In a world that seems obsessed with "watching" (e.g., scrolling) rather than "doing," I would rather be the doer than the watcher. This also breeds and feeds the same instant gratification mentality that you speak of in your post. Thus, unplugging from all social media and rarely engaging in Notes on Substack (which has become just another time-sucking social media feed, tbh).
I find much more enjoyment in being the doer who flips through record bins, finding one or maybe a few, bringing them home, cleaning them, and then listening to them on my stereo than I ever do when I scroll on Spotify and hit play. And, let's be honest... records and even CDs sound much better than any platform, and how the artist intended for them to be heard.
Thank you, Michael! I agree 100%. I love what you say about being a doer versus a watcher. That’s exactly one of the main points (if not the main point) I was trying to make. Thank you, as always, for reading with your keen eye, for your great observations (I love how you also comment about the technical aspects in terms of sound and the like) and above all for your very valuable contributions to my humble Vinyl Room! Have a great Sunday
Another thought provoking piece Andy! As you know, I’m very much a streamer nowadays and, quite frankly, I’m not sure I would’ve discovered half of my favorite artists and albums from the past decade if I hadn’t been streaming.
I’d like to think streaming gives me the best of both worlds - the ability to cast a wide net (I’ve listened to well over 200 new releases in full this year) but also the luxury of going deep once I find artists and albums that I love. I’ll always be an album guy, so when I find albums I like I’ll do my best to play them from start to finish.
Looking at my last.fm stats tells me that I’ve listened to 460 hours of music so far this year, comprising 7,330 track listens from 1,407 albums. A little obsessive maybe?!? But my point is that I’d never be able to do that with physical media. Especially since there are five rooms in my house in which I regularly listen to music, only one of which (my office) I could play music in without bothering my wife.
On the audio quality side, I recognize the horrendous compression on Spotify and now subscribe to Qobuz for hi-res audio streaming and I have headphones and hifi equipment that can take advantage of the higher quality.
Needless to say, streaming is working for me. But I do struggle with the idea that artists that bring me joy are only getting paid peanuts by DSPs. And I’m trying to figure out the best way to deal with that.
Supporting concert tours is a good way to get money to artists and now that I’m living in the UK I’m already on track to see more live shows this year than I have in the last decade. The price differential between here and the US to see shows is ridiculously good (eg £55 to see Morcheeba, UNKLE and DJ Shadow in August? Unbelievable!!)
At a show last week I bought three CDs and I’m planning to try and buy merch at every show I go to, particularly for new and current artists.
I’ve also started buying music on Bandcamp for artists with albums that make my top 20-30 of the year. It feels like the least I can do for the joy the music brings me.
Thank you, Mark! I totally get where you’re coming from, and I think you and many other streamers who write about music, engage in music-related conversations, go to shows, analyse discographies etc. etc. are already doing WAY more than only tapping keys on your screen.
My main aim or rather my main dig was at the average listener who has lost all sense of moving a finger or making an ounce of an effort because they subscribe to music streaming platforms like they subscribe to Netflix or Disney or whatever it is — they consume, they take, but you could easily replace the “content” with something else along similar lines and they wouldn’t notice.
That is sadly the reality for many people nowadays who just simply don’t really invest in music anymore. I guess my main point was more about the model and the habits built around it rather than the individual streamers themselves who, as we know, come from all walks of life and engage with music in their own subjective way — their (your) relationship with music predates and transcends the streaming platform.
As for the live show scene in the UK, it’s incredibly hot, and we are indeed privileged to be here. Really looking forward to our first concert together in August!
I think I’m certainly blessed to have come up through all the formats to have ended up in the world we now live in. From singles and albums on vinyl through to cassettes and CDs and streaming I’ve really been lucky enough to be exposed to all formats of music and ways to listen.
Interestingly, I think there was a period in the early 2000s, when I was sitting on a library of 2500+ CDs, where I kind of stopped consuming new music. Then once the digital revolution came, initially for me through illegal file sharing, I was suddenly being exposed to a ton of new music again and that continued when I “went legit”. The countless hours I used to spend on the BitTorrent sites trawling for new music, probably 10 hours a week! Thankfully it’s so much easier now to not have to search for new music. If anything it’s the opposite, like trying to drink water through a fire hose. It becomes that much harder to separate the signal from the noise.
