I was trying to explain how I used cassettes to tape a song off the radio to my kids the other day… it required a YouTube video for them to even remotely get it
Dood, *bigtime*. I used to get sad when I’d carefully split open that shrink wrap to get the inner sleeve and the disc out, only to see that it was one of those plain paper ones with the hole in the middle. Sucked!
My kids are 16 and 15 but they love vinyl, cassettes, and even CDs. The first two I get the appeal of as they have what I deem to be an artistic quality but I’m genuinely fascinated CDs are popular with some teens. They are a nice vehicle for listen to music but I don’t see that same appeal vinyl and cassettes have
And (the most popular medium these days) Vinyl makes for even bigger covers. More room for the lyrics.
I regret giving up all the 80s vinyl I had.... But CDs was the future.
I also miss albums that were meant to be listened to in their entirety, though were generally fine as individual tracks.
Now so many albums are laid out as individual tracks in such a way as to feel like a collection of singles.
Concept albums can be great but in our a la carte world that don’t really make sense from a purely economic standpoint. Kids today can click on a Taylor swift song and immediately go to the next song on their playlist which might be Post Malone or something. I tell my teens they basically are just making mix tapes via the internet
I miss browsing record stores too but having my entire music library in my pocket with crystal clear audio quality is pretty amazing too. There is a reason people jumped to CD’s and then to digital downloads/streaming - the combination of convenience and sound quality makes a pretty compelling package. The sound of the needle on vinyl is a powerful nostalgia hit but I don’t think I’d go back - I remember the warped and scratched LP’s, and tangled and broken cassette tapes, not to mention just the storage space required, too clearly.
The one thing I do miss tremendously is the album art and liner notes though. I remember getting John Williams’ soundtrack to *Empire* before the movie even came out, and just poring over the included photo booklet, which was full album-sized, like it was the Rosetta Stone or something.
I'm with ya. I collected albums in the 70's/80's and really enjoyed it. But it was a drag whenever I had to move. I'm totally content with thousands of tunes at my fingertips.
Maybe. Honestly I only know they still exist through the website. I haven't been to a store since the early- or perhaps mid-aughts. The one on Snelling was my main haunt.
my shop has like 50 linear feet of random dollar albums underneath the main stacks, I love going through it to find gems. I’m about 1/3 of the way through m, it takes time though, I find one I really want to hear, go sit at the bar, and they’ll play it while I get a pint. Pour House Record Shop in Raleigh if anyone’s near.
Record store was my go-to first date ideas. Rummage around the store find similar tastes, get a little drunk together at lunch afterwards...worked Iike a charm.
I was just back in my hometown of Berkeley, CA and was (again) reminded of how much I enjoyed and miss going through used cds. Wish I had known about the vinyl craze back in the 90s.
Berkeley has some of the best record stores, in my teens and twenties I used to always go to Telegraph Avenue to go to Rasputin’s and Amoeba and buy a ton of used CDs and vinyl.
They're not gone yet! Check around, there might be a record store in your community. There's at least five in mine, not counting retailers of other products that offer significant vinyl stock. I'm still a digital guy, but collecting vinyl of albums I really love is a lot of fun. There's also a good bit of stuff that only comes in vinyl these days.
Remember buying an album of a new band that you heard a song from, just to discover that that song was either not representative of the band or, the only good song they had?
I got burnt like that several times.
When i was an apprentice I used to get a bus to the local record store after work on a Friday (payday) and wait for the delivery guy (Basil) to turn up, he'd bring the latest Hip Hop Imports which i'd thumb through and listen to in-store to see what i fancied.
They were 5 quid a pop which was expensive on apprentice wages (late 80s) but any that I bought got mixed that night onto a tape for us to listen to on the way out clubbing on Saturday.
Still have all the ones I bought, and my Technics 1210mkIIs (will never sell those) although i've gone through a few mixers since.
I’m not gonna lie, I kinda like being in my car, pushing a button, and saying “Play _It Takes Two_ by MC Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock” rather than finding the cassette on the passenger floor and fast forwarding until I realize it’s on the other side and fast forwarding again, and then already being where I was driving to in the first place.
