So for the first time in around 4 months I went shopping for something other than food, and for the first time in about 25 years I bought vinyl.
A trip to Bluewater and a rummage through the CD and LP racks at HMV was bliss, Mrs Oxfordian was happy getting her therapy fix elsewhere in the centre so I could browse to my hearts delight. I have to be honest there was plenty of stock so it took a while to decide what to buy.
I have gone with CD’s primarily as I will probably listen to CD’s more long term and plan to revamp my CD source in due course, with CD’s costing around £5 -£7 it’s not a huge outlay if one of the discs isn’t to your taste.
My choice of music today was a bit eclectic but a hopefully worth it as it widens my music base, artists included were; Dire Straits, Tracy Chapman, Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis, Sade and Roy Orbison, Derek and his Dominoes plus BB King.
With vinyl being a tad more expensive I was a bit more selective and just picked up a couple; Gregory Porter’s Liquid Spirit and Eric Clapton’s Slowhand but they will have to wait as my Rega Planar 3 is still awaiting its new motor.
After so many years of hardly ever going into a music shop today was a walk down memory lane and very very enjoyable, I can see me spending a few hours in HMV or equivalent in the weeks and months ahead.
Roll on this evening, now what is first up...
A trip to Bluewater and a rummage through the CD and LP racks at HMV was bliss, Mrs Oxfordian was happy getting her therapy fix elsewhere in the centre so I could browse to my hearts delight. I have to be honest there was plenty of stock so it took a while to decide what to buy.
I have gone with CD’s primarily as I will probably listen to CD’s more long term and plan to revamp my CD source in due course, with CD’s costing around £5 -£7 it’s not a huge outlay if one of the discs isn’t to your taste.
My choice of music today was a bit eclectic but a hopefully worth it as it widens my music base, artists included were; Dire Straits, Tracy Chapman, Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis, Sade and Roy Orbison, Derek and his Dominoes plus BB King.
With vinyl being a tad more expensive I was a bit more selective and just picked up a couple; Gregory Porter’s Liquid Spirit and Eric Clapton’s Slowhand but they will have to wait as my Rega Planar 3 is still awaiting its new motor.
After so many years of hardly ever going into a music shop today was a walk down memory lane and very very enjoyable, I can see me spending a few hours in HMV or equivalent in the weeks and months ahead.
Roll on this evening, now what is first up...