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My record player came yesterday!

Laura14 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:43:44 GMT

I haven't had one in about 30 years so I was a kid in a candy store when I finally got it all unwrapped and dusted off my needle playing skills. I heard that crackle and static and it just brought me back to when I was a kid playing my parents and grandparents records in the family room.

You really don't know how much of yourself and your personal pleasure you have lost to the new technology until you go back and try the old way for a bit. I have lost all of my old LPs (who knew it would ever come back) long ago but I found some old records my mother kept from the 1950s.

I'll need to restock on vinyl again. I hope I can find the old 1930s and 1940s music compilations I used to play back in the day from my grandmother's collection. For me, the old music sounds best when played the way it was originally intended to be.

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Caaareful Shopper — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:45:45 GMT

@Laura14 I just purchased a new turntable for my niece and her husband for Christmas. I added the Legend album by Bob Marley to go with it. I hope they are as thrilled about this as I am!

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Laura14 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:50:32 GMT

They will love it @Caaareful Shopper. I bought a double Sinatra LP. I'll be breaking that open and playing it tonight.

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Sweet_Serenity — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:57:05 GMT

@Laura14

Love! Hearing your excitement. Enjoy! In good health and happiness.

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qualitygal — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:01:09 GMT

What fun, enjoy!

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:06:47 GMT

How exciting for you. I still remember my first for Christmas in '72. Just a couple of days later Mom took me with my Christmas money and I bought the below from Ktel. Wore that album out. Have fun.

	–Looking Glass	Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
A2	–Daniel Boone	Beautiful Sunday
A3	–Lighthouse (2)	Sunny Days
A4	–Mouth & MacNeil*	How Do You Do?
A5	–Hollies*	Long Cool Woman
A6	–Donny Osmond	Go Away Little Girl
A7	–O'Jays*	Backstabbers
A8	–Raspberries	Go All The Way
A9	–Andy & David Williams*	Fly Pretty Baby
A10	–Rod Stewart	Maggie May
A11	–Bobby Vinton	Sealed With A Kiss
B1	–Cher	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
B2	–Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show	Sylvia's Mother
B3	–Donny Osmond	Sweet & Innocent
B4	–Argent	Hold Your Head Up
B5	–Eric Clapton	Let It Rain
B6	–Slade	Mama Weer All Crazee Now
B7	–Bulldog (9)	No
B8	–Five Man Electrical Band	Money Back Guarantee
B9	–Rick Springfield	Speak To The Sky
B10	–Albert Hammond	Down By The River
B11	–Gallery (2)	I Believe In Music

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2blonde — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:08:54 GMT

@Laura14 Now we really need to get together. I have a pretty good sized stack of LP's from the 60's and 70's. I do actually have a turntable on my old stereo system, but I haven't used it in years (got caught up in the newer CD's). There were even more albums I gave away when I moved in 1991.

A couple years ago I went to a house party that had a DJ with hundreds of LP's we could choose from. It was a yearly event for them. Everyone was from that era and we had a great time dancing on their patio!

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sunshine45 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:11:05 GMT

@beckyb1012

i used to buy those albums!

love that they had all of the hits by so many of my favorite 70s artists.

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QVCkitty1 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:11:38 GMT

@beckyb1012 wrote:
How exciting for you. I still remember my first for Christmas in '72. Just a couple of days later Mom took me with my Christmas money and I bought the below from Ktel. Wore that album out. Have fun.
–Looking Glass Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
A2 –Daniel Boone Beautiful Sunday
A3 –Lighthouse (2) Sunny Days
A4 –Mouth & MacNeil* How Do You Do?
A5 –Hollies* Long Cool Woman
A6 –Donny Osmond Go Away Little Girl
A7 –O'Jays* Backstabbers
A8 –Raspberries Go All The Way
A9 –Andy & David Williams* Fly Pretty Baby
A10 –Rod Stewart Maggie May
A11 –Bobby Vinton Sealed With A Kiss
B1 –Cher Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
B2 –Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Sylvia's Mother
B3 –Donny Osmond Sweet & Innocent
B4 –Argent Hold Your Head Up
B5 –Eric Clapton Let It Rain
B6 –Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now
B7 –Bulldog (9) No
B8 –Five Man Electrical Band Money Back Guarantee
B9 –Rick Springfield Speak To The Sky
B10 –Albert Hammond Down By The River
B11 –Gallery (2) I Believe In Music

Oh my gosh, these songs remind me of college, especially Maggie May and Brandy, good times.😻

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Laura14 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:11:39 GMT

This is what I need to find @beckyb1012. Compilations.

My only gripe is I am having a hard time paying $20-30 plus bucks for an LP. It was $5-$15 tops for a double in the 80s when I started buying my own records. I know it's been a few decades but it's still a vinyl record.

This one has Rick Springfield. He was my first ever album buy. My sister and I fought over buying it and the smart sales girl said why don't one of you buy the older one and the other one the newer one and then you have both? And we did!

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Laura14 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:13:25 GMT

Party at my house @2blonde! Bring your records!

I say we have an all night rager for all of us QVC peeps and show the young people how it really goes down. LOL

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2blonde — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:14:26 GMT

@Laura14 I'm in!

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:14:54 GMT

@Laura14 wrote:
This is what I need to find @beckyb1012. Compilations.

