.

One thing about vinyl records is that they can be played with purely mechanical players, no wiring or current needed. Remember that Ray Bradbury story where the guys are sitting there at the end of the world listening to symphonies on a crank record player?

I still have some vinyl records but they’re mostly not collectibles. Personally I think vinyl has better sound quality and is less degradable than other media.

[cuban leaf]

This is my listening room attached to my fairly new shop building. I put my construction on hold when I went in for heart surgery. I just started up again.

I have about 3,500 records and it is my main “stop thinking about politics” hobby.

I sold hi-fi back in the 70’s and early 80’s. Some of my equipment was purchased in the 70’s and still going strong.

[cuban leaf]

Oops. I forgot to include the link: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/post-your-home-stereo-rig-here.1773148/post-37159406

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Wherever there is friction there is noise. There is friction on vinyl. I still use CDs, MP3s, streaming, anything but vinyl, at the max sampling rate.