Damn!

But if I'm honest I think I knew that would be your answer. They take up a lot of space in the house (I have getting on for 3,000 of the beauties) but they are irreplaceable. Each one has a special meaning. Some the remembering of the feeling of Joy when I finally found it at a record fair, some the memory of where I was when I first heard it and some for the amazing art work on the cover.

I miss vinyl albums greatly. On a decent deck the sound of vinyl is SO much more alive than CD and other digital media which I think are sometimes too "Bright". Vinyl sound has a quality about it that is impossible to define but you will notice instantly if you listen to, say, Focus III/Answers Questions, Questions Answers, on vinyl and switch back and forth to the CD version at the same time.

I remember times when a party used to consist of everyone turning up (usually wearing massive flares....to let you know the era I'm talking about) with a bundle of albums under their arm and listening to them on a grotty little machine, usually a Dansette, in the middle of the room. It was amazing that the LPs didn't sustain more damage but some are still going strong to this day.

OK that's my ranting over with. I'd better go and dust off a Hawkwind album and disappear in a cloud of.............memories.

Oh Yeah, that's another thing. Albums make great Rolling mats!!!!!!!! CD cases........Nah!