RECORDS OF A SURVIVOR!

  MONDAY, AUGUST 12TH., 2019
    RECORDS OF A SURVIVOR!

  This blog is not about Robinson Crusoe's
diary.
   In this case it's the records themselves
that are the survivors. August 12th is
"Vinyl Record Day!"
   Back in the days when I was a DJ
all of the music we played came on vinyl
records. 45rpm records provided the
Top 40 hits. Albums which played at
33 and a third rpm were filled with
songs from your favorite recording
artists.
     Listeners tried to record the music
we played on their home cassette tape
recorders so we were encouraged to
speak over the beginning, and sometimes
the end, of the music. That way the fans
had to buy the records they liked and
that's what  the artists, distributors, and
record stores wanted!
      Over the years technology provided
many new improved ways for people
to get the music they wanted. The radio
stations even started to get and play
their music from on line sources.
       Record stores started to
disappeared.
       Then, over the past 5 to 10 years,
something strange happened. There
was an increase in the demand for vinyl
records! And much of that demand came
from a new generation of music lovers
who weren't even around during those
Top 40 days.
        Some of them had to be re-introduced
to the record player. But those players,
some looking a lot different than the ones
I remember, are selling too.
        Last year one o my granddaughters,
then 16, stopped by the house to go
through my collection of old albums
so she could listen to them at home.
        There's something about a vinyl
record, even the old ones with some
background scratches, that makes the
music sound more real or live.
         Most of you, if you're 40 or
older, may have some old vinyl hidden
away somewhere.
          Today's the day to pull it from
storage and give it a spin, literally!
           Hope the sound brings back
great memories and that all your
NEWS is good!