Vinyl (Vol. 2)

My office!

The set up could be better, but I'm psyched about having the turntable next to me, for now. I believe it will be moved upstairs to the living space at some point.

New obsession - Vinyl (Volume 1)

I finally started adding to my vinyl collection. I went to Sweeten Creek Antiques to look for a couple of pieces of furniture that Annie and I have been shopping for. There is a lot of vinyl there. And, some that I just couldn't pass up. 

          Tupelo Honey for $25 (Great condition)

          One of my all-time favorite albums ($12)

       I remember this one in my parent's collection.

    Classic - Grace just said this one was the best ever.

     I remember this stuff from when I was a kid, too.

Chuck Leavell -- couldn't go wrong for $1 (great condition)

I got several more - Glen Campbell (b/c he just died), Cahoots, a better copy of After the Gold Rush, a Return to Forever album on the cheap.... This all came on the heels of getting the new Tyler Childers album in the mail. I need to write a separate post for that one. I think it is the best of this great new wave of country music -- that includes Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, Stapleton... I absolutely love it - been walking around the house singing lines for weeks.

I'm not a snobby audiophile. I have Spotify Premium and I can listen to almost any album (or song) I want, pretty much anytime I want -- on my computer or phone. Probably the most exciting thing about getting into this collection is liner notes. I miss liner notes badly and often. Over the last 5-10 years, I've listened to Common Sense probably 100 times (easily). I had no idea. Look at this... Jackson Browne, JD Souther, Glen Frey. Steve Goodman is pretty much on the whole thing (no big surprise there - but still, I didn't know this). And, who is Larry Muhoberac? Has he played piano on a lot of other stuff? Even with CDs, I would have known these things and it would make other buying experiences and conversations with people so much more fulfilling. 

I'm also excited about the physical mass. I'm mostly into getting rid of shit these days -- simplifying my life. I run my accounting practice "in the cloud", electronic office as much as possible. But, I have been a bit sad over the last few years that there was such little physical evidence of my love of music. I am ready to buy (or build if I must) just the right shelves and stock them full of only the best stuff I can find.