My only gripe is I am having a hard time paying $20-30 plus bucks for an LP. It was $5-$15 tops for a double in the 80s when I started buying my own records. I know it's been a few decades but it's still a vinyl record.

This one has Rick Springfield. He was my first ever album buy. My sister and I fought over buying it and the smart sales girl said why don't one of you buy the older one and the other one the newer one and then you have both? And we did!

I too like the compilations the best, the more for your buck. I was still a couple of years from being a teenager when I bought it but boy did I feel like one spending my cash and singing to a perfume bottle as a microphone in my bedroom.

Rick Springfield was in my town a couple of months ago for a concert, was hard to resist but the tickets are just to pricey for this Grandma with babes to shop for @Laura14.

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Laura14 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:16:45 GMT

@beckyb1012 Really? He must have gone up. I saw him in concert about 6-7 years ago and he is a phenomenal show. If you ever get the chance and he's cheap enough, highly recommend. He loves his fans and puts on a great show.

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:18:41 GMT

@Laura14 wrote:
@beckyb1012 Really? He must have gone up. I saw him in concert about 6-7 years ago and he is a phenomenal show. If you ever get the chance and he's cheap enough, highly recommend. He loves his fans and puts on a great show.

The place that holds these concerts and series of lectures is part of huge University all over our State of Texas, so the venue had more to do with the cost than the performer.

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Laura14 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:20:47 GMT

That makes sense @beckyb1012. I was thinking he really wasn't outrageous the times he swung through here but it's been a while since I've priced concert tickets.

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:31:19 GMT

@Laura14 wrote:
This is what I need to find @beckyb1012. Compilations.

My only gripe is I am having a hard time paying $20-30 plus bucks for an LP. It was $5-$15 tops for a double in the 80s when I started buying my own records. I know it's been a few decades but it's still a vinyl record.

This one has Rick Springfield. He was my first ever album buy. My sister and I fought over buying it and the smart sales girl said why don't one of you buy the older one and the other one the newer one and then you have both? And we did!

This would help explain why I received much more than I thought I would when I sold my album collection to a store that sells used music. Had no idea that used albums were a desirable resale item.

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:32:15 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:

@beckyb1012 wrote:
How exciting for you. I still remember my first for Christmas in '72. Just a couple of days later Mom took me with my Christmas money and I bought the below from Ktel. Wore that album out. Have fun.
–Looking Glass Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
A2 –Daniel Boone Beautiful Sunday
A3 –Lighthouse (2) Sunny Days
A4 –Mouth & MacNeil* How Do You Do?
A5 –Hollies* Long Cool Woman
A6 –Donny Osmond Go Away Little Girl
A7 –O'Jays* Backstabbers
A8 –Raspberries Go All The Way
A9 –Andy & David Williams* Fly Pretty Baby
A10 –Rod Stewart Maggie May
A11 –Bobby Vinton Sealed With A Kiss
B1 –Cher Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
B2 –Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Sylvia's Mother
B3 –Donny Osmond Sweet & Innocent
B4 –Argent Hold Your Head Up
B5 –Eric Clapton Let It Rain
B6 –Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now
B7 –Bulldog (9) No
B8 –Five Man Electrical Band Money Back Guarantee
B9 –Rick Springfield Speak To The Sky
B10 –Albert Hammond Down By The River
B11 –Gallery (2) I Believe In Music
Oh my gosh, these songs remind me of college, especially Maggie May and Brandy, good times.😻

I had just turned 11 that Christmas and I thought Maggie May was so racey to put it nicely. Loved the song but for my little girl head the lyrics were rated R. Makes me laugh now thinking of how tame it really was @QVCkitty1

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Laura14 — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:39:54 GMT

Isn't that the truth?

Remember when everyone had a heart attack over Olivia Newton John's "Physical" song? I think it got banned in Utah.

Now half the lyrics are bleeped out over the radio or they just let it fly. I wonder if Tipper Gore is still with us and conscious.

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just bee — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:42:58 GMT

@beckyb1012 wrote:
How exciting for you. I still remember my first for Christmas in '72. Just a couple of days later Mom took me with my Christmas money and I bought the below from Ktel. Wore that album out. Have fun.
–Looking Glass Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
A2 –Daniel Boone Beautiful Sunday
A3 –Lighthouse (2) Sunny Days
A4 –Mouth & MacNeil* How Do You Do?
A5 –Hollies* Long Cool Woman
A6 –Donny Osmond Go Away Little Girl
A7 –O'Jays* Backstabbers
A8 –Raspberries Go All The Way
A9 –Andy & David Williams* Fly Pretty Baby
A10 –Rod Stewart Maggie May
A11 –Bobby Vinton Sealed With A Kiss
B1 –Cher Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
B2 –Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Sylvia's Mother
B3 –Donny Osmond Sweet & Innocent
B4 –Argent Hold Your Head Up
B5 –Eric Clapton Let It Rain
B6 –Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now
B7 –Bulldog (9) No
B8 –Five Man Electrical Band Money Back Guarantee
B9 –Rick Springfield Speak To The Sky
B10 –Albert Hammond Down By The River
B11 –Gallery (2) I Believe In Music

@beckyb1012

I had that album!!!

Wait a minute... I might still have that album. My vinyl has been in boxes for 24 years.

Must investigate...