What a strange world (for me anyway) we live in now with regard to pricing of media. I was in a charity shop in town today that was charging £1 per CD and £3 per record. I doubled my current CD collection for £3 😂. I lived through that period where you couldn’t give records away. Then the period in which you couldn’t give CDs away. But to see records going at three times the price of CDs seems awry to me. Is that unusual? Or is that the norm now?
Much to my current chagrin, I sold or gave away all of my CDs back in the early 2010s and now here I am buying CDs again. I’m slowly compiling a wantlist of albums from my old collection (both CD and pirated digital) that aren’t available on streaming platforms and looking to (slowly) get them into my collection over the coming years.
I totally see what you mean about having been through the formats journey. I missed the vinyl days from yesteryear but I’m old enough to remember the transition from cassettes to CDs to file sharing to digital downloads to streaming, and of course, the vinyl revival.
Records are generally more expensive than CDs, yes. I suspect in the late 80s and early 90s, as retailers wanted to get rid of records, and CDs were a novelty, it was probably the other way around. Nowadays, for new releases, records will typically sell for at least double if not three times the price of CDs. The second-hand market will typically follow the same pattern but with a lot more exceptions to account for rarity and condition.
Sometimes you see “generic prices”, i.e. any record for X amount and any CD for X amount, like you saw in that store. In those cases, the seller didn’t bother/didn’t have the time to value each record individually, so the criteria are more blurred. On the plus side though, that’s where you are more likely to find real gems for peanuts.
It’s great you are rebuilding your CD collection. I sold a lot of CDs back in the day as well, sometimes because I needed the money; in other cases, I traded them for other titles. Now I buy vinyl predominantly but I still have a small CD collection for records I can’t get on vinyl.
I agree with you that there’s so much noise nowadays in terms of the volume of music available. I do find it overwhelming and have sort of narrowed down or refined my tastes in the sense that I’d much rather focus on what I really like (or have a good feeling I will really like) and specialise in those genres rather than try to bite off more than I can chew. I don’t feel FOMO in the slightest but I guess this wouldn’t work for someone who still wants to keep tastes relatively open and explore new genres.
Thanks as always for these very interesting exchanges!
That’s useful feedback on the price relativity between vinyl and CDs, thanks for that! I’ve been looking at Discogs a bit for CDs and generally finding some of the things I’m looking for. But with shipping costs it would be great if I can find multiple albums from the same seller. I guess it’s a matter of finding well regarded sellers that focus on some of the music I’m looking for where I can buy multiple albums from them
The key in my opinion is to keep your wantlist up-to-date, so you can always see if a seller has more than one item from your wantlist available. Also always check sellers’ ratings. Building your pool of trusted sellers takes time and effort but in my case it’s been one of the best investments I’ve ever made. If I can help in any way with any more detailed guidance, give me a shout! I may write another Discogs post soon to include details such as these.
"Hard work is so underrated these days that the lines between the wheat and the chaff have become increasingly blurred."
That's a profound statement my friend, and applicable to so much more than just listening to music. Not only do people want instant gratification in what they consume, [many] people want to get through their work responsibilities as quickly and with as little effort as possible too. As someone who ran several different businesses over the last 50 years, I can say that a robust work ethic is a rare and beautiful thing.
As for consuming music - I remember as a teenager doing exactly what you describe - saving my lawnmowing money until I had enough to go to the record store and buy *one* new LP. I would then listen to that album repeatedly until it was indelibly imprinted on my brain & soul, reading the liner notes, memorizing the lyrics, completely absorbing the experience.
When I started working at the record store in 1975, I amped up my consumption thanks to a steady income & generous employee discounts, and started bringing home records 10 or 20 at a time. This was a fabulous opportunity, but it also diluted my absorption of all that music - no longer was I forced to play and learn one new record every few weeks, I could discover dozens of new albums at a time. It was an early [personal] version of the 'firehose' effect that we all experience today.
I'm happy with all the options we have for accessing music in the 21st century - I still love physical media the best, but I utilize streaming & YT regularly as well. That said, even now I find myself falling in love with a record once in a while to the point where I play it obsessively to the exclusion of most other music, for a few weeks or even months - I think it's a habit that was hard-wired into me as a kid. It doesn't happen all that often, my usual listening habits involve a lot of variety. But when it does I'm back in my teenage bedroom, flipping the LP for just *one more spin* before going to bed way too late. . .
