My parents bought it for me in second year as they had bought one for my older sister, but I had 32 hours of classes and labs and was hardly ever in my room other than to sleep and study. I’m also somewhat ashamed to admit that my Pioneer turntable and speakers from university is down there too. I thought I might listen to a few for old times sake, as I still have one of those Sears Record/Tape/CD combo units in the basement somewhere, but apparently you can ruin the stylus on a 33 record player by playing an old 78. My memory of these is that they were worn and scratchy even then – they certainly look well-used. While I’ve been on a few Is-Your-Record-Worth-Anything sites, they all want you to register and list and describe your gems which must be in pristine condition.
Looking through them, I remember a few of the songs, but I have no idea if they are worth anything now or even what to do with them.ħ8’s were eventually replaced by 45’s (smaller versions with one song and a plastic thing which fit the hole in the middle), and 33 LP’s which were the extended play albums with many songs which the boomers may remember growing up. There was an A side and a less popular B side. For those of you unfamiliar, 78’s were the old thick breakable records which only held one song. Leather bound books with sleeves containing individual 78’s. Included in this treasure trove of oldies but goodies are three albums dating from the fifties which belonged to my mother. Every teenage girl in the 70’s owned this record, but it must have belonged to my sister with whom I shared a room growing up (although there was a line dividing said room), as no copy was to be found. While cleaning out the basement this past winter I came across a stack of old records, which I searched through recently for a copy of Tapestry by Carole King – there was a tribute show at the theater which had sold out. I guess I’ve gotten out of the habit of listening to music. I have an older model Honda, so no Apple Car Play or Sirius, nor do I Spotify, stream or bark instructions to Alexa at home. If I’m in the car running errands I don’t even turn the radio on as I don’t like much of what’s played. My playlist might be classical, big band, oldies but goodies, 60/70/80’s, country, or musicals but that small dose of music always lifts my spirits. Now the only dose of music I get is my on my I-Pod if and when I walk – not a good track record so far this year although I enjoy it if I do.
As I drove along a rural highway with no stop signs I could set the car to auto-pilot and zone out. One of the few things I miss about work is that the daily commute guaranteed me an hour of music every day, half an hour in the morning to rev up and half an hour after to wind down.
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