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We need more females writing about vinyl.

"As the conversation continues, we’re not talking about records anymore. We’re talking about attention."

Exactly.

Did nothing for me. The use of the present tense drove me to distraction and the point I found to be vaporous. Nice try but not for this reader.

Thanks for sharing Mike.

I liked it so much I read it twice.

Thanks for the link. It kinda hit home.

I retained a bit of that when CDs came into my life but never recovered from what LPs brought....still looking for a solution to something I had as a kid, pre-Jr. High through college: regular record playing. At 48 I'm not actually any busier and yet can't reliably find the time, place or setup to make it happen.

When I got married in the '90s and a TV found itself between my Snell C's that's when the trouble began, and I have yet to recover. Damn.

I thought this was a wonderful, well written piece. Brought back a few memories.

If I can quote Rick Springfield; "Where can I find a woman like that?"

Very nice article! Maybe people will one day return to that time when we paid attention to music. As a lifelong music fan (and musician), it's never really left me, but it is certainly a battle to make the time and take the effort to just listen.

A previous GF and I would sit for hours and listen. My wife couldn't care less for that experience. This article brought back memories of hours listening with someone. This hobby is more enjoyable when shared with someone else IMO.

are things that we learn for ourselves. Without a true vinyl "experience" those who favor MP3s will never know what they are missing, but it doesn't bother me anymore. It is the same with education in that all too many in America have no respect for it and are not willing to put in the time to to become educated to be able to properly function in society. Everything today is quick access, a quick listen, 2 people sharing a pair of earbuds; one gets the left channel and the other the right. It is just listening to fill up some time from doing something else. Kind of like reading with one eye closed.

Nice story, vinyl records and mid-life romance.

... but isn't the $3800 cost for a print about what you'd pay for an interconnect or cables in your system? ;-)

Such a nice story. I was born at he beginning of the 1950's. Our family had a small hifi and a hand full of vinyl (and the Best of Bennett Cerf comedy books). When my parents would leave the house, I'd put on lps from a big red box collection of big band records - the only stuff we had that I liked. I still have that box. The music that stands out in memory, for me, turns out to be the best mastered.

thanks for posting it Mikey!

Thanks for the link. I loved the way she wove her family history into the narrative. And a Bones Howe reference…sure…but how about Gordon Jenkins? The last person I heard mention him was me and that was over a year ago.

...a woman like Colette. My one-and-only ex-wife was always asking me to turn the hifi down so she could talk. When I told her she was given only one mouth but two ears, it was the beginning of the end.

Thanks for sharing this....

Really enjoyed this and don't k mow why some found it difficult to follow. "They’re too fragile to be played without listeners" really spoke to me and I would add "too precious" as well. My wife grew up in wonderland except for the absence of recorded music at home. Now when someone comes to the door or the phone rings while I am listening to music and I lift the arm she says "you didn't need to do that, you could have just turned it down". I always reply that I will not have a stylus sliding through a groove if I can't hear it or play at a level I enjoy. I don't believe in background music it's just dither for you brain.

"The publisher has generously granted us permission to provide the link."

I'm...not sure why you needed it? :)

I enjoyed that - thanks for the link!

Wow! So many good things in this article. So fine that it's all about the enjoyment to be had from listening to great records; that the listening experience includes sharing, memories... and appreciation for the technical bits that make the great sound.

Well done! Thanks so much for the link.

have been able to get more time listening to vinyl with my lovely wife is to suggest that we listen to just a side or two before watching one of our programs on Netflix. And then I've made sure to seek out and purchase some of the albums that she loved in college.

...AND written by a woman is "Do Not Sell At Any Price - the wild, obsessive hunt for the world's Rarest 78 EPM Records" by Amanda Petrusich. I loved every minute of it!!!

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