Butterfly Mind

Ten Feet of Vinyl

When I wrote about our new record player, my dad left a comment on the post:

Remember, I have about ten feet of vinyl you’re welcome to browse the next time you’re here!

I’m here now, and oh my goodness have I browsed. Sunday was a rainy, blustery day at my folks’ house, so we spent the day indoors. I made myself a cup of coffee, went down the stairs to my dad’s man cave, and started flipping through albums.

My dad asked, “Do you want to listen to some while you search?” and we put on an old Rod Stewart album, then Queen, then a Beatles album my daughter picked out.

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Mom’s Beatles collection

I got more and more excited as a looked, remembering albums I had listened to when I lived at home, and finding others I appreciate even more now as an adult. Every ten seconds I texted my husband. “23 Beatles albums!” “OMG, U2, Simon & Garfunkel. Do you like The Who?” “Should I grab Chicago?” “I’ve got the Star Wars soundtrack in my lap :-)”

As I searched, Dad found a few he hadn’t digitized yet, so he’s got a stack he’s working on before we leave. Cream. Pink Floyd. Jesus Christ Superstar.

I don’t have enough room in the car for all the albums we’re taking with us, and my husband is dying to know what I grabbed. I have a feeling I’m going to have to find a new place for my books. It looks like an entire shelf will be filled with vinyl when I get home.

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West Side Story!
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Stack of vinyl
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A few I know my husband will like

Thank you, Mom and Dad 🙂

Andrea Badgley

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14 responses to “Ten Feet of Vinyl”

  2. Heart eyes emoji forever, what a haul! I don’t have a record player but I find vinyl really cool.

  3. I know I’ve said it already, but I’m very jealous 😉 You’re very lucky, I’m sure there are some treasures in there. They’re not in perfect condition, but I like them better like this, when you can tell they’ve been played and enjoyed through the years 🙂

  6. Personal Treasure: 1698 Otis Redding “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” {very, very worn . . . I mean, loved}

  7. AGHHHHHHH!!!! I went directly to “record Player ” link, read it, started having a “Snoopy Dance” Comments Closed!!! So here I am. Your kids asking music mechanic/physic questions is sooo cool. What a difference in music worlds.

  8. We have a comparable ten feet of vinyl. Can’t part with them. And thankfully, we have a set up that can play both records and CDs. So we do. And one of our kids can someday figure out what they want to do with them…along with all sorts of other things in the house. LOL