Score!

With the departure of one room-mate for his newly finished condo, LJ, our other room-mate and I were left with only one sofa. It was wonderful timing then, that our lovely friends S & J happened to have two very comfortable sofas going begging and, on top of that, also had the use of a truck to move them. Lots of pulling and pushing and lifting and back straining (we are not as young as we once were) later I am writing this very post from the comfort of the new additions to our living room. BUT, even more exciting than that, S & J also had a selection of LPs that S's parents didn't want anymore (her parents are also moving to a condo). I scored large with the trio you see in the picture above. Kenny is such a silver fox isn't he? I'm a sucker for his classics and remember my mum singing along to 'Ruby' when I was small. I do like his love songs too - especially 'Lady' and 'You Decorated My Life'. Check out the other records too: Denim Country, what a title! And the double album on the right opens up with Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash singing 'Jackson' just to let you know that it's going to be a good 'un. It really is so nice to be finally out of the closet as a country music fan and to be able to indulge my tastes properly. I'm also a huge fan of vinyl rather than CDs and don't even have the slightest desire to own an ipod or any of those new-fangled contraptions. There's something very satisfying and soothing to me about sliding a record out of its sleeve, placing the needle on the record, and particularly about listening to the whir and crackle of an older disc on the turntable. I used to buy records when I was in my teens and still have some of my old favourites: Guns n' Roses, Metallica, Pearl Jam, The Black Crowes, Neil Young...Playing them brings back a lot of memories: how I poured over the liner notes, the concerts I went to, the money saved to buy the latest release. I just don't get the same feeling from other music media. So one of my projects over the next year is to build up a decent collection of country and rock vinyl, particularly the former. I've never been a big collector of anything, especially with all the crazy moving from one country to the next and it would be nice not only to enjoy the tunes I appreciate but perhaps also to introduce my friends to the country sound.