Thank you, Hugh! Everything you say resonates with me so much. I completely agree that the value of hard work and a solid work ethic are extremely rare commodities these days.
I can really relate to how you listened to records as a kid because I did exactly the same, and it’s true those habits are wired into our brain and soul.
Thank you so much once again for your insights and very valuable contributions. Reading comments like yours is refreshing.
Just for the record, EVERYTHING is quicker and easier than getting a coffee at Starbucks.
But to the post:
Your point is spot on. This is yet another unintended consequence of the digital architecture in which we live. While I don't want to go back to a dial-up modem, Will Ferrell is exactly right.
The brain was not meant to function at this speed. I'd love to see a graph with anti-depressant use and the rise of social media. I'm willing to bet they'd map on to each other perfectly.
Lol I know! Starbucks in the US is terribly slow. It always shocks me when I visit your side of the pond.
I totally agree that our brains aren’t wired to withstand this speed. Like you, I don’t miss dial-up Internet either, but I think many would benefit from a bit of intentionality every now and then… just to combat that permanent state of alienation the modern digital world seems to have subjected them to.
There were studies done here in the UK clearly showing the rise of mental health issues in direct connection with the increase of social media use. I’m sure you can find them online but, if you can’t, let me know and I’ll dig them out!
Thanks as always for being here and your very valuable contributions!
As you know, I think about this quite a bit. Part of the problem with being able to have everything all at once is that, well, you can have everything all at once. You can have it all and nothing feels good. There's no anticipation, and eventually the Dopamine wears out.
Thank you! Yes, this is so true. It’s tempting, and some (especially casual listeners or non-music fans) take it for granted. What you say about the dopamine effect is spot on. It would be foolish to “pretend” streaming doesn’t exist, but every now and then, I like to play pretend it doesn’t, and just be with my records. Best therapy ever!
I’m definitely putting on a record today! Portishead Dummy, that I was prompted to buy when you mentioned buying it a couple of weeks ago 😂 Because it’s so fantastic! I played a track from it at my brewery’s vinyl night this past Wednesday (It Could Be Sweet), and I’ve played the whole thing at least five times at home since… by the third time I played it at home, my kids said “yes, mom, we know it’s trip-hop” 😂
Anyway, as a poor person, I love the ability to stream music. I have bought a handful of digital albums over the years from artists I loved and wanted to support.
Now that I’ve gotten back into purchasing physical albums, I love that I can listen to the full album on streaming before purchasing. It takes that risk factor away. There are definitely certain bands/artists I would purchase without hearing the entire album, but I wouldn’t purchase a new to me band without hearing it first. I’m on a tight budget.
Back in the day (before streaming) I would absolutely purchase albums on the recommendation of the record store people I knew, who knew my taste. That’s how I discovered The Innocence Mission (one of my all time favorites) and The Lightning Seeds.
Knowing more about how artists get paid also makes me want to purchase physical copies from the artists I love and appreciate. I just wish I had more of an expendable income.
Thank you, Kristin! Glad to hear you managed to get Dummy, and that your children are taking heed! You’re raising them well! 😅
I agree with you that the accessibility aspect of streaming is to be celebrated. Like you, I rely on streaming as a discovery/“testing” feature, so to speak.
There are people who only do streaming but they do a lot more for music than most mortals so I don’t have an issue with streaming per se. It’s just the attitude of the average listener. I just wish more people, like us, cared a bit more about records, the music, the artists, the songs, the stories behind them… I know I’m asking for a lot, but I don’t lose hope 😊
Never loose hope! Part of why I picked up a cheap new starter turntable and speakers was because my 15 year old son mentioned the idea that albums were meant to be listened to in order- from first track to last.
I said “absolutely!” And gave him at least two examples where songs naturally bled into the next in the order of how they are on the album- but, since I don’t pay for Spotify, they would never come up in the album order, which is blasphemy! LOL
So, when I got my tax refund, not only did I pick up the starter set, but bought each of my children an album. We spent the next few days listening to albums start to finish - in the order the artists intended!
That’s beautiful! Money well spent, 100%. Not only because of the connection to the music, but also bonding with your children through music and records must be an incredible experience. Thanks a lot for sharing!
In a world that seems obsessed with "watching" (e.g., scrolling) rather than "doing," I would rather be the doer than the watcher. This also breeds and feeds the same instant gratification mentality that you speak of in your post. Thus, unplugging from all social media and rarely engaging in Notes on Substack (which has become just another time-sucking social media feed, tbh).
