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Everyone who lived before the ’90s will, somewhere in their house, have a collection of dusty but much treasured vinyl records. It might be in the garage in a box, in the back shed, or even under the bed. Some of it might be strange by today’s standards, and the music might be a bit dated, but it might be time to pull the vinyl collection out of storage and give it a bit of a spin.

Vinyl has gone through something of a second birth in recent years. If anything, the rise of digital downloads have done it a favour, as people who take music seriously now realise that the CD does little to replicate the sound and depth that a record does. The short version of it is that the CD, a digital recording, isn’t capturing the complete sound wave — the analog signal of the vinyl is much closer.

So what it loses in portability, vinyl makes up for in sound, presentation and nostalgia. Many new albums are being released on vinyl as well as CD. Most of these are also accompanied by a CD or digital download option, making it the best of both worlds.

Manufacturers are developing new and advanced turntables - some as much as $10,000 each!

Just as a bonus side note: if you’re lucky, you might find that your record collection has been safely stored in a milk crate. It’s a sad sign of the times that modern milk crates no longer fit vinyl records. If you’re lucky enough to find an old one, and dub it the ‘iCrate’.

www.2Oceansviberadio.com plays quite a bit of vinyl. Listen out and enjoy!

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