This is one of those albums that instantly takes me back to my youth. My parents bought the CD version when they got their first CD player in 1987. I remember being quite impressed at the time. Some months later that same year I got my first C64. Feels like yesterday nearly. Time flies!
In a strange turn of events, I got the vinyl version from a flea market a couple of years ago. Who would have thought vinyl would be more popular than CDs again at some point? 😅
@janbeta And who would have thought that CD sales would rise again in 2024? The medium has already been declared dead.
It speaks for itself that the "internet people" and especially the streaming providers are doing such a bad job that the physical music media not only don't want to die out, but are growing again!
@Stege In 20-30 years, there’s going to be a huge mp3 on magnetic hard disks revival probably. 😅
I for one welcome the return of physical media for music (although I do stream music for convenience, too). It’s just a more appropriate way to approach and appreciate music as a form of art. As opposed to some random playlist generated by a robot.
@janbeta I've bought my first CD player in around 1988 from some of the first money I've ever earned myself. But I never got warm with CD audio for some reason. Fast forward 36 years and my vinyl records and my CDs are stored at the attic. But while I would easily get rid of the CDs I would never sell my records. I won't use them ever again but I would rather donate them to a collector that appreciates them.
@kolli I grew up on CDs for the most part and loved them. I only got a record player some time in the late 90s when I was active in the punk scene and many releases were vinyl only (because it was cheaper to produce) in those days. I’ve really come to appreciate vinyl over the years. I barely ever listen to my CDs these days. I do stream music for convenience sometimes but when I seriously listen, I always get the vinyl records out. Feels and sounds more real for some reason. :)
@janbeta that's the difference of our birth dates of something around 10+ years.
To be honest I don't listen to music that much anymore. The older I get the more I appreciate silence. 😉
@kolli Yeah, that’s definitely it. I was barely old enough to seriously get into music while vinyl was a thing, so the first serious playback device for me was a CD player. I had some cassettes before that, too. Recording things from the radio as one did.
I do appreciate silence a lot, too. Music calms me down in a similar way though, so sometimes I break the silence. 😅
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