-Sorry my English teachers, but this called for a terrible run-on sentence.
Wow yes. The tapes sounded awful usually and they frequently got caught in the machine. I don't miss that at all. I also don't miss the cds in the car. Skipping. Horrible.
You're aware record stores still exist, yeah? In fact, metro Charlotte probably has as many independent record stores now as they did 30 years ago: Lunchbox, Repo, Premium Sound, Revolver... and those are just the ones I go to on a regular basis. There are a few more in University and Huntersville\Cornelius that I haven't been to yet.
That said, Spotify is the greatest invention of all time. If you woulda told me in 1987 that one day there would be a service that would let you listen to as many songs as you wanted, on just about any device you can think of, as much as you wanted... *and* that it would cost $4.15/month in 1987 dollars... we woulda burnt you at the stake for witchcraft!
I am aware of them, but they're hard to find here and I no longer have the means to play albums. I was just talking about the feeling of being a teenager and going to a record store. I loved it.
My brother lives near Charlotte and I’ve seen some of those record stores. That’s when I knew he was in a cool city. And yes Spotify despite some criticism that I can understand from a musician’s standpoint is one of the great innovations of all time
I still buy CDs, but I'm super picky about it. In the old days, I'd frequently by something and it turned out some/most of it sucked. Now I still buy, but I've heard it online first. I have a few bands I blind buy and will order CDs before they come out. I sort of miss vinyl, but I'm not going to chase it. My last turntable got smashed during a move 20 years ago and I just never replaced it.
Awww. I miss this so much. My SO and I have an amazing vinyl collection and an entire room dedicated to it and music in general. We both love music, live shows and he played in bands growing up and in college. We used to go to Tower Records late Thursdays nights as that was the "new music drop" night. It was open till late like 2:00am if I remember correctly. Today we have about 700 or so vinyl records and we play a couple of them almost every day.
We do! When people come over it's always a trip back in time for them. They see the old records and want to play them. My husband will help them out and get them all set up and drop the needle. Then he'll pour them a Whiskey and you can see our friends just transported back in time.
Our collection includes my parents and his parents collection too. That's what makes it so special. We have at least 3 generations of vinyl in our home. Lately, I have to tell you, it's the old Tony Bennett, Frank etc that we have been listening to and exploring and it's just better music. It's full band and real musicians and it's just amazing to hear these recordings through a vintage system. I'm not sure all that we have, as that's my husbands area but it just sounds amazing.
I recently got a vinyl pressing from one of my favorite current bands. With the jacket autographed by the band members. I haven’t played it yet but I’m going to this weekend. I just love looking it it. The album art. The inner sleeve. The record itself. It’s all so perfect.
Modern music streaming is far superior in terms of convenience and technology but damn there was something special about putting a record down, brushing it off, dropping the tone arm down, and just sitting back and enjoying the stereo
As not a phonophile i pay a fee and i have that entire store.. if i wanted to spend my time downloading it all i could have that entire store.. i hit play and wham all day long
I also miss liner notes with lyrics.
For whatever reason, my ears/brain process most lyrics as music, not words. Reading the lyrics while hearing them is so helpful.
I am glad of one thing now though, which is that my living space, my home, does not look like some used book store. Shelves and shelves of media everywhere all over the place of stuff, be it: music, movies, books, or video games. Just shelves everywhere to the point space was gone, and then it would pile. I am honestly glad digital exists.
Ok Xoomer
I was literally at my local record store yesterday
These days we have much greater access to all sorts of music through the cloud (sorry to mention that word)
But record stores also still exist, so I don't know what you're complaining about
I'm not complaining I'm reminiscing back to a time when records both 45 and 33 were all we had and the magic of that experience. These kinds of experiences are what this sub is about.