I find much more enjoyment in being the doer who flips through record bins, finding one or maybe a few, bringing them home, cleaning them, and then listening to them on my stereo than I ever do when I scroll on Spotify and hit play. And, let's be honest... records and even CDs sound much better than any platform, and how the artist intended for them to be heard.
Thank you, Michael! I agree 100%. I love what you say about being a doer versus a watcher. That’s exactly one of the main points (if not the main point) I was trying to make. Thank you, as always, for reading with your keen eye, for your great observations (I love how you also comment about the technical aspects in terms of sound and the like) and above all for your very valuable contributions to my humble Vinyl Room! Have a great Sunday
Poetry! Reading this was a beautiful way to start my Sunday. Now to throw on a record…
Thank you so much, Jared. You’ve made my day, and I mean it. Enjoy your record, and thank you once again for your support and kind words.
At a campground with family this morning. Hit a kayak adventure even before lunch this morning. This post reminded me why. 🤘
Thank you, Nate! Great minds think alike 😉 Thanks a lot for reading and commenting
Another thought provoking piece Andy! As you know, I’m very much a streamer nowadays and, quite frankly, I’m not sure I would’ve discovered half of my favorite artists and albums from the past decade if I hadn’t been streaming.
I’d like to think streaming gives me the best of both worlds - the ability to cast a wide net (I’ve listened to well over 200 new releases in full this year) but also the luxury of going deep once I find artists and albums that I love. I’ll always be an album guy, so when I find albums I like I’ll do my best to play them from start to finish.
Looking at my last.fm stats tells me that I’ve listened to 460 hours of music so far this year, comprising 7,330 track listens from 1,407 albums. A little obsessive maybe?!? But my point is that I’d never be able to do that with physical media. Especially since there are five rooms in my house in which I regularly listen to music, only one of which (my office) I could play music in without bothering my wife.
On the audio quality side, I recognize the horrendous compression on Spotify and now subscribe to Qobuz for hi-res audio streaming and I have headphones and hifi equipment that can take advantage of the higher quality.
Needless to say, streaming is working for me. But I do struggle with the idea that artists that bring me joy are only getting paid peanuts by DSPs. And I’m trying to figure out the best way to deal with that.
Supporting concert tours is a good way to get money to artists and now that I’m living in the UK I’m already on track to see more live shows this year than I have in the last decade. The price differential between here and the US to see shows is ridiculously good (eg £55 to see Morcheeba, UNKLE and DJ Shadow in August? Unbelievable!!)
At a show last week I bought three CDs and I’m planning to try and buy merch at every show I go to, particularly for new and current artists.
I’ve also started buying music on Bandcamp for artists with albums that make my top 20-30 of the year. It feels like the least I can do for the joy the music brings me.
Thank you, Mark! I totally get where you’re coming from, and I think you and many other streamers who write about music, engage in music-related conversations, go to shows, analyse discographies etc. etc. are already doing WAY more than only tapping keys on your screen.
My main aim or rather my main dig was at the average listener who has lost all sense of moving a finger or making an ounce of an effort because they subscribe to music streaming platforms like they subscribe to Netflix or Disney or whatever it is — they consume, they take, but you could easily replace the “content” with something else along similar lines and they wouldn’t notice.
That is sadly the reality for many people nowadays who just simply don’t really invest in music anymore. I guess my main point was more about the model and the habits built around it rather than the individual streamers themselves who, as we know, come from all walks of life and engage with music in their own subjective way — their (your) relationship with music predates and transcends the streaming platform.
As for the live show scene in the UK, it’s incredibly hot, and we are indeed privileged to be here. Really looking forward to our first concert together in August!
Thanks a lot for reading and commenting!
I think I’m certainly blessed to have come up through all the formats to have ended up in the world we now live in. From singles and albums on vinyl through to cassettes and CDs and streaming I’ve really been lucky enough to be exposed to all formats of music and ways to listen.
Interestingly, I think there was a period in the early 2000s, when I was sitting on a library of 2500+ CDs, where I kind of stopped consuming new music. Then once the digital revolution came, initially for me through illegal file sharing, I was suddenly being exposed to a ton of new music again and that continued when I “went legit”. The countless hours I used to spend on the BitTorrent sites trawling for new music, probably 10 hours a week! Thankfully it’s so much easier now to not have to search for new music. If anything it’s the opposite, like trying to drink water through a fire hose. It becomes that much harder to separate the signal from the noise.
