Wore Them Suckers Out!

One of the greatest Christmas gifts my parents gave me (and there were about a zillion) was a stereo turntable (with a built-in amp) and two speakers, at Christmas 1968.

Robert and Susan (big brother and sis) had a stereo (of earlier vintage), and before this I had a kid's all-plastic kid's record player.  But this was the big leagues, baby!

It looked a lot like the above.  (I often wonder if Mom and Dad regretted the loud choice!)

I had somebody take me to Wards and in the record department I bought two LPs, soundtracks to that summer's big sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Above are the front and rear LP jacket.  Note the wear patterns!

But see the label wear around the hole in the record?  I played this sucker A LOT!

Likewise, this "music inspired by" album.

As you can see, THIS record didn't get as much wear as the first one.  But still, I know every note of these eclectic collections.  When I re-found the pieces online or on CD, my memory notices the LACK of surface noise or ticks in the originals.

You can buy a re-released version of the 2001 soundtrack all over the place,  My post on the Record Round-Up concerning the "music inspired by" is here.

Have YOU got any similar worn-down treasures?