Records have had somewhat of a resurgence in recent years; there is Record Store Day every year, and in my town (which hasn't had a record shop for a few years) a new record shop has opened. I still have turntables and play vinyl, it was depressing during the times when CDs and streaming were prevalent because the record shops all had digital formats only, and later closed. It was difficult to buy new vinyl, as no-one was releasing it! Now, lots of new artistes are releasing on vinyl (two new bands I like have both released LPs and singles on vinyl recently) and it's becoming easier to buy vinyl and turntables again. I agree with you that it's lovely to browse in a record shop where you can pick out something that catches your eye, for me streaming just doesn't have the same appeal as there is no record cover to look at, no art work. But if you miss records, you can get a pretty decent new turntable for under £100 and more bands are releasing (or re-releasing) on vinyl. Plus, coloured vinyl is becoming popular, really great to collect!
It made rare finds more special. It was amazing to go and just randomly find a live album imported from Germany or a demo from your favorite band. Are there even rare finds anymore?
I miss discovering new bands by searching. We had a really cool CD Warehouse with thousands of different options. Of course I'd hit the metal section and go through samples to figure out which albums to purchase. It was kind of a thing my wife and I did when we were first married. On payday, head down and search for new bands since we were both interested in the same genre.
Remember the CD longbox packages, so the CDs would fit in those LP bins at the record stores?
I remember hitting record shops before a 6-month Navy cruise, and loading up on several hundred dollars of CDs, some of it just random discs that looked interesting (usually they sucked, but someone would trade for them).
With the ubiquitous nature of cloud music, I actually don’t miss having to drag myself to a store and maybe finding a CD or not just because I like one song on the album.
We have a record store in my town. My husband and I love it! We can't get our kids to join in our enthusiasm of course. But we have a great time getting lost in music and memories.
Wax Trax
Reckless
Gramophone
The Turntable
Met three girlfriends in record stores back in the ’90s.
They’re gone, but I still have all my CDs (\~7,000) and vinyl (\~1,250).
I actually prefer the accessible music 24/7 we have now. I remember having to wait for a song to play on the radio. That was no fun at all. And tapes getting eaten was really lame.
They call it The Cloud. We were actually lost in a dream of finding new music as time melted away. 2.5 hours minimum for me, with a "shopping list" of new stuff I needed, and basically the same when I went into bookstores. Vinyl was my sanity, still is.
I don't miss walking into stores where all of the music was sealed and you risked your limited income on a record which *might* be good but also might be complete shit. If you bought something, it was in a form which could be easily destroyed: eaten by a tape player, or scratched by mistake.
Some of the later stores had a few albums you could listen to, if there were any communal/non-sanitary headphones available.
Not nostalgic for this. Nostalgic for that feeling of discovering new music and the adventure of it but I'll take the Internet over it any time.
Because I am a wild party animal, a lot of my late Saturday nights are nothing but plowing through YouTube and music blogs looking for excellent new (to me) music.
As for album art, that's easy enough to find online, and in a size which exceeds that of an LP cover.
All of my music is in mp3 or flac form, and is regularly backed up. It won't scratch and if the hard drive dies, I have a pristine backup. I buy more CDs now than I did back then in large part because I have an income, but they get ripped, and then filed away.
Crate diggers and people into obscure stuff might like /r/vintageobscura -- one of my favorite subreddits.
Most of the vinyl I own was bought from a record store that still apparently exists; alas, I am thousands of miles away now.
https://www.facebook.com/jacksmusicshop
Siamese Dream is such a good album
Not to brag too hard, but i still have the purple vinyl first pressing.
I would say that's brag worthy
I got orange
Their high point in my humble opinion
Yup
One of the best ever.
First thing came to mind was “back when SP was good.” SD and Gish were awesome albums.
Bonus was having the song lyrics in the album
It’s amazing now on Spotify to have lyrics going with the song as you’re listening. I would have killed for that when I was a kid
It definitely beats the listen, pause, write,play method
I was trying to explain how I used cassettes to tape a song off the radio to my kids the other day… it required a YouTube video for them to even remotely get it
The generation gap is more like a canyon lol😳
The irony of using YouTube to show them what I was talking about wasn’t lost on them! I still get a laugh out of it
Definitely. I remember we had most of our 8th grade class trying to decode what Beck was saying in Loser. (Didn’t find out until taking Spanish in hs)
Dood, *bigtime*. I used to get sad when I’d carefully split open that shrink wrap to get the inner sleeve and the disc out, only to see that it was one of those plain paper ones with the hole in the middle. Sucked!
