My parent’s singles were kept upright in a wire rack, which ensured that any possible warping of the discs was kept to a minimum. You would place the records on a central spindle from where they would drop onto the deck with a satisfying ‘clomp’ before the arm swung slowly across and rested itself onto the vinyl grooves. It was a solid brown box with a hinged lid that was fixed down with two golden coloured clasps. ![]() ![]() There was something very sturdy about that record player. I’ve mentioned my first single purchase and early camping holidays in France, but before that much of my earliest exposure to music came from my parent’s record player. Yet one of the most important periods, hardly touched on in this series, is early childhood. ![]() There are probably certain periods of our lives that our musical preferences are influenced more than others my teens and my mid-twenties probably stand out as defining periods, although I continue to be excited by discovering of the new even now. As you may have noticed by now, Music That Made Me is not an erudite list of classic songs, nor is it just a compilation of my favourites from over the years, but records that have in some way influenced my tastes, for better or worse.
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