Nostalgia for the music lover - Vinyl Records

We recently unearthed our album collection (vinyl, with pops and scratches) and found ourselves transported back into time. With over 500 albums, the music covers many genres and several decades. We have classical, 1960s rock, gospel, and the original songs from the 1950s Mickey Mouse Club.

Each album has a memory. The 1st Peter, Paul and Mary album was purchased in 1963 and has "A Soilin". one of my favorite Christmas songs. My husband pulled out Todd Rungrun and went back in time to the concert he attended.

Music, regardless of genre, speaks to us in a very personal way. For the music lovers who may have all the CDs and DVDs, there still might be a longing for an album or two and places to revisit. There is nothing quite like taking the album from the sleeve, putting it on the turntable and adjusting the tone arm.

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We are the Merry Mouseketeers (Mouseketeers!)

We've got a lot above our ears (above our ears!)

The talent given to you and me

We must develop faithfully

So we can be good Mouseketeers

As we continue through the years (through the years!)

We won't forget the Mouseketeers (Mouseketeers!)

Hep! Two! Three! Four! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

Cheers for the Merry Mouseketeers (Mouseketeers!)

The album must have been played a lot when my brother and I were young. It has more than its share of pops and clicks. Still, I put it on once in a while to be transported back to a time when life was simple and the world seemed like a brighter place.

Our tastes are pretty eclectic so we need a little psychedelic in there somewhere. We have this on vinyl.

This was long before the commercial on TV today that uses it to show that us older folks can still rock out. It was used on the soundtrack for "Easy Rider" and we were born to be wild long before we became senior citizens.