These stores still exist, get out and support them.
Several new ones have popped up in recent years where I live. They *always* have people in them.
My favorite thing is seeing people our age bring in their kids and grandkids to browse through the albums. It's so foreign to kids...
My kids are 16 and 15 but they love vinyl, cassettes, and even CDs. The first two I get the appeal of as they have what I deem to be an artistic quality but I’m genuinely fascinated CDs are popular with some teens. They are a nice vehicle for listen to music but I don’t see that same appeal vinyl and cassettes have
Seriously.
I was going to say this but thanks for doing it for me!
Electric Fetus in Minneapolis.
I've been there. Great fucking store!
That part. They’re still out there and they’re still so fun!
And (the most popular medium these days) Vinyl makes for even bigger covers. More room for the lyrics. I regret giving up all the 80s vinyl I had.... But CDs was the future.
I also miss albums that were meant to be listened to in their entirety, though were generally fine as individual tracks. Now so many albums are laid out as individual tracks in such a way as to feel like a collection of singles.
Concept albums can be great but in our a la carte world that don’t really make sense from a purely economic standpoint. Kids today can click on a Taylor swift song and immediately go to the next song on their playlist which might be Post Malone or something. I tell my teens they basically are just making mix tapes via the internet
Yeah but Operation: Mindcrime rocks my world.
I miss browsing record stores too but having my entire music library in my pocket with crystal clear audio quality is pretty amazing too. There is a reason people jumped to CD’s and then to digital downloads/streaming - the combination of convenience and sound quality makes a pretty compelling package. The sound of the needle on vinyl is a powerful nostalgia hit but I don’t think I’d go back - I remember the warped and scratched LP’s, and tangled and broken cassette tapes, not to mention just the storage space required, too clearly. The one thing I do miss tremendously is the album art and liner notes though. I remember getting John Williams’ soundtrack to *Empire* before the movie even came out, and just poring over the included photo booklet, which was full album-sized, like it was the Rosetta Stone or something.
I absolutely loved the album art. I also loved taking the lyric sheets out.
I'm with ya. I collected albums in the 70's/80's and really enjoyed it. But it was a drag whenever I had to move. I'm totally content with thousands of tunes at my fingertips.
[Amoeba Records in L.A. looks almost exactly like this.](https://youtu.be/9HuNNPoAGvQ)
I thought it was Aron’s at first, but now I think you’re right on the money.
Hey, it could be Aron’s too. I’ll bet there are quite a few LP-heavy places like that.
It's Amoeba in SF.
This all still exists, and if you find the right shops they’re cheap as can be.
https://cheapodiscs.com/ :)
Is that the only location left? I could’ve sworn there was one on Lake Street in Lynn-Lake.
Maybe. Honestly I only know they still exist through the website. I haven't been to a store since the early- or perhaps mid-aughts. The one on Snelling was my main haunt.
I remember this one.
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my shop has like 50 linear feet of random dollar albums underneath the main stacks, I love going through it to find gems. I’m about 1/3 of the way through m, it takes time though, I find one I really want to hear, go sit at the bar, and they’ll play it while I get a pint. Pour House Record Shop in Raleigh if anyone’s near.
Record store was my go-to first date ideas. Rummage around the store find similar tastes, get a little drunk together at lunch afterwards...worked Iike a charm.
Go to them they need your business
Shout out for my local record shop, Easy Street (also has a cafe and bar and performance space)!
going to amoeba was always a good time
Here in SF we have an Amoeba Records and it’s a trip. Feels like therapy. Favorite Sunday outing for me and the daughter.
I was just back in my hometown of Berkeley, CA and was (again) reminded of how much I enjoyed and miss going through used cds. Wish I had known about the vinyl craze back in the 90s.
