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Goodbye Vinyl

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Last week Katy was pulling Halloween decorations out of the closet when she discovered the Lost Trove of Albums I had stashed in there.

"Can I give these to the Girl Scouts garage sale?"

My first gut response was "NO! No no no no no no no of course not no how dare you ask such an impertinent question NO!"

But then I started thinking...

Virtually all of them were purchased used. Most were 99 cents or less. Many of them were a quarter and were bought for "perceived comedy value" - you know, disco compilations, stuff with weird cover art, inside joke cutout albums, that sort of thing.

I recently borrowed my father-in-law's USB turntable, thinking to "rip" a couple albums. I had forgotten how much of a pain it was to set up a turntable. I had forgotten how scratched-up 99 cent records are. I had forgotten how many pops and cracks we were used to tolerating when we listened to music.

I pulled out a few things that had sentimental value - for instance, the signed limited edition spaceman-shaped Devo single - but the rest is not long for our house.

I know the purists will tell me that I am missing out on a deeper listening experience. The purists are welcome to this three-foot pile of vinyl, then - it will be available at my daughter's Girl Scout troop garage sale next weekend.

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