What a strange world (for me anyway) we live in now with regard to pricing of media. I was in a charity shop in town today that was charging £1 per CD and £3 per record. I doubled my current CD collection for £3 😂. I lived through that period where you couldn’t give records away. Then the period in which you couldn’t give CDs away. But to see records going at three times the price of CDs seems awry to me. Is that unusual? Or is that the norm now?
Much to my current chagrin, I sold or gave away all of my CDs back in the early 2010s and now here I am buying CDs again. I’m slowly compiling a wantlist of albums from my old collection (both CD and pirated digital) that aren’t available on streaming platforms and looking to (slowly) get them into my collection over the coming years.
I totally see what you mean about having been through the formats journey. I missed the vinyl days from yesteryear but I’m old enough to remember the transition from cassettes to CDs to file sharing to digital downloads to streaming, and of course, the vinyl revival.
Records are generally more expensive than CDs, yes. I suspect in the late 80s and early 90s, as retailers wanted to get rid of records, and CDs were a novelty, it was probably the other way around. Nowadays, for new releases, records will typically sell for at least double if not three times the price of CDs. The second-hand market will typically follow the same pattern but with a lot more exceptions to account for rarity and condition.
Sometimes you see “generic prices”, i.e. any record for X amount and any CD for X amount, like you saw in that store. In those cases, the seller didn’t bother/didn’t have the time to value each record individually, so the criteria are more blurred. On the plus side though, that’s where you are more likely to find real gems for peanuts.
It’s great you are rebuilding your CD collection. I sold a lot of CDs back in the day as well, sometimes because I needed the money; in other cases, I traded them for other titles. Now I buy vinyl predominantly but I still have a small CD collection for records I can’t get on vinyl.
I agree with you that there’s so much noise nowadays in terms of the volume of music available. I do find it overwhelming and have sort of narrowed down or refined my tastes in the sense that I’d much rather focus on what I really like (or have a good feeling I will really like) and specialise in those genres rather than try to bite off more than I can chew. I don’t feel FOMO in the slightest but I guess this wouldn’t work for someone who still wants to keep tastes relatively open and explore new genres.
Thanks as always for these very interesting exchanges!
That’s useful feedback on the price relativity between vinyl and CDs, thanks for that! I’ve been looking at Discogs a bit for CDs and generally finding some of the things I’m looking for. But with shipping costs it would be great if I can find multiple albums from the same seller. I guess it’s a matter of finding well regarded sellers that focus on some of the music I’m looking for where I can buy multiple albums from them
The key in my opinion is to keep your wantlist up-to-date, so you can always see if a seller has more than one item from your wantlist available. Also always check sellers’ ratings. Building your pool of trusted sellers takes time and effort but in my case it’s been one of the best investments I’ve ever made. If I can help in any way with any more detailed guidance, give me a shout! I may write another Discogs post soon to include details such as these.
Thanks for the advice!
"Hard work is so underrated these days that the lines between the wheat and the chaff have become increasingly blurred."
That's a profound statement my friend, and applicable to so much more than just listening to music. Not only do people want instant gratification in what they consume, [many] people want to get through their work responsibilities as quickly and with as little effort as possible too. As someone who ran several different businesses over the last 50 years, I can say that a robust work ethic is a rare and beautiful thing.
As for consuming music - I remember as a teenager doing exactly what you describe - saving my lawnmowing money until I had enough to go to the record store and buy *one* new LP. I would then listen to that album repeatedly until it was indelibly imprinted on my brain & soul, reading the liner notes, memorizing the lyrics, completely absorbing the experience.
When I started working at the record store in 1975, I amped up my consumption thanks to a steady income & generous employee discounts, and started bringing home records 10 or 20 at a time. This was a fabulous opportunity, but it also diluted my absorption of all that music - no longer was I forced to play and learn one new record every few weeks, I could discover dozens of new albums at a time. It was an early [personal] version of the 'firehose' effect that we all experience today.
I'm happy with all the options we have for accessing music in the 21st century - I still love physical media the best, but I utilize streaming & YT regularly as well. That said, even now I find myself falling in love with a record once in a while to the point where I play it obsessively to the exclusion of most other music, for a few weeks or even months - I think it's a habit that was hard-wired into me as a kid. It doesn't happen all that often, my usual listening habits involve a lot of variety. But when it does I'm back in my teenage bedroom, flipping the LP for just *one more spin* before going to bed way too late. . .