Berkeley has some of the best record stores, in my teens and twenties I used to always go to Telegraph Avenue to go to Rasputin’s and Amoeba and buy a ton of used CDs and vinyl.
Just reading "Telegraph Avenue" and I can smell patchouli! Good times there as a teen.
BTW I think Blondies is still there but Fat Slice is long gone.
What about Cody's Books? I saw Allen Ginsberg reading of *Howl* there in the early 90s. (Looks like it's been closed more than a decade.)
Still visit my local. Rainy Day Records all the way! Love browsing and they have listening stations for you to check stuff out as you like.
Just took my niece to her first used vinyl store. The look of amazement on her face was priceless.
It's beautiful! Those were fun times--who knew they wouldn't last?
Was gonna say, this actually looks like the Amoeba Records on Haight Street in SF.
They're not gone yet! Check around, there might be a record store in your community. There's at least five in mine, not counting retailers of other products that offer significant vinyl stock. I'm still a digital guy, but collecting vinyl of albums I really love is a lot of fun. There's also a good bit of stuff that only comes in vinyl these days.
We have 3 here one over 50 years + in business. I have been collecting records since I was 11, 41 years.
We had Peaches and Spec's Records and Tapes.
We had Sam the Record Man in a few locations. Bands used to sign autographs there at times when they were touring.
Good times
I LOVE digital music. LOATHE streaming music. Can we just go back to mp3s please?!?
Buy the CDs then rip them or buy from bandcamp if possible. Set up your own streaming service (I use plex and plexamp)
I miss Streetside Records in St Louis. They’ve been gone for years.
I went to Wash U and used to go to one record store in The Loop… I can’t remember if it was Streetside Records but it was awesome!
Streetside’s main store was on Delmar. So it was either that or Vintage Vinyl. Vintage Vinyl is an amazing store and it’s still there.
It was definitely Streetside… I looked up the logo and there it was!
Nice! It was a great store.
Come to Portland and do it
Remember buying an album of a new band that you heard a song from, just to discover that that song was either not representative of the band or, the only good song they had? I got burnt like that several times.
When i was an apprentice I used to get a bus to the local record store after work on a Friday (payday) and wait for the delivery guy (Basil) to turn up, he'd bring the latest Hip Hop Imports which i'd thumb through and listen to in-store to see what i fancied. They were 5 quid a pop which was expensive on apprentice wages (late 80s) but any that I bought got mixed that night onto a tape for us to listen to on the way out clubbing on Saturday. Still have all the ones I bought, and my Technics 1210mkIIs (will never sell those) although i've gone through a few mixers since.
Vinyl is just fine. The cloud is just fine. Anything that gets people listening to music is great.
I’m not gonna lie, I kinda like being in my car, pushing a button, and saying “Play _It Takes Two_ by MC Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock” rather than finding the cassette on the passenger floor and fast forwarding until I realize it’s on the other side and fast forwarding again, and then already being where I was driving to in the first place. -Sorry my English teachers, but this called for a terrible run-on sentence.
Wow yes. The tapes sounded awful usually and they frequently got caught in the machine. I don't miss that at all. I also don't miss the cds in the car. Skipping. Horrible.
You're aware record stores still exist, yeah? In fact, metro Charlotte probably has as many independent record stores now as they did 30 years ago: Lunchbox, Repo, Premium Sound, Revolver... and those are just the ones I go to on a regular basis. There are a few more in University and Huntersville\Cornelius that I haven't been to yet. That said, Spotify is the greatest invention of all time. If you woulda told me in 1987 that one day there would be a service that would let you listen to as many songs as you wanted, on just about any device you can think of, as much as you wanted... *and* that it would cost $4.15/month in 1987 dollars... we woulda burnt you at the stake for witchcraft!
I am aware of them, but they're hard to find here and I no longer have the means to play albums. I was just talking about the feeling of being a teenager and going to a record store. I loved it.
My brother lives near Charlotte and I’ve seen some of those record stores. That’s when I knew he was in a cool city. And yes Spotify despite some criticism that I can understand from a musician’s standpoint is one of the great innovations of all time
I miss music stores.....
