Sunday, October 27, 2024

Record Collections

In a closet, stuffed in bags,

My records gather dust.

The player’s gone and speakers, too,

But keeping them’s a must.


My friend is giving hers away,

But on the other side,

My sister got my cousin’s batch,

Passed to her when he died.


I hear that vinyl’s coming back,

Yet those of us of age,

Remember our collections,

Adding groups we saw on stage.*


It was a thrill to hear a song

And buy a new LP,

Which way back then was how

We gained accessibility.


A needle on a record,

Careful, so it wouldn’t scratch,

Did provide a magic feeling that

No other modes can match.


*Often on The Ed Sullivan Show


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