The high of Vinyl

[topround]

Just passed an estate sale..home of elderly people judging by their possessions and collections of glass and art an chatchka from around the world and their.....record collection.

Columbia 6 eye, deutsche grammaphone tulips, oh my!  price 33 1/3 per record! how appropriate 3 for a buck!

Lots of classical.I love classical!

Archive productions in mint mint shape!  oh my!

The high of flipping through records looking for hidden gems is a high you have to experience.
Rush home, clean the records put them on the platter and WOW ...great old vinyl, they clean up like shiny little gems! So beautiful, so prized.
And there are so many still out there waiting for you!

Sorry still a little high from it all, I had to try to express my delight!!

oh my!


Mike

[allenzachary]

It's almost worth contacting the folks holding the sale. Ask them to tell the family how much you enjoyed and respected their collection.  It may mean something to the family.

I worry a little that my records will be cast away with little or no fanfare.  I've tried to bring my kids into my music so they can at least understand what it is and why I have it. 

I was at a recent estate sale and picked up an couple original mono US Rolling Stones releases.  As I flipped through the records, I had an imaginary  musical conversation with their former owner.  Original Stones, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Herman's Hermits, Jan & Dean and a host of other mid-sixties chart toppers.  I realized that these records were as old as I was and that the man whose house I was standing in was probably in his twenties when he bought all of these.  The conversation was joyous and melancholy as we celebrated music and its affect on youth...and how one of the only ways we can hold onto our youth is through the nostalgia of hearing the chart toppers.



 

[topround]

Funny thing was I was thinking the same thing as I flipped through the records.
Will my record collection and other things be treated in the same way...sold for 3 for a dollar!
Will it all be reduced to this?

And the answer is  Yes.

All the meaning, the love , the desire that went into amassing it will be left to others to pick thru.
Hopefully finding a sould that can appreciate it and perhaps extend the love, the meaning, the desire.
Right now Appalachian Spring is being played. Cleaned, adored and appreciated.
The owner will never no it, but I will cherish it for him and for myself.


Mike

[tmazz]

Funny thing was I was thinking the same thing as I flipped through the records.
Will my record collection and other things be treated in the same way...sold for 3 for a dollar!
Will it all be reduced to this?

And the answer is  Yes.

I don't know Mike, the way youre son has taken t the hobby at such an early age I think he may just ump on that collection when the time comes (which will be hopefully many many years from now.)

[rollo]

   Ah the trhill of the chase and find. Like a hunter stalking game.



charles

[Carlman]

I've been thinking of whether my hobbies will transfer to my son or not.. Seems like the more you want someone to do something, the less they want it... but I'm hoping since it'll be something I enjoy, he will too... I want to help him build a system, but only if he wants it.. not because I'm pushing him.

My other hobby is biking... and I already have his bike for him when he turns about 12 or 13.. It's my way of nesting.  If he wants to see me, he's going to have to ride... sorry, that's just the way it is.

I guess it all boils down to doing what you love and finding things to enjoy.  Life is temporary.  The emotions along the way, even moreso.  Expect only to do your best to enjoy this ride, and all the little things that show up and leave along the way.  Others around you will do the same.  Enjoy the harmony.

-C

[BobM]

My oldest daughter only wants my prog rock CD's. She's the artist without a sense of rhythm. Seriously, she can't find the downbeat.

My youngest wants everything else. She has even laid claim to my old speakers saying she wants them when she graduates from college - so I have to store them somewhere for her. And she wants all the rock CD's and vinyl, so that's covered. She's my musician.

[topround]

I know my son will want my gear, he is the biggest gear slut of them all...he wants to try everything!
He was raised in a rave environment so swapping gear and trying all sorts of things is what he thinks it is all about.

My records he would not want, but he would want the Micro Seiki's
Besides he has his own records...

[etcarroll]

<snip> My records he would not want,<snip>...

Don't write him off for taking your vinyl just yet, I didn't like jazz or classical 30 years ago, and now...

Keep it in good shape, you never know.

[allenzachary]

My oldest daughter only wants my prog rock CD's.

That's the only stuff my daughters don't want.

[orthobiz]

You can pick my collection up cubside on the first garbage day after I die.

Actually, all three of my daughters (16, 18 and 21) have turntables and they all collect vinyl!

Paul

[allenzachary]

I see an ongoing theme here...daughters into music and hifi. Could the next generation of Nervosans bring a shot of estrogen with them.  Audio, if not music has always been a boys club. Just look at the roster at AN, it's almost exclusively male. 

I am proud that my daughter, and many others, are following in their father's footsteps.  Welcome, Ladies.

[richidoo]

My daughter watched and helped me clean some records tonight. She asked a lot of questions and ran the switches, scrubbed a record. On her way up to bed she told my wife, "cleaning the records is really cool"

I was listening to Porgy and Bess tonight, turned way up loud, it was very enjoyable. The density of the tone of Miles trumpet, the lifelike but gentle dynamics of the drums and big band, all very nice indeed. Very noisy from dirt, but still nice.

[topround]

just for fun...

[richidoo]

I shrunk it so I can see it 

So is that syringe for damping fluid or lubricant? 

What does "thread drive" mean?