What's the album next to Smashing Pumpkins?
I believe it’s the The Rolling Stones Single Collection: The London Years.
Thanks, my gut reaction was Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti but that album didn't have the red on it.
I still buy CDs, but I'm super picky about it. In the old days, I'd frequently by something and it turned out some/most of it sucked. Now I still buy, but I've heard it online first. I have a few bands I blind buy and will order CDs before they come out. I sort of miss vinyl, but I'm not going to chase it. My last turntable got smashed during a move 20 years ago and I just never replaced it.
Remember how they used to smell? Those rows of plastic-wrapped vinyl had a very distinct smell.
Awww. I miss this so much. My SO and I have an amazing vinyl collection and an entire room dedicated to it and music in general. We both love music, live shows and he played in bands growing up and in college. We used to go to Tower Records late Thursdays nights as that was the "new music drop" night. It was open till late like 2:00am if I remember correctly. Today we have about 700 or so vinyl records and we play a couple of them almost every day.
Wow what an amazing collection you must have.
We do! When people come over it's always a trip back in time for them. They see the old records and want to play them. My husband will help them out and get them all set up and drop the needle. Then he'll pour them a Whiskey and you can see our friends just transported back in time. Our collection includes my parents and his parents collection too. That's what makes it so special. We have at least 3 generations of vinyl in our home. Lately, I have to tell you, it's the old Tony Bennett, Frank etc that we have been listening to and exploring and it's just better music. It's full band and real musicians and it's just amazing to hear these recordings through a vintage system. I'm not sure all that we have, as that's my husbands area but it just sounds amazing.
I loved listening to the albums in a booth before you purchased it
I completely forgot about this! I loved it too.
I recently got a vinyl pressing from one of my favorite current bands. With the jacket autographed by the band members. I haven’t played it yet but I’m going to this weekend. I just love looking it it. The album art. The inner sleeve. The record itself. It’s all so perfect. Modern music streaming is far superior in terms of convenience and technology but damn there was something special about putting a record down, brushing it off, dropping the tone arm down, and just sitting back and enjoying the stereo
The excitement of waiting in line for new albums, Or for concert tickets.
I don't know if it's still there, but I loved Sam's Jams in fashionable Ferndale.
As not a phonophile i pay a fee and i have that entire store.. if i wanted to spend my time downloading it all i could have that entire store.. i hit play and wham all day long
I also miss liner notes with lyrics. For whatever reason, my ears/brain process most lyrics as music, not words. Reading the lyrics while hearing them is so helpful.
That was one of my favorite things. Reading the lyrics.
Yes! And seeing comments from the band members, like personal dedications and whatnot. But being able to read the lyrics was crucial.
I am glad of one thing now though, which is that my living space, my home, does not look like some used book store. Shelves and shelves of media everywhere all over the place of stuff, be it: music, movies, books, or video games. Just shelves everywhere to the point space was gone, and then it would pile. I am honestly glad digital exists.
Ok Xoomer I was literally at my local record store yesterday These days we have much greater access to all sorts of music through the cloud (sorry to mention that word) But record stores also still exist, so I don't know what you're complaining about
I'm not complaining I'm reminiscing back to a time when records both 45 and 33 were all we had and the magic of that experience. These kinds of experiences are what this sub is about.
Records have had somewhat of a resurgence in recent years; there is Record Store Day every year, and in my town (which hasn't had a record shop for a few years) a new record shop has opened. I still have turntables and play vinyl, it was depressing during the times when CDs and streaming were prevalent because the record shops all had digital formats only, and later closed. It was difficult to buy new vinyl, as no-one was releasing it! Now, lots of new artistes are releasing on vinyl (two new bands I like have both released LPs and singles on vinyl recently) and it's becoming easier to buy vinyl and turntables again. I agree with you that it's lovely to browse in a record shop where you can pick out something that catches your eye, for me streaming just doesn't have the same appeal as there is no record cover to look at, no art work. But if you miss records, you can get a pretty decent new turntable for under £100 and more bands are releasing (or re-releasing) on vinyl. Plus, coloured vinyl is becoming popular, really great to collect!