Thank you, Hugh! Everything you say resonates with me so much. I completely agree that the value of hard work and a solid work ethic are extremely rare commodities these days.
I can really relate to how you listened to records as a kid because I did exactly the same, and it’s true those habits are wired into our brain and soul.
Thank you so much once again for your insights and very valuable contributions. Reading comments like yours is refreshing.
Thanks again!
Just for the record, EVERYTHING is quicker and easier than getting a coffee at Starbucks.
But to the post:
Your point is spot on. This is yet another unintended consequence of the digital architecture in which we live. While I don't want to go back to a dial-up modem, Will Ferrell is exactly right.
The brain was not meant to function at this speed. I'd love to see a graph with anti-depressant use and the rise of social media. I'm willing to bet they'd map on to each other perfectly.
Lol I know! Starbucks in the US is terribly slow. It always shocks me when I visit your side of the pond.
I totally agree that our brains aren’t wired to withstand this speed. Like you, I don’t miss dial-up Internet either, but I think many would benefit from a bit of intentionality every now and then… just to combat that permanent state of alienation the modern digital world seems to have subjected them to.
There were studies done here in the UK clearly showing the rise of mental health issues in direct connection with the increase of social media use. I’m sure you can find them online but, if you can’t, let me know and I’ll dig them out!
Thanks as always for being here and your very valuable contributions!
As you know, I think about this quite a bit. Part of the problem with being able to have everything all at once is that, well, you can have everything all at once. You can have it all and nothing feels good. There's no anticipation, and eventually the Dopamine wears out.
Thank you! Yes, this is so true. It’s tempting, and some (especially casual listeners or non-music fans) take it for granted. What you say about the dopamine effect is spot on. It would be foolish to “pretend” streaming doesn’t exist, but every now and then, I like to play pretend it doesn’t, and just be with my records. Best therapy ever!
I’m definitely putting on a record today! Portishead Dummy, that I was prompted to buy when you mentioned buying it a couple of weeks ago 😂 Because it’s so fantastic! I played a track from it at my brewery’s vinyl night this past Wednesday (It Could Be Sweet), and I’ve played the whole thing at least five times at home since… by the third time I played it at home, my kids said “yes, mom, we know it’s trip-hop” 😂
Anyway, as a poor person, I love the ability to stream music. I have bought a handful of digital albums over the years from artists I loved and wanted to support.
Now that I’ve gotten back into purchasing physical albums, I love that I can listen to the full album on streaming before purchasing. It takes that risk factor away. There are definitely certain bands/artists I would purchase without hearing the entire album, but I wouldn’t purchase a new to me band without hearing it first. I’m on a tight budget.
Back in the day (before streaming) I would absolutely purchase albums on the recommendation of the record store people I knew, who knew my taste. That’s how I discovered The Innocence Mission (one of my all time favorites) and The Lightning Seeds.
Knowing more about how artists get paid also makes me want to purchase physical copies from the artists I love and appreciate. I just wish I had more of an expendable income.
Thank you, Kristin! Glad to hear you managed to get Dummy, and that your children are taking heed! You’re raising them well! 😅
I agree with you that the accessibility aspect of streaming is to be celebrated. Like you, I rely on streaming as a discovery/“testing” feature, so to speak.
There are people who only do streaming but they do a lot more for music than most mortals so I don’t have an issue with streaming per se. It’s just the attitude of the average listener. I just wish more people, like us, cared a bit more about records, the music, the artists, the songs, the stories behind them… I know I’m asking for a lot, but I don’t lose hope 😊
Thanks a lot for reading and commenting!
Never loose hope! Part of why I picked up a cheap new starter turntable and speakers was because my 15 year old son mentioned the idea that albums were meant to be listened to in order- from first track to last.
I said “absolutely!” And gave him at least two examples where songs naturally bled into the next in the order of how they are on the album- but, since I don’t pay for Spotify, they would never come up in the album order, which is blasphemy! LOL
So, when I got my tax refund, not only did I pick up the starter set, but bought each of my children an album. We spent the next few days listening to albums start to finish - in the order the artists intended!
That’s beautiful! Money well spent, 100%. Not only because of the connection to the music, but also bonding with your children through music and records must be an incredible experience. Thanks a lot for sharing!