curmugeon | music

As a kid I played with an old cylinder player. It was the device before records were invented. Then I discovered a massive collection of old recordings. Some were single sided 12 inch disks. Then came vynyl. I remember the first 45 rpm records. Then came the 33-1/3 long playing albums. When I got my first car we only had AM radio. Then came fm converters. Four track tapes were the new thing. I got my first 8 track in my 1957 Bel Air. It was a hit on cruise nights. Later I started driving Volkswagens. I got a cassette player. Later in life I got a new Saturn coupe. It had both a cassette player and a CD player. During my working years I used to buy a CD or two every week. They cost about $15 then. My Saturn Vue has a six CD changer when I bought it. It lasted about 100K miles. My current truck has an in dash CD player. It plays mp3 disks. It also has HD radio. I even dabbled in DVD audio. It was astounding but extensive. DVD audio disks cost $25 or more. Music has always been a passion. I gave away my CD collection to a friend. Now everything I have is digital. Nothing like a 32 GB memory stick full of all of your music.