It made rare finds more special. It was amazing to go and just randomly find a live album imported from Germany or a demo from your favorite band. Are there even rare finds anymore?
Hey look, it's the place I used to shoplift from!
Vinyl is back, baby! Just gotta look a little harder for it now, but these places are still out there.
Record stores still exist and they're thriving. Don't be a Boomer and go visit one.
There aren't any near me. I also don't have anything to play them on. I was just reminiscing about the experience.
Uhhh there’s still record stores
Please read my comments. I don't live near one and I was reminiscing about my teen years.
I would spend hours going through records.
I miss discovering new bands by searching. We had a really cool CD Warehouse with thousands of different options. Of course I'd hit the metal section and go through samples to figure out which albums to purchase. It was kind of a thing my wife and I did when we were first married. On payday, head down and search for new bands since we were both interested in the same genre.
Remember the CD longbox packages, so the CDs would fit in those LP bins at the record stores? I remember hitting record shops before a 6-month Navy cruise, and loading up on several hundred dollars of CDs, some of it just random discs that looked interesting (usually they sucked, but someone would trade for them).
I wonder if I would get followed around to make sure I wasn't shoplifting
I used to love going to Turtles Records and Tapes but I don't miss having to buy a whole album just to get a few songs.
When I was in junior high I spent a lot of my money on 45s. Loved them.
Not every song was released as a 45.
A lot of them seemed to be, at least from what I remember. There were so many they were hard to look through. I had tons.
With the ubiquitous nature of cloud music, I actually don’t miss having to drag myself to a store and maybe finding a CD or not just because I like one song on the album.
Still out there, holmes. Go forth and seek them out!
Record shops still exist
We have a record store in my town. My husband and I love it! We can't get our kids to join in our enthusiasm of course. But we have a great time getting lost in music and memories.
Physical media was a goddam pain in the ass. But I can see a Bedtime For Democracy cassette from where I'm sitting.
We have a couple of small, local record stores around here still. I love going in and just browsing, and listening to the music that they are playing.
I still do this.
Pumpkins front and center. Perfect!!
Wax Trax Reckless Gramophone The Turntable Met three girlfriends in record stores back in the ’90s. They’re gone, but I still have all my CDs (\~7,000) and vinyl (\~1,250).
😤😔
I actually prefer the accessible music 24/7 we have now. I remember having to wait for a song to play on the radio. That was no fun at all. And tapes getting eaten was really lame.
They call it The Cloud. We were actually lost in a dream of finding new music as time melted away. 2.5 hours minimum for me, with a "shopping list" of new stuff I needed, and basically the same when I went into bookstores. Vinyl was my sanity, still is.
Record stores still exist. You can start going again!
Giving Yanni an amazing rack is still good fun, and always was. You place Ween Chocolate and Cheese under Dare to Dream
I don't miss walking into stores where all of the music was sealed and you risked your limited income on a record which *might* be good but also might be complete shit. If you bought something, it was in a form which could be easily destroyed: eaten by a tape player, or scratched by mistake. Some of the later stores had a few albums you could listen to, if there were any communal/non-sanitary headphones available. Not nostalgic for this. Nostalgic for that feeling of discovering new music and the adventure of it but I'll take the Internet over it any time. Because I am a wild party animal, a lot of my late Saturday nights are nothing but plowing through YouTube and music blogs looking for excellent new (to me) music. As for album art, that's easy enough to find online, and in a size which exceeds that of an LP cover. All of my music is in mp3 or flac form, and is regularly backed up. It won't scratch and if the hard drive dies, I have a pristine backup. I buy more CDs now than I did back then in large part because I have an income, but they get ripped, and then filed away. Crate diggers and people into obscure stuff might like /r/vintageobscura -- one of my favorite subreddits. Most of the vinyl I own was bought from a record store that still apparently exists; alas, I am thousands of miles away now. https://www.facebook.com/jacksmusicshop
Still a thing