THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH

The recent stoush here on VHU re 'talk' about LP editions etc etc immediately took my mind back to when I started collecting albums in the late sixties/ early seventies.

 

Many of my choices in those 'sound awakening' days were informed by Room to move radio sessions, friends and family. In fact, I'd regularly traipse into town, via 438 bus on a Thursday night or Saturday morning, to Nicholsons, Palings or Anthem Records with a list of titles in priority order to be procured, once spotted.

 

One thing I vividly remember was often seeing long-haired types (men and women) in small groups thumbing through the shelves and deep in conversation about what they were after, where a record might have emanated from or hassling the person behind the counter about a release they couldn't locate. To me, all of this was bloody great and, to some extent, just as important as the music. It was like a rite of passage.

 

Fast forward almost fifty years to NOW. While the forums for such stuff may have changed, I reckon it's damn fine that basically we're doing the same thing here on VHU. Keep posting, everyone..... the only thing that's really changed is you don't need the bus fare.

Posted to VHU f/b group on 25 July 2016.