Cool story!
I remember pulling out some of my LPs’ a while back, and some young cousins were over, they said “Wow, Mr Arcticdeth, how big were your CD players?” Gave me a out loud laugh!
I said they were records, I showed them my cassette collection, my 8-track box, and the 2 rare reel to reel music.
They were shocked at the reel to reel ones,…..how do you play those, as my Father dumped the nice TEAC, reel to reel back in the mid 80s’ when he had their wedding transferred to vhs, he pitched the reel player.
By the time I realized what he had, I was “NOOOOOOO”
still have them on reel to reel.
Janice Joplin and the holding company, and a Jimi Hendrix reel to reel 🎵.
I still miis the 8track switchover, from 1, 2, 3, and 4
PITB, yes, lots memories w 8 tracks and cassettes, LPs’
records the most pain in the butt, swapping sides, as none of my players ever had auto-return. Manual only. If you pass out, wake up to a runout repeat.
Looked at the add on auto return thingy as mentioned to me, price, and so on, easier to just manual the records, don’t pass out as much these days, so the manual think is fine.
I like it better when the album is done, and I personally put the LP in the rice paper sleeve, then into the jacket with the sealed Mylar Japanese outer bag.
