Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for June 30, 2013
June 29, 2013
July 01, 2013
Transcript:
What's this old thing of yours? It's a record. What record did you set? Not that kind of record-a music record. It held two songs. Two hundred? No, just two. And when one song was finished you had to flip it over. Couldn't you just hit the fast-forward button on your portable music device? No, they hadn't been invented. And yet she keeps referring to her clearly disadvantaged upbringing as a happy childhood. We need to watch her more closely, she starting to lose it.
Gator007 over 11 years ago
I remember those old 45’s.
jeanie5448 over 11 years ago
I remember putting albums on our stereo when I was a young bride and turning the music up so I could hear it all over the house. That was my music to clean by…lol I could stack up to 4 albums I think and that was a lot of music at that time.
sbchamp over 11 years ago
Not the 45?
blackielawless over 11 years ago
when i was a teen i used to buy records and audio cassettes.i’ve sold some cassettes on amazon.there are people that are still buying records.i saw a guy on TV that has a million of them! and if you asked him if he has a certain one,he’ll know right away! some people have an incredible memory.
OldestandWisest over 11 years ago
I’ve been transferring some of my LPs to CD-Rs and one thing I’ve noticed is how little music some of them contained. A lot of “long play” records had little more than 20 minutes of music on them! And they were considered a huge advance after 78s! Now if you buy a CD with less than 70 minutes of songs on them, you’ve feel you’ve been cheated. If people besides me still buy CDs that is, everyone’s going to digital storage now.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 11 years ago
Agreed Mike.
Hunter7 over 11 years ago
Mom made dad get rid of all his old records at a garage sale a few years ago. He had a lot of old Country/Western. I think the guy that bought them would have been willing to pay 10 times the amount mom was asking. There were a lot of artists that are long gone and have not been transferred to CD.
potrerokid over 11 years ago
…..and the loss of hearing related to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RobinHood2013 over 11 years ago
Actually, I’m being told those vinyl records and record players are making a comeback, because their sound is superior to even the MP3 players of today.
Eminem on a vinyl record? What a fascinating concept…
Hunter7 over 11 years ago
yeah…. I know. I did manage to find a 2 disc CD for him. A little Roy Rogers, Sons of the Pioneers. But unfortunately – no Tennessee Ernie Ford, so no 16 Tons. sigh. … still searching.
Hawthorne over 11 years ago
eMusic has some useful stuff. Pretty sure that’s where I found TEF. They have a bit of everything, some categories being thinner than others.
Worth a look, maybe, if you are looking to fill his playlist :-)