“I thought when I heard Roy Orbison sing for the first time (on a recording, of course) that he couldn’t possibly sound better. Then I heard him on vinyl.”
“I move around a lot, and one of the only things that I take with me every time is my record collection. I’m not sure what it is about them that has such a hold on me, but my records are one of the few things that I’ve refused to let go of. I’m a dress lover but I somehow manage to shed a dozen or so of those every time I move.
And it’s funny because I don’t listen to them daily but when I want to listen to a record, I NEED to listen to a record. There’s nothing else that can take the place of the vinyl listening experience. It’s imperfect, and it’s real. And those are two things that I appreciate very much in life.
I have three favorite albums on vinyl—Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall and Kenny and Dolly’s Once Upon a Christmas. I have back ups for both of those…just in case.
The third holds a special place in my heart: Dumb Ditties. It’s the first record I ever heard on vinyl. I found it in my grandparents’ basement and it’s a compilation, but it introduced me to ‘Who Put The Bomp’, and that was love at first listen.”
—Whitney Rose
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