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"Is that a record??? "

I guess I just found out today how out of touch I am with the rest of the non-audiophile world. I went to the local USPS office to return a damaged LP. I still had the package it came in from Acoustic Sounds, which had 'LP' written on it in several places. So the Postmaster says to me incredulously "Is that a record???!!!" . I calmly say "Yes". The woman in line behind me says "Reeeally!!!...one of those plastic thingyyys???". Again, I repeat my reply, "Yes, it's an LP".
Postmaster: "Wow! I had no idea they even made them anymore."
Me: "Yes, they still make them".
Woman: "Are you serious?"
Me: "Yes, they still make them. In fact, more today than even 10 years ago."
Postmaster: "You mean they still make NEW!! records???"
Me: "Yes."
Postmaster: "What kind of music do you buy?"
Me: "Mostly Jazz".
Postmaster: "Why do you buy them?"
Me: "Because they sound better than cd's."
Postmaster: "I've heard that before, but all of my old records sound like crap."
Me: "Well you do have to take care of them."
Postmaster: "I thought I was taking care of them....I guess I wasn't".

Now I'm not trying to start another vinyl vs. cd debate, been there done that. It just blew my mind that here are two folks around the same age as me, late 40's, who were stunned to find out that vinyl was still availible. I mean I guess I don't expect everyone to know this, but I was a bit taken back by their appearant shock. You'd have thought that I drove up in a Hudson automobile wearing a Fedora hat.

Am I THAT out of touch? I feel like a ostrich with my head in the ground listening to tunes.....out of touch with the real world............

Cheers,
John
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Fun at the Thrift Shops:

04-19-07: Qdrone
I get a kick out of what you can find in thrift shops and garage or estate sales... Last week for a dollar at the local Out of the Closet I picked up an Original pressing of Randy Newman/12 songs in mint shape. Ry Cooder plays guitar and slide on this baby!

I just returned from a hunting expedition at St. Vincent De Paul with 28 albums at $1 ea. Everything I picked up today ranges from VG++ to NM or opened but unplayed. It's a good thing I like classical; I picked some Sibelius, an opera or two, a boxed set of Bach organ stuff, etc. I also got the Reader's Digest/RCA 7-LP collection of '40s Big Band Swing. All 7 LPs in it are unplayed. Also picked up 11 Windham Hill records, of which at least half were recorded direct-to-2-channel on analog 1/2" running at 30ips and half-speed mastered either at MoFi or JVC.

A couple weeks ago I picked up a "real" Everest LP of Mozart wind ensembles, originally recorded on 35mm mag tape. Record looks like it's been through a war zone, but still has that uncanny "in the room" sensation.
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04-20-07: Sharpnine
I got back into vinyl (after a 20 year hiatus) not because people my age (middle age) were into it, but because I noticed all the young people were getting into it. My son (20 at the time) had roommates his age who only listened to vinyl.

Me too. It was my 20-year-old stepson, who found an old B.I.C. 912 in the garage, who hooked it up and got it running, and then kept bugging me to take him to some used record stores. Then one day we were out and he spied a garage sale with audio equipment. After a 25-year vinyl hiatus, I bought a Yamaha belt drive TT for $2, and then I got hooked too. 2 weeks later I bought my Technics SL1210 m5g and Shure M97xE. Since then (6 weeks ago) I've acquired over 100 LPs.
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