Interesting post! My first experience with vinyl (like for many who grew up in the Baltics in the 90s) was at home. Everyone's parents seemed to have a turntable and a small shelf of old records (mostly Soviet era editions where the names of Western bands were transcribed in Cyrillic). We also had those huge reels with bootleg records on them. But the most memorable for me were records with fairy tales and children's stories. Those were the bomb!
Fascinating POV, Nikhil! You seem to lean more on your cultural upbringing to explain your lack of vinyl growing up, but I wonder if it might be, if not just a little, about the given decade, your age (and parents, grandparents' ages, etc) that might explain it.
I know you mention your older family members and their mixtapes, but cassettes only became available in the late '60s/early '70s (and mass acceptance as the '70s progressed). Still no vinyl for older family members in the '50s and '60s? Or, is this what you were implying about cultural reasons, and India just never had vinyl "infiltration" in the '50s/'60s, etc? Just curious.
India or not, vinyl was, at some point, the only format of choice across the planet, long before tapes of all sorts were available (reel, 8-track, cassette). Thoughts?
I find it all fascinating because I had the opposite experience, growing up (in TX, mid-'50s thru mid-'70s) surrounded by some 20,000 LPs and 78s---my dad's mostly jazz recordings housed in custom cabinetry, wall-to-wall/floor to ceiling! I've always kidded that it's a wonder my brother and I didn't contract PVC poisoning growing up!
One more thing, and I hate to pick nits, but the Village People were only ever on Neil Bogart's Casablanca Records, and never Mercury (in the US, anyway, in the '70s...can't speak to other countries or latter-day re-issues...I'd guess this "Macho Man" LP was an original Canadian release, but Casablanca had a Canadian presence, as well, back in the day).
Thanks for tolerating my probing, Nikhil--I ask because I'm curious!! Nicely done...you have a background few of us have (especially when it comes to pop culture)! Use it! I use mine (apparently in more than just in MY posts)!😁👍🎶
Love that photo of you! :)
Full spectrum listening experience: 8-track tapes. Good luck finding them--and a player!!
Interesting post! My first experience with vinyl (like for many who grew up in the Baltics in the 90s) was at home. Everyone's parents seemed to have a turntable and a small shelf of old records (mostly Soviet era editions where the names of Western bands were transcribed in Cyrillic). We also had those huge reels with bootleg records on them. But the most memorable for me were records with fairy tales and children's stories. Those were the bomb!
Interesting change of post but really good!
Lovely pic, Nik
Fascinating POV, Nikhil! You seem to lean more on your cultural upbringing to explain your lack of vinyl growing up, but I wonder if it might be, if not just a little, about the given decade, your age (and parents, grandparents' ages, etc) that might explain it.
I know you mention your older family members and their mixtapes, but cassettes only became available in the late '60s/early '70s (and mass acceptance as the '70s progressed). Still no vinyl for older family members in the '50s and '60s? Or, is this what you were implying about cultural reasons, and India just never had vinyl "infiltration" in the '50s/'60s, etc? Just curious.
India or not, vinyl was, at some point, the only format of choice across the planet, long before tapes of all sorts were available (reel, 8-track, cassette). Thoughts?
I find it all fascinating because I had the opposite experience, growing up (in TX, mid-'50s thru mid-'70s) surrounded by some 20,000 LPs and 78s---my dad's mostly jazz recordings housed in custom cabinetry, wall-to-wall/floor to ceiling! I've always kidded that it's a wonder my brother and I didn't contract PVC poisoning growing up!
One more thing, and I hate to pick nits, but the Village People were only ever on Neil Bogart's Casablanca Records, and never Mercury (in the US, anyway, in the '70s...can't speak to other countries or latter-day re-issues...I'd guess this "Macho Man" LP was an original Canadian release, but Casablanca had a Canadian presence, as well, back in the day).
Thanks for tolerating my probing, Nikhil--I ask because I'm curious!! Nicely done...you have a background few of us have (especially when it comes to pop culture)! Use it! I use mine (apparently in more than just in MY posts